education vicepresident predecessor successor children president party office term_start spouse article_title term_end name
miami university george mason university school of law joe biden bruce reed john podesta joe hagin danny , shannon , tyler , and jeffrey bill clinton democratic chief united states white house deputy chief of staff of staff to the vice president of the december , 2013 november , 1998 amy ricchetti steve ricchetti
 january , 2001 served with maria echaveste steve ricchetti
steve ricchetti

steve ricchetti is chief of staff to u.s. vice president joe biden and assistant to the president .
he is the founder and former president of richetti , inc. , a government relations firm .
before founding richetti , inc. , he served as white house deputy chief of staff in the administration of president bill clinton .
on march 5 , 2012 he was appointed to be counselor to vice president joe biden .
this caused controversy due to president obama 's promise to not appoint lobbyists .
in november of 2013 , it was announced that he would succeed bruce reed as chief of staff to the vice president and assistant to the president .
