Story highlights Salazar is a former Colorado senator and Secretary of the Interior

It will be co-chaired by longtime aides Neera Tanden and Maggie Williams

Philadelphia (CNN) Ken Salazar, the former secretary of the interior and senator from Colorado, will lead Hillary Clinton's transition team, campaign chairman John Podesta announced Tuesday.

The team -- called the Clinton-Kaine Transition Project -- will be based in Washington and will be also be led by longtime Clinton confidants and supporters.

Neera Tanden, a Clinton policy advisor who has been with Clinton since her time as first lady, and Maggie Williams, Clinton's chief of staff in the first lady's office, will be co-chairs of the transition team.

Former National Security Adviser Tom Donilon and former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who also leads a pro-Clinton super PAC, will also serve as co-chairs.

Ed Meier and Ann O'Leary, two aides who served on Clinton's 2016 campaign, will serve as co-chairs to the transition team.

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