Pete Buttigieg Hires Former Goldman Sachs Executive as National Policy Director

This is so not surprising. And these are the facts that we need to know. Again and again, the welfare of us all is dependent upon our commitment to following the money and divorcing our support from all who will put the interests of wealthy corporate interests over the interests of the people and the planet. — Molly

 "Still on the job as Pete Buttigieg's national policy director." 

— Normon Solomon

Published July 18, 2019, Updated February 5, 2020

By Tucker Higgins

Key Points

Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg has hired a former Goldman Sachs vice president and Google executive to run his policy shop, his campaign announced Thursday.

Sonal Shah, now executive director of the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation at Georgetown University, will be the campaign’s national policy director.

Shah worked at Goldman Sachs from 2004 to 2007 as a vice president, according to her LinkedIn page. She then worked for Google as its head of global development initiatives from 2007 to 2009.  

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