St. Albans School Alumnus just became Second Most Powerful Person in Washington

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Anonymous wrote:This is such a DC post. I’d be more proud if my school produced someone who worked for the poor or neglected, personally

This is DCUM. What in the world do you expect. Please, please go somewhere else if DC posts don’t resonate with you.

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Congrats to Zients. He has a real shot at President down the line if he wants it

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Anonymous wrote:Yesterday it was announced Jeff Zients would be promoted to Chief of Staff of the White House, which is often considered the second most powerful position in Washington behind the President. As Chief of Staff, Zients will be the Head of the Executive Office of the US and the highest member of the President's Cabinet. For people who don't care much about politics, it's the equivalent of being Hand of the King in Game of Thrones (i.e. Tyrion Lannister, smart and influential but not in the spotlight). It's awesome to see someone from St. Albans make it all the way to the top in such a crowded field!

❤️ the GOT reference, specific to Tyrion.

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Breaking news—man who went to elite private school filled with children of governmental power brokers becomes important governmental power broker!

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Anonymous wrote:Breaking news—man who went to elite private school filled with children of governmental power brokers becomes important governmental power broker!

lol

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Anonymous wrote:Breaking news—man who went to elite private school filled with children of governmental power brokers becomes important governmental power broker!

I think Zients was one of the few kids from the middle class when he was at STA. Also a Jewish kid when there were not many Jewish kids there. Everyone I know who knew him said he worked his rear end off and has worked hard all his days. He apparently always wanted to buy the Marriott’s house in DC when he was a kid and then grew up and did it. Those kinds of people should be applauded for entering government service. He could be pursuing more cash instead.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are ppl here so unhappy? God forbid we say anything positive about anyone or anything

The reflected glory was a bit heavy-handed here, even for the DC private school crowd.

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Anonymous wrote:Breaking news—man who went to elite private school filled with children of governmental power brokers becomes important governmental power broker!

I think Zients was one of the few kids from the middle class when he was at STA. Also a Jewish kid when there were not many Jewish kids there. Everyone I know who knew him said he worked his rear end off and has worked hard all his days. He apparently always wanted to buy the Marriott’s house in DC when he was a kid and then grew up and did it. Those kinds of people should be applauded for entering government service. He could be pursuing more cash instead.

100% agree. He’s a superstar plain and simple, the more minds like his that we have in public sector the better. All too often the sharpest minds stick to private sector. But he’s already got the $$$, a PP said he was in Fortune’s richest 40 people under 40. He has hundreds of millions in the bank so hopefully he’s not another revolving door politician. I don’t know how active he’s stayed with STA though (on the other he seems to stay very involved with Duke).

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Anonymous wrote:Breaking news—man who went to elite private school filled with children of governmental power brokers becomes important governmental power broker!

I think Zients was one of the few kids from the middle class when he was at STA. Also a Jewish kid when there were not many Jewish kids there. Everyone I know who knew him said he worked his rear end off and has worked hard all his days. He apparently always wanted to buy the Marriott’s house in DC when he was a kid and then grew up and did it. Those kinds of people should be applauded for entering government service. He could be pursuing more cash instead.

100% agree. He’s a superstar plain and simple, the more minds like his that we have in public sector the better. All too often the sharpest minds stick to private sector. But he’s already got the $$$, a PP said he was in Fortune’s richest 40 people under 40. He has hundreds of millions in the bank so hopefully he’s not another revolving door politician. I don’t know how active he’s stayed with STA though (on the other he seems to stay very involved with Duke).

Oh great, another privileged near-billionaire in the WH.

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The thread is cringe. It's typical Washington behavior, however, which is to highlight someone in a position that's supposedly intended to help the general public (i.e., given the Biden Administration's purported policy goals) in a way that ultimately is all about having power, money, and access.

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Anonymous wrote:Breaking news—man who went to elite private school filled with children of governmental power brokers becomes important governmental power broker!

I think Zients was one of the few kids from the middle class when he was at STA. Also a Jewish kid when there were not many Jewish kids there. Everyone I know who knew him said he worked his rear end off and has worked hard all his days. He apparently always wanted to buy the Marriott’s house in DC when he was a kid and then grew up and did it. Those kinds of people should be applauded for entering government service. He could be pursuing more cash instead.

That’s great. Congrats to him. Btw there still are not many Jewish kids at STA btw. Only 1 boy who is being raised as Jewish in my son’s class.

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Anonymous wrote:Yesterday it was announced Jeff Zients would be promoted to Chief of Staff of the White House, which is often considered the second most powerful position in Washington behind the President. As Chief of Staff, Zients will be the Head of the Executive Office of the US and the highest member of the President's Cabinet. For people who don't care much about politics, it's the equivalent of being Hand of the King in Game of Thrones (i.e. Tyrion Lannister, smart and influential but not in the spotlight). It's awesome to see someone from St. Albans make it all the way to the top in such a crowded field!

So happy finally an STA person is being recognized for an administration besides Trump’s. Lots of Trump families at STA and several were in his admin.

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Anonymous wrote:Breaking news—man who went to elite private school filled with children of governmental power brokers becomes important governmental power broker!

I think Zients was one of the few kids from the middle class when he was at STA. Also a Jewish kid when there were not many Jewish kids there. Everyone I know who knew him said he worked his rear end off and has worked hard all his days. He apparently always wanted to buy the Marriott’s house in DC when he was a kid and then grew up and did it. Those kinds of people should be applauded for entering government service. He could be pursuing more cash instead.

100% agree. He’s a superstar plain and simple, the more minds like his that we have in public sector the better. All too often the sharpest minds stick to private sector. But he’s already got the $$$, a PP said he was in Fortune’s richest 40 people under 40. He has hundreds of millions in the bank so hopefully he’s not another revolving door politician. I don’t know how active he’s stayed with STA though (on the other he seems to stay very involved with Duke).

As a PP said he was raised middle class, he worked his way up
Oh great, another privileged near-billionaire in the WH.

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Anonymous wrote:Breaking news—man who went to elite private school filled with children of governmental power brokers becomes important governmental power broker!

I think Zients was one of the few kids from the middle class when he was at STA. Also a Jewish kid when there were not many Jewish kids there. Everyone I know who knew him said he worked his rear end off and has worked hard all his days. He apparently always wanted to buy the Marriott’s house in DC when he was a kid and then grew up and did it. Those kinds of people should be applauded for entering government service. He could be pursuing more cash instead.

100% agree. He’s a superstar plain and simple, the more minds like his that we have in public sector the better. All too often the sharpest minds stick to private sector. But he’s already got the $$$, a PP said he was in Fortune’s richest 40 people under 40. He has hundreds of millions in the bank so hopefully he’s not another revolving door politician. I don’t know how active he’s stayed with STA though (on the other he seems to stay very involved with Duke).

Oh great, another privileged near-billionaire in the WH.

Whoops, meant to quote this. But yea Zients was middle class and was known as an incredibly hard worker, hardly privileged.

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Anonymous wrote:Yesterday it was announced Jeff Zients would be promoted to Chief of Staff of the White House, which is often considered the second most powerful position in Washington behind the President. As Chief of Staff, Zients will be the Head of the Executive Office of the US and the highest member of the President's Cabinet. For people who don't care much about politics, it's the equivalent of being Hand of the King in Game of Thrones (i.e. Tyrion Lannister, smart and influential but not in the spotlight). It's awesome to see someone from St. Albans make it all the way to the top in such a crowded field!

So happy finally an STA person is being recognized for an administration besides Trump’s. Lots of Trump families at STA and several were in his admin.

STA alum Al Gore was VP. But that was 35 years ago.