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Biden White House: Potential Cabinet Nominations and Senior Appointments

Biden White House: Potential Cabinet Nominations and Senior Appointments

Biden White : Potential Nominations and Senior Appointments

These are individuals we have either seen reported or are rumored to be in the mix for a cabinet nomination, senior appointment, or other roles in a potential Biden Administration. Please feel free to reach out to us with specific staffing questions. We have long standing ties to Vice President Biden, his campaign staff, members of the transition team, and a great many of the individuals listed in this document. October 21, 2020 Table of Contents

• Notes: Slide 3-5 • Potential Cabinet Agency Appointments: Slides 6-70 • Potential Senior Appointments: Slides 71-95 • Potential Independent Agency Appointments: Slides 96-112 • Potential Democratic Party Officials: 113-114 • Other Individuals up for Consideration: Slides 115-118

2 Notes

• This document compiles all the names we have been hearing for cabinet agencies, independent agencies, senior White House staff, and other potential positions in a Biden Administration. • While our list keeps growing, we have tried to limit the people included under each heading to just those who are likely to be serious contenders for each role, although there are certainly more people who are interested and potentially campaigning for positions. • In some cases, we have specified candidates who might be in the running for the most senior job at an agency, such as a cabinet Secretary position, but acknowledge that some of these individuals might also accept a Deputy Secretary, Undersecretary, or similar role at another agency if someone else is appointed to the top job. Some folks, however, are likely to only be interested in the most senior slot. • Generally, we expect a Biden Administration will be focused on achieving diversity in its most senior ranks. This means we are likely to see women, minorities, and individuals of different sexual orientations appointed to cabinet-level positions.

3 Notes

• Additionally, we believe a Biden Administration would seek to incorporate geographic diversity and a vast range of experience into its hiring, which is why you will see former Democratic presidential candidates, , veteran policymakers, businesspeople, academics, and scientists included on our list. • As you will see, we list several individuals who have previously worked for Vice President Biden or are involved in the Biden campaign. While a Biden transition team will look closely at a number of these institutionalists, it is also likely to face pressure to be inclusive of ideas and candidates from the more liberal wing of the Democratic party. • Further, our list includes several members of Congress who may be considered for various positions in a Biden Administration. Aside from Members who may not return to Congress next year due to retirements or tight races, we are hesitant to think Democrats would give up any Senate seats. This is especially true for senators representing states where there is a Republican . We believe many senior Democratic Hill staffers might also be interested in serving in a Biden Administration. • Traditionally, Democratic administrations have looked at certain types of people to fill specific positions. For example, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are such large agencies, that we tend to see preference given to candidates with previous managerial experience.

4 Notes • At the Department of Energy (DOE), we have recently seen the Secretary role filled by someone with a scientific background, while the Deputy slot is filled by someone who has more of a defense background and works primarily on National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) issues. • As you will see, there are long lists of contenders for positions at independent agencies, such as the (FTC) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). As there are only a limited number of slots at these agencies, it is possible candidates who are not selected may be considered for other roles in the administration. For example, FTC candidates might also be contenders for the Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust position at the Department of Justice (DOJ). Those in the running for an FCC commissioner slot could be looked at for other telecommunications positions, such as the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Administrator at the Department of Commerce or Rural Utilities Service (RUS) Administrator at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). • Other positions, including many of the senior positions at the Department of Commerce, pose opportunities for candidates from the business world to join the new administration. • Over the past several months, the Biden campaign has precluded registered lobbyists from engaging directly with members of the campaign staff working on policy. While there may be some waivers granted, we anticipate a Biden Administration will develop a strong ethics policy that may prohibit registered lobbyists from working for the administration in order to mitigate conflicts of interest.

5 Potential Cabinet Agency Appointments Potential Cabinet Nominations: State Department

From Left to Right: , Tony Blinken, Tom Donilon, Bill Burns, Nicholas Burns, , Sen. , Sen. Potential Cabinet Member Nominations: State Department

• Ambassador Susan Rice • Served as President 's Advisor and Ambassador to the (U.N.) from 2009 to 2017. • Worked with President as part of the National Security Council (NSC) where she oversaw African affairs and later worked for the . • Tony Blinken • Served as Deputy in the Obama Administration, as well as Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama. • Served as Staff Director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for six years. • Tom Donilon • Served first as Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor and later National Security Advisor to President Obama for three years. • Served as Assistant Secretary of State and Chief of Staff at the State Department during the Clinton Administration.

