George Whitesides

GEORGE WHITESIDES, Democrat, of Agua Dulce, CA; born in Newton, MA, March 3, 1974; education: A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1996; M.Phil., University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 2000; professional history: business executive, non-profit executive; executive director, National Space Society, Washington, DC, 2004-08; staff, transition team for President-elect Barack Obama, 2008-09, chief of staff, National Aeronautical and Space Administration, 2009-10; election history: elected to the 119th Congress on November 5, 2024.