Tracking Biden’s picks for Cabinet-level and high-ranking posts

President-elect is rolling out his picks for Cabinet heads and other high-ranking administration officials. Some of these appointments — namely, secretaries of various departments — must be confirmed by the Senate. Others, like the national security adviser, do not need to be confirmed. Here are Biden’s nominees and appointees thus far. This post was last updated on Dec. 7, 2020.

Source: The White House, Biden presidential transition, POLITICO staff reports, news reports, Getty Images Cabinet nominees Nominations yet to come

= NOMINATED, MUST BE CONFIRMED BY SENATE As of Dec. 7, Biden’s team had yet to officially announce these Cabinet nominations: Secretary of Defense Attorney General Secretary of the Interior Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Labor SECRETARY OF STATE TREASURY SECRETARY DHS SECRETARY HHS SECRETARY Secretary of HUD NOMINATED NOMINATED NOMINATED NOMINATED Blinken was a deputy If confirmed, Yellen would be If confirmed, Mayorkas will If confirmed, Becerra will be Secretary of Energy national security adviser and the first female Treasury be the first Latino Homeland the first Latino Health and Secretary of Education deputy secretary of State secretary. Security secretary. Human Services secretary. during President Barack Yellen, a widely respected Mayorkas served as deputy Becerra succeeded Kamala Secretary of Veterans Affairs Obama’s administration. labor , was the first DHS secretary in the Obama Harris as California’s woman to serve as Chair of administration from 2013 to Attorney General. He was the Federal Reserve from 2016. previously a U.S. Represen- 2014 to 2018. tative for more than two decades. Cabinet-level and other high-ranking officials

Ronald Klain Linda Thomas-Greenfield John Kerry CHIEF OF STAFF NAT’L. SECURITYADVISER DIRECTOR OF NAT’L. INTELLIGENCE U.N. AMBASSADOR SPECIAL ENVOY FOR CLIMATE

NOT ASENATE-CONFIRMED ROLE NOT ASENATE-CONFIRMED ROLE NOMINATED NOMINATED NOT ASENATE-CONFIRMED ROLE Klain was a senior adviser to Sullivan was Biden’s national Haines is the first woman to Thomas-Greenfield is a Kerry was secretary of State the Biden campaign, vice security adviser during the be appointed Director of veteran diplomat who was an during Obama’s second presidential chief of stafffrom Obama administration. National Intelligence. assistant secretary of State term. He also helped 2009 to 2011 and was During the Obama adminis- during the Obama adminis- negotiate and signed the appointed by the Obama tration, Haines served as tration. Paris climate agreement to administration to coordinate deputy national security lower greenhouse gas its response to the Ebola adviser and was the first emissions. He was the pandemic. female deputy CIAdirector. Democratic presidential nominee in 2004. Cabinet-level and other high-ranking officials

Neera Tanden Vivek Murthy OMB DIRECTOR SURGEON GENERAL CHAIR, COUNCIL OF ECON.ADVISERS

NOMINATED NOMINATED NOMINATED Tanden is president of the Murthy previously served as If confirmed, Rouse would be Center for American Surgeon General in the the first Black woman to Progress, a think tank in Obama administration chair the Council of Econom- Washington, D.C. She was beginning in 2014, and as a ic Advisers. an adviser to Hillary Clinton’s holdover in the early Trump Rouse is the dean of the 2016 presidential campaign administration. He is a Princeton School of Public and has advised other former vice admiral in the and International Affairs.She Democratic presidential Public Health Service was previously a member of campaigns. Commissioned Corps and is Obama’s CEA and also a member of Biden’s President ’s Covid-19 task force. National Economic Council.