The Problem Solver

By Kleinheider Posted on December 10, 2008 at 10:02 am

Politico profiles Lamar Alexander’s Chief of Staff, Tom Ingram:

Ingram says he means what he says about bipartisanship. For the past several years, Ingram — whom colleagues call a social butterfly — has put together a regular bipartisan breakfast for more than 60 chiefs of staff to discuss ways in which their bosses can work together. The breakfasts have evolved into dinners and drinks and have given Ingram a sort of rock star status among Hill staffers.

“I am nuts about Tom Ingram,” said Tamara Luzzatto, chief of staff to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. “He has invested his precious time, wonderful sense of humor and terrific leadership skills into serving as a co-shepherd of a bipartisan flock of Senate chiefs of staff who hope, like he does, that by getting to know one another and learning from one another, we just might work more effectively together.

“I just wish he weren’t as good at electing Republicans,” Luzzatto said.

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