8 Potential Cabinet Member Nominations: State Department

• Ambassador Bill Burns • Currently President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. • Served as the Deputy Secretary of State in the Obama Administration from 2011 to 2014, as well as the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Previous positions include U.S. Ambassador to and during the Clinton and Bush Administrations. • Nicholas Burns • Served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 2005 to 2008; U.S. Ambassador to NATO from 2001 to 2005; U.S. Ambassador to Greece from 1997 to 2001; and State Department Spokesman from 1995 to 1997. • Worked for five years from 1990 to 1995 on the NSC, where he was Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Affairs and Special Assistant to President Clinton. • Wendy Sherman • A founding partner of the Albright Stonebridge Group • Served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs during the Obama Administration; Counselor of the Department of State under Secretary Madeline Albright; and Special Advisor to President Clinton and Policy Coordinator on .

9 Potential Cabinet Member Nominations: State Department

• Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) • Has served as the junior Senator from since 2010; Occupies Vice President Biden’s former Senate seat. • Sits on the Senate Appropriations, Foreign Relations Committee, Judiciary, Small Business & Committee, and Ethics Committees. • Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate Human Rights Caucus. • Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) • Senator since 2013; Previously served as the Representative for ’s 5th Congressional District. • Member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committees.

10 Other Senior Appointments: State Department Under Secretary for Policy • • Currently serves as the head of the JPMorgan Chase Policy Center. • Served as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources from 2013 to 2017; Previously served as Counselor of the Department of State. Heather Higginbottom • Worked as Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2011 until 2013. • Served as the Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) from 2009 to 2010 after serving as Policy Director of the Obama for America campaign.

Under Secretary for the Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment • Cam Kerry • Currently a Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab. • Served as General Counsel and Acting Secretary of the Department Cam Kerry of Commerce during the Obama Administration. • Previously Senior Counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

11 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Ambassador to the United Nations

• • Served two terms as mayor of South Bend, . • Served as an Army Officer and deployed to in 2014.

Pete Buttigieg • Representative (D-CA-37) • Serves as the Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and the Chairwoman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, , and Homeland Security. • Member of the House Committee, where she is the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations. • Was first elected a Member of the State Assembly in 2004 and later became the first Black woman to serve as Speaker in a state legislative body. Rep. Karen Bass

12 Potential Cabinet Nominations: U.S. Agency for International Development

• Representative Karen Bass (D-CA-37) • Serves as the Chair of the CBC and the Chairwoman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. • Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where she is the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations. • Was first elected a Member of the California State Assembly in 2004 and later became the first Black Rep. Karen Bass woman to serve as Speaker in a state legislative body.

13 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Defense Department

From Left to Right: Michèle Flournoy, Frank Kendall, , Susan Rice, Sen. , Sen. Jack Reed

14 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Defense Department

• Michèle Flournoy • Served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from 2009 to 2012. • Co-Founder and Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors and former Co-Founder and CEO of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). • Frank Kendall • Served as Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L) from 2012 to 2017. • Leader of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) efforts to increase the Department’s buying power and improve the performance of the defense acquisition enterprise. • Christine Wormuth • Served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from 2014 to 2016 and Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Forces from 2012 to 2014. • Served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Defense at the NSC from 2010 to 2012, where she was the primary liaison from the NSC to on defense issues.

15 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Defense Department

• Ambassador Susan Rice • Served as President Barack Obama's National Security Advisor and Ambassador to the U.N. from 2009 to 2017. • Worked with President Clinton as part of the NSC where she oversaw African affairs and later worked for the Brookings Institution. • Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) • Serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee and served in the Reserve for 23 years before retiring from military service in 2014 at the rank of . • Appointed in 2009 by President Obama to be Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs. • Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) • Currently serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. • Served in the 82nd Airborne Division as an Infantry Platoon Leader, a Company Commander, and a Battalion Staff Officer, and later joined the faculty at West Point.

16 Other Senior Appointments: Defense Department Deputy Secretary • Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall • Served as the Deputy Secretary of Energy from 2014 to 2017. • Worked in the Obama Administration, first as the Senior Director for European Affairs for the NSC from 2009 to 2013 and as White House Coordinator for Defense Policy, Countering Weapons of Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall Mass Destruction, and from 2013 to 2014.

Under Secretary for Policy • Brian McKeon • Served as Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and Acting Under Secretary for Policy from 2014 to 2017. • Worked as Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff for the NSC and Deputy National Security Advisor to Vice President Biden.

