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President Biden’s Team Confirmed choices of the 46th President

Secretary of Secretary of Defense Treasury

Antony Blinken Former Deputy Former Chairwoman of Retired General, former Secretary of State the Federal Reserve head of U.S. Central Board Command

Secretary of Attorney General Secretary of Agriculture Interior

Merrick Garland Currently the United Congresswoman from Former Secretary of States Court of Appeals Arizona, one of the first Agriculture under for DC and former Native American Obama, former Obama nominee to the women elected to of Supreme Court Congress and the first Native American nominated for a cabinet position

Secretary of Health and Secretary of Labor Secretary of Commerce Human Services

Gina Riamondo Current Governor of Current Mayor of Current Attorney and former Union leader Rhode Island and General of former VP candidate

Secretary of Housing and Secretary of Secretary of Energy Urban Development Transportation

Marcia Fudge Congresswoman from Mayor of South Bend, Former Governor of and former chair of the IN and former and previous Congressional Black Caucus presidential candidate front-runner for the position under Obama President Biden’s Team Confirmed choices of the 46th President

Secretary of Secretary of Secretary of Veteran Affairs Education Homeland Security

Dr. Denis McDonough Current Commission of Former Former Deputy Education for the state Chief of Staff and Secretary of Homeland of and Deputy National Security former public school Security Advisor during teacher the Obama Administration

EPA Administrator Domestic Climate Czar

Michael Regan Gina McCarthy Current Secretary of Former EPA Administrator the North Carolina under the Obama Department of Administration Environmental Quality President Biden’s Team Rumored choices of the 46th President

FCC Chair

Mignon Clyburn Former commissioner at the FCC

Jessica Rosenworcel Current Member of the Federal Communications Commission Senior Administration Officials and Staff Bios People supporting the 46th President

Neera Tanden, Director of the Office of Management and Budget. President of Center for American Progress, a position in which she has served since 2011. Previously, Tanden worked in the Obama Administration as Senior Adviser to Secretary of Health and Human Services , working to build the . Tanden also served as policy staff on the Presidential campaigns of , , and .

Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, Deputy Treasury Secretary. Nigerian-American and first President of the . Adeyemo served in many economic and trade-related positions during the Obama Administration, including Deputy National Security Advisor for International and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council. Adeyemo also represented the U.S. at the G7, , and as chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s macroeconomics policy.

Cecilia Rouse, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors. Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs, a position she has held since 2012. Rouse previously served as a member of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers and President Clinton’s National Economic Council. Rouse's research focuses on labor economics and the economics of education.

Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence. International lawyer and Director of the World Projects. During the Obama Administration, Haines served as the Deputy National Security Advisor, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs. Haines has worked in multiple positions at the Department of State and as Deputy Chief Counsel for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee under then-Chairman Biden. Senior Administration Officials and Staff Bios People supporting the 46th President

Ron Klain, Chief of Staff for President Biden. Former Chief of Staff to Vice President , and served as President-elect Biden’s Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2011. Klain is perhaps best known in recent history for serving as the White House Ebola Response Coordinator from 2014 to 2015, where he managed the federal response to the West African Ebola epidemic. Klain has also previously served as Chief Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Legislative Director for (D-MA) during his time in the House of Representatives, and Chief of Staff to Attorney General .

Louisa Terrell, Director of Legislative Affairs. Deputy General Counsel and Head of Public Affairs at McKinsey & Company, a management consulting firm. Terrell previously served as Special Assistant to President Obama for Legislative Affairs, Advisor to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman , Chief of Staff for Sen. (D-NJ) and Deputy Chief of Staff for then-Senator Biden. Terrell has also worked in policy positions for the Biden Foundation, Yahoo, and .

Shuwanza Goff, Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs. Currently serves as the Floor Director for Legislative Operations for House Majority leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and has been a career House staffer since 2008. Goff has served in Majority Leader Hoyer’s officer since 2008, when she came onboard as a Staff Assistant; she would eventually rise to serve as Hoyer’s Deputy Director of Legislative Operations.

Reema Dodin, Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs. Currently serves as Deputy Chief of Staff and Floor Director for Senator (D-IL), a position she has held since 2011. Dodin has served in Sen. Durbin’s office for the majority of her career, having started working in the office after interning there in 2006. She also volunteered for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, as well as Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. Dodin is a Fellow of the Truman National Security Project, as well as the New Leaders Council. Senior Administration Officials and Staff Bios People supporting the 46th President

Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor. Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, with a focus on national security and . Sullivan previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Deputy Assistant to President Obama, and National Security Advisor to then-Vice President Biden. Sullivan was involved in the nuclear negotiations as a senior adviser to the U.S. government.

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Ambassador to the . Career diplomat, having served in the Department of State since joining the Foreign Service in 1982 until 2017. Thomas-Greenfield most recently served as the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and was previously the Director General of the Foreign Service, and U.S. Ambassador to Liberia. Before her diplomatic career, Thomas-Greenfield taught political science at Bucknell University.

