Heather Podesta

Heather Podesta is the striking DC lobbyist who has made a name for herself as one of the toughest sharks in Washington waters. Heather Podesta, whom the paper describes as “an It Girl in a new generation of young, highly connected, built-for-the-Obama-era lobbyists. She gets an undeniable boost from a famous name — she is the sister-in-law of John Podesta, the insider’s insider who was Bill Clinton’s White House chief of staff and Obama’s transition director, and the wife of über-lobbyist Tony Podesta.”The story also quotes Podesta as saying: “This is a very good time to be a Democratic lobbyist . . . it’s incredibly exciting to be able to engage with Democrats and really see things happen. It’s always a good time to be Heather Podesta.”