President-elect
Barack Obama on Monday named Bradley Kiley, who is gay,
as director of the Office of Management and Administration.
Kiley has been serving as director of Operations for
the Obama-Biden Transition Project and previously
served as vice president of finance and operations at
the Center for American Progress.
"He's an
incredibly sharp and strategic manager when it comes to
finance, operations, administration and overall management,"
says Winnie Stachelberg, senior vice president of
external affairs at the center, where she has worked
with Kiley. "The Center for American Progress and the
Action Fund is an incredibly complex entity with
numerous financial moving parts -- money, donors, tax law,
IRS reporting requirements -- and his ability to
navigate through those complex financial waters is
beyond reproach."
Stachelberg says
Kiley has been a terrific colleague with a great sense
of humor and an uncanny ability to juggle multiple tasks at
once. While he was contending with his own heavy
workload, Stachelberg remembers calling him up a
number of times with urgent budget requests for
potential donors.
"Literally within
hours, he had that budget done, I sent it off to the
donor, and we were able to secure a grant," she says. "His
ability to be in the weeds and yet see the larger picture is
something essential that he brings to the White House
operations."
Kiley served as
deputy assistant to the president for management and
administration at the White House under President Bill
Clinton. He was responsible for all aspects of White
House operations, including the travel office, the
visitors office, and White House administration, which
included finance, human resources, and facilities.
Kiley has also
held posts at the Democratic National Committee, where he
served as director of finance and administration for the
1996 Democratic National Convention, NARAL, and the
International AIDS Trust. (Kerry Eleveld,
Advocate.com)
