Wally Adeyemo
[3][8] Adeyemo served as the director of African American outreach for the John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign in California and was based in the San Francisco office.Adeyemo then served as senior advisor and deputy chief of staff to Jack Lew in the United States Department of the Treasury.[2] Adeyemo worked at BlackRock for two years from 2017, serving as a senior advisor, having previously been interim chief of staff for the firm's CEO, Laurence D.[17] In January 13, 2025, Bloomberg reported that Adeyemo was joining Columbia University as a fellow at the School of International and Public Affairs and the Center on Global Energy Policy.[24] Deputy Secretary Adeyemo has been heavily involved in sanctions enforcement in 2022, visiting[25] and speaking with[26] foreign regulators to encourage their cooperation.