Heather Podesta is a Washington D.C. lobbyist dubbed "The Insider's Insider" in an August 24, 2009 feature article in the Washington Post. The 39-year-old Podesta is the sister-in-law of former Clinton White House Chief of Staff and Obama transition co-chair John Podesta. In the Post article, the busy Podesta muses that "This is a very good time to be a Democratic lobbyist."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/23/AR2009082302381.html
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Born
ca. 1970
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Lobbyist
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Married to fellow lobbyist Tony Podesta
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Daughter of John Podesta
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Described as "an It Girl in a new generation of young, highly connected, built-for-the-Obama-era lobbyists" in the Washington Post
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Known for wearing flashy, wildly colored, non-traditional clothes
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Clients include Cigna, Eli Lilly, Prudential and Marathon Oil
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On her networking as a lobbyist: "It's like doing the tango!"
