George Whitesides

Biography

WHITESIDES, George, a Representative from California; born in Massachusetts, March 3, 1974; graduated from Newton North High School, Newtonville, Mass., 1992; A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 1996; M.Phil., University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, 2000; business executive; non-profit executive; executive director, National Space Society, Washington, D.C., 2004-2008; staff, transition team for President-elect Barack Obama, 2008-2009; chief of staff, National Aeronautical and Space Administration, 2009-2010; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress (January 3, 2025-present).