Brian McKeon

17 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Homeland Security

From Left to Right: Susan Rice, , ,

18 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Homeland Security • Ambassador Susan Rice • Served as President Barack Obama's National Security Advisor and Ambassador to the U.N. from 2009 to 2017. • Worked with President Clinton as part of the NSC where she oversaw African affairs and later worked for the Brookings Institution. • Lisa Monaco • Served as President Barack Obama’s Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. • Spent 15 years at DOJ as a career federal prosecutor and in senior management positions, as well as at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). • Vanita Gupta • Previously served as Acting Assistant Attorney General and Head of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division during the Obama Administration. • Worked as Deputy Legal Director and the Director of the Center for Justice at the ACLU. • Julian Castro • Was the Mayor of , from 2009 to 2014. • Served as President Obama's Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary from 2014 to 2017. 19 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Intelligence Community

From Left to Right: Susan Rice, Tom Donilon, , , Chris Inglis, Robert Cardillo

20 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Intelligence Community

• Ambassador Susan Rice • Served as President Barack Obama's National Security Advisor and Ambassador to the U.N. from 2009 to 2017. • Worked with President Clinton as part of the NSC where she oversaw African affairs and later worked for the Brookings Institution. • Tom Donilon • Served first as Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor and later National Security Advisor to President Obama. • Served as Assistant Secretary of State and Chief of Staff at the State Department during the Clinton Administration. • Michael Morell • Currently Senior Counselor to the Global Chairman of the Geo-Political Risk Practice at . • Was a career Intelligence Analyst, who served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2010 to 2013 and twice as Acting Director, first in 2011 and then from 2012 to 2013.

21 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Intelligence Community

• Avril Haines • Currently coordinating defense and for the Biden transition team. • Served as Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor, Deputy CIA Director, and Legal Adviser to the NSC during the Obama Administration. • Chris Inglis • Currently a Managing Director of Paladin Capital Group. • Began his career at the (NSA) as a Computer Scientist and later served as Deputy Director of the NSA from 2006 to 2014. • Robert Cardillo • Currently a Distinguished Fellow at ’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology. • Most recently served as the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) from 2014 to 2019; Previously served as the Deputy Director for Intelligence Integration at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) from 2010 to 2014.

22 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Justice

From Left to Right: , Sally Yates, , , , Jamie Gorelick, Tony West, , 23 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Justice

• Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) • Served as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of from 1997 to 2001 before moving into private practice. • Known for being a part of the Alabama Attorney General’s successful prosecution of a member for the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963. • Sally Yates • Served as Deputy Attorney General under President Obama and briefly as Acting Attorney General under President Trump. • Served as Assistant U.S. Attorney in ’s U.S. Attorney's Office, having worked her way up beginning in 1994. • Preet Bharara • Served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of from 2009 to 2017, and served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for five years prior to leading the Southern District. • Prosecuted nearly 100 Street executives for and other offenses and reached historic settlements and fines with the four largest banks in the U.S.

24 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Justice

• Stacey Abrams • Served in the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, serving as Minority Leader from 2011 to 2017; Previously served as Deputy City Attorney for the City of Atlanta. • First woman to lead either party in the and first African-American to lead in the House of Representatives. • Merrick Garland • Serves as U.S. Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 1997 • Nominated by President Obama to the Supreme Court in 2016 after the passing of Justice . • Jamie Gorelick • Served as Deputy Attorney General during the Clinton Administration and is a former member of the Defense Legal Policy Board at DoD. • Served as the Vice Chair of the Task Force on the Audit, Inspection, and Investigation Components of DoD and as an Assistant to the Secretary and Counselor to the Deputy Secretary of Energy.

25 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Justice

• Tony West • Served as Associate Attorney General in DOJ's Civil Division under President Obama. • Accepted his first appointment to DOJ in 1993 as Special Assistant and then as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California. • Eric Garcetti • Currently Mayor of since 2013. • Served as an Intelligence Officer in the Navy Reserve and taught at the University of Southern California and Occidental College. • Jeh Johnson • Served as the Secretary of Homeland Security in the Obama Administration from 2013 to 2017. • Previously served as the General Counsel of DoD from 2009 to 2012 and the Air Force from 1998 to 2001.

26 Other Senior Appointments: Department of Justice, Antitrust Division

• Terrell McSweeny • Served as FTC Commissioner from 2014 to 2018. • Served as Chief Counsel for Competition Policy and Intergovernmental Relations for DOJ's Antitrust Division from 2012 to 2014. • Served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President from January 2009 until February 2012. • Served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Policy Director to Sen. (D-DE) and Terrell McSweeny as Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2005 to 2008.