Brian Deese, . Global Head of Sustainable Investing at BlackRock, an investment management company. Deese previously served as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, and Senior Advisor to the President on climate and energy during the Obama Administration. Deese also worked on President Obama’s 2008 campaign, as an economic adviser and member of the transition’s Economic Policy Working Group.

Dana Remus, White House Counsel. Attorney who has served as Deputy Counsel for Ethics to President Obama, General Counsel for the Obama Foundation, Counsel to , and General Counsel for the Biden 2020 presidential campaign. Remus previously clerked for Supreme Court Justice and taught judicial and legal ethics at the University of North Carolina School of Law. Senior Administration Officials and Staff Bios People supporting the 46th President

Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General. A physician and founder of Doctors for America, an organization of doctors advocating for equal access to affordable healthcare for all. Murthy previously served as the Surgeon General and a member of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Presidential Advisory Council on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health under President Obama.

Jeffrey Zients, White House COVID-19 Coordinator. Biden transition co-chair, on leave from his position as CEO of the investment firm Cranemere. Under President Obama, Zients served Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Director of the National Economic Council, and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. Zients also previously worked for the Advisory Board Company, Corporate Executive Board, board of Sirius XM Radia, and board of Facebook.

Rachel Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infectious disease physician at General Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Walensky previously served as Chair of the Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council at the National Institutes of Health and a member of the Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents. Walensky’s career has focused on HIV and AIDS.

Dr. , Chief Medical Advisor on COVID-19. Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, a position he has held since 1984. Dr. Fauci is also a member of the Trump Administration’s White House Coronavirus Task Force. Dr. Fauci has served as a physician for the National Institutes of Health and has advised every president since . Senior Administration Officials and Staff Bios People supporting the 46th President

Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, Chair of the COVID-19 Equity Task Force. Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Yale School of Medicine, Associate Dean for Health Equity Research, and Director of the Equity Research and Innovation Center. Dr. Nunez-Smith has advised Connecticut, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands on COVID-19 policies. Her research focuses on achieving health and healthcare equity for populations that are structurally marginalized.

Natalie Quillan, Deputy Coordinator of the COVID-19 Response. Deputy Campaign Manager for President-elect Biden. During the Obama Administration, Quillian served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Advisor to the White House Chief of Staff, focusing on gun violence and the opioid epidemic. Quillian also held multiple positions on the National Security Council, Department of Defense, U.S. Mission to NATO, and U.S. Embassy in .

Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative. Chief lawyer on trade for the House Ways and Means Committee and previously served in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. Tai also served as Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement where her work focused on the development and litigation of U.S. disputes against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Brenda Mallory, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality. Environmental lawyer and the Director of Regulatory Policy at the Southern Environmental Law Center. Mallory was previously the Executive Director and Senior Counsel for the Conservation Litigation Project, focusing on public lands issues. Under the Obama Administration, Mallory served as General Counsel for the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Acting General Counsel and Principal Deputy General Counsel for the Environmental Protection Agency. Senior Administration Officials and Staff Bios People supporting the 46th President

Dr. , Deputy Secretary of Defense. Senior Vice President and Director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Hicks is also a scholar at ’s School of Advanced International Studies. During the Obama Administration, Hicks served as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy.

Dr. , Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Senior Fellow and co- director of ’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. Kahl previously served as National Security Advisor to then-Vice President , member of the National Security Council Deputies’ Committee, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East.

Elizabeth Klein, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Department. Deputy Director of ’s State Energy and Environmental Impact Center. During the Obama Administration, Klein served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Policy, Management, and Budget, Associate Deputy Secretary, and Counselor to the Deputy Secretary at the Department of Interior. Klein also worked as the Assistant to the Secretary of Interior during the Clinton Administration.

Polly Trottenberg, Deputy Secretary of the Transportation Department. Former Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation. Trottenberg served as Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy during the Obama Administration and as a transportation policy adviser for Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and (D-NY). Trottenberg has also worked for the Port Authority of New York and and as a board member of New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Senior Administration Officials and Staff Bios People supporting the 46th President

Isabel Gusman, Small Business Administrator Director of California’s Office of the Small Business Advocate. Guzman previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor at the Small Business Administration during the Obama Administration. Guzman founded GovContractsPros, a government consulting firm that specializes in federal contracts.

Don Graves, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Recently worked as the Head of Corporate Responsibility and Community Relations at KeyBank. During the Obama Administration, Graves served as Executive Director of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness and Counselor to then-Vice President Biden. Graves previously worked as a Policy Advisor at the Department of Treasury under President Clinton and Policy Director of Business Roundtable.

Lisa Monaco, Deputy Attorney General Attorney and senior national security analyst at CNN. Monaco served Homeland Security Adviser, member of the U.S. Homeland Security Council, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, and Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General during the Obama Administration. Monaco also served as Chief of Staff to FBI Director .

William Burns, CIA Director President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace with a 33-year diplomatic career. In the foreign service, Burns served as U.S. Ambassador to Jordan and . Burns also served as Deputy Secretary of State, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs under Presidents Bush and Obama.