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Chris Liddell

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Chris Liddell

  • Deputy Chief of Staff, Administration of President Donald Trump

Chris Liddell was assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff for policy coordination during the Donald Trump administration. Before that, he served as assistant to the president and director of strategic initiatives, overseeing efforts to streamline the federal government’s regulatory process and modernize its technology systems. In 2012, he served as the executive director of the Mitt Romney presidential transition planning team. He was previously chief financial officer at Microsoft, the vice chairman and chief financial officer at General Motors, senior vice president and chief financial officer of International Paper, and the director and chairman of Xerox. Lidell holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Auckland in New Zealand and a MPhil from Oxford University.

Events

Toward a More Responsible and Effective Presidency (Day One)

William Antholis, Don Baer, Peter Baker, Laura Barrón-López, Bob Bauer, Joshua Bolten, Meena Bose, Valerie Smith Boyd, Robert Bruner, Stephen Burns , and more

Leading scholars, journalists, and key practitioners, drawn from both Republican and Democratic administrations, diagnose the problem with the American presidency on day one of this two-day discussion.

9:00am - 2:30pm
Online
Oct
19

Toward a More Responsible and Effective Presidency (Day Two)

William Antholis, Don Baer, Peter Baker, Laura Barrón-López, Bob Bauer, Joshua Bolten, Meena Bose, Valerie Smith Boyd, Robert Bruner, Stephen Burns , and more

Leading scholars, journalists, and key practitioners, drawn from both Republican and Democratic administrations, focus on how to fix problems with the American presidency on day two of this two-day discussion.

9:00am - 2:30pm
Online
Oct
20