High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lisa Brown (born March 6, 1960) was named by Barack Obama`s office of presidential transition to serve in the Obama Administration as Staff Secretary, assuming that post on January 20, 2009, where she is responsible for managing the flow of information, advice and decision-making between staff members and the President. During the transition, she served as Co-Chair of Agency Review in the Obama-Biden Transition. Prior to joining the Obama-Biden Transition Team, she served as Executive Director of the American Constitution Society, a progressive legal organization.