Chris Lu Email & Phone Number

Chris Lu Work

• Resident Fellow @ Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School (September 2026 - Present)
• James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor, University of Virginia @ MILLER CENTER FOUNDATION (August 2025 - Present)
• Transition Co-Chair, Gov.-Elect Abigail Spanberger @ Commonwealth of Virginia (November 2025 - January 2026)
• U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform @ U.S. Department of State (January 2022 - January 2025)
• Senior Strategy Advisor @ FiscalNote (February 2017 - January 2022)
• Senior Fellow, Miller Center @ University of Virginia (February 2017 - May 2021)
• Lead, Department of Labor Agency Review Team @ Biden-Harris Transition Team (October 2020 - January 2021)
• Deputy Secretary @ U.S. Department of Labor (April 2014 - January 2017)
• Senior Fellow @ Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress (CSPC) (January 2013 - January 2014)
• Fellow @ Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy (September 2013 - December 2013)
• Fellow @ Institute of Politics at University of Chicago (March 2013 - May 2013)
• White House Cabinet Secretary and Assistant to the President @ Executive Office of the President, The White House (January 2009 - February 2013)
• Executive Director @ Obama-Biden Transition Project (May 2008 - January 2009)
• Legislative Director (then Acting Chief of Staff), Office of Sen. Barack Obama @ United States Senate (February 2005 - January 2009)
• Deputy Chief Counsel, Democratic Staff @ House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (March 1997 - February 2005)
• Special Communications Advisor @ Kerry-Edwards Presidential Campaign (September 2004 - November 2004)
• Litigation Associate @ Sidley Austin LLP (August 1992 - February 1997)
• Law Clerk to Honorable Robert E. Cowen, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit @ U.S. Courts of Appeals (August 1991 - August 1992)