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Khushi Parikh assists with communications strategy and execution for the Center for Presidential Transition. Her interest in Government began in her early years, when she competed on the debate team in high school. Khushi’s passion for public service strengthened in her previous role as a Policy Analyst intern with the Texas Black Caucus Foundation, an...

Jenny Mattingley oversees the strategic direction for the Partnership’s government affairs and advocacy efforts focused on improving and modernizing government management and services for the public. Jenny comes to the Partnership and the Government Affairs team with a passion for supporting federal public servants through policies and programs that provide the tools needed to meet their missions. Jenny has been...

Presidents are responsible for about 4,000 political appointments, about 1,200 of which require Senate confirmation. The Partnership for Public Service’s Center for Presidential Transition has been tracking the rate of submissions and confirmations for each of the last few administrations. The following data was compiled to compare how President Joe Biden’s first two years in...

Sasha conducts quantitative and qualitative research to support the Center for Presidential Transition. She maintains the Partnership’s political appointee tracker and analyzes data to inform the Center’s recommendations for improving the transition process. Sasha’s experience studying decision-making in U.S. foreign policy inspired her to work on issues of national security. Her favorite public servant is...

The Partnership’s Ready to Govern program aims to equip political appointees with the tools, resources and strategies they need to be successful and make meaningful change at their agencies. The Center has developed online resources for political appointees on priority topics to support their understanding of federal government processes, structures and relationships. These resources are informed by current and former political appointees...

This is a memorandum to agency transition directors and agency points of contact on transition from Anita Breckenridge, deputy chief of staff at the White House, Andrew Mayock, deputy director for management at OMB and Tim Horne, federal transition coordinator at GSA. The memo, released on Sept. 14, 2016, provides guidance on presidential transition preparations,...