• Jon Leibowitz • Served as the Chairman of the FTC during the Obama Administration from 2009 to 2013. • Previously served as Counsel to the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee and Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism and Technology.

Jon Leibowitz 27 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of the Treasury

From Left to Right: , , Sarah Bloom Raskin, Roger Ferguson, , Mellody Hobson, Sen. , 28 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of the Treasury

• Lael Brainard • Administrative Governor of the 's Board of Governors since 2014. • Served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 2010 to 2013. • Richard Cordray • Served as the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from 2012 to 2017 and previously served as 's Attorney General, Solicitor General, and Treasurer. • Clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices and Anthony . • Sarah Bloom Raskin • Served as a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is a former U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. • Served as Governor of the Federal Reserve Board from 2010 to 2014 and Commissioner of Financial Regulation for the State of from 2007 to 2010. • Roger Ferguson • Currently President and CEO of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) since 2008. • Served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System from 1996 to 2006; Served on President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness as well as its predecessor, the Economic Recovery Advisory Board; Co-chaired the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on the Long-Run Macro-Economic Effects of the Aging U.S. Population. 29 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of the Treasury • Janet Yellen • Currently a Distinguished Fellow in Residence with the Economic Studies Program at the Bookings Institution, as well as an adviser to the Magellan Group. • Served as the Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board from 2010 to 2014; Previously served as President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of from 2004 to 2010. • Mellody Hobson • Currently the President and Co-CEO of Ariel Investments. • Previously served as Chairwoman of DreamWorks Animation, as well as the Head of the Economic Club of . • Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) • Serves as the ranking Democrat on the Banking Committee’s Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Subcommittee. • Served as Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the oversight board created in the aftermath of the financial crisis to protect taxpayers. • Mayor Michael Bloomberg • Businessman, philanthropist, and former Mayor who is the Co-Founder and Majority Owner of Bloomberg L.P. • Recently self-funded $935 million for his primary campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in which he won 61 delegates.

30 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Health and Human Services

From Left to Right: Rep. Karen Bass, , Pete Buttigieg, , ,

31 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Health and Human Services

• Representative Karen Bass (D-CA-37) • Serves as the Chair of the CBC and the Chairwoman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. • Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where she is the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations. • Was first elected a Member of the California State Assembly in 2004 and later became the first Black woman to serve as Speaker in a state legislative body. • Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) • Represented 's 1st Congressional District from 2013 to 2019 and served on the House Budget and Agriculture Committees. • Previously served as a Cabinet Secretary for three different New Mexico governors, including in roles where she oversaw the Department of Aging and Long-Term Services and the Department of Health. • Pete Buttigieg • Served two terms as mayor of South Bend, Indiana. • Served as an Army Officer and deployed to Afghanistan in 2014.

32 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Health and Human Services

• Ezekiel Emanuel • Currently serves as Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at the University of and is the Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy. • Served as Special Advisor for Health Policy to the OMB Director from 2009 to 2011. • Vivek Murthy • Served as Surgeon General from December 2014 to 2017. • Jack Markell • Served as the Governor of Delaware from 2009 to 2017 and served three terms as the State Treasurer of Delaware from 1999 to 2009. • Named to serve on the Executive Committee of the National Governors Association (NGA) in August 2013.

33 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Centers for & Services

From Left to Right: , Mandy Cohen,

34 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• Andy Slavitt • Served as Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from 2015 to 2017; Led efforts to pass the (ACA) under President Obama. • Previously worked as an investment banker for . • Mandy Cohen • Currently an Adjunct Professor in Health Policy and Management at the University of at Chapel Hill. • Previously served as the Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff at CMS. • Andrea Palm • Served as Senior Counselor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) under President Obama and as Chief of Staff for HHS from 2013 to 2014. • Previously worked as a Senior Advisor at the DPC during the implementation and rollout of the ACA.

35 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Food and Drug Administration

• Josh Sharfstein • Currently the Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. • Served as Principal Deputy Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from 2009 to 2011 and later as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from 2011 to 2014. Josh Sharfstein

36 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Education

From Left to Right: Jr., Jim Shelton, Rep. Alma Adams, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. , 37 Rep. , Linda Darling Hammond Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Education • John King Jr. • Currently President & CEO of The Education Trust. • Served as Deputy Secretary and then Secretary of the Department of Education during the Obama Administration; Began his career as a high school social studies teacher and middle school principal before serving as the New York State Education Commissioner. • Jim Shelton • Currently Chief Investment and Impact Officer for Blue Meridian Partners. • Served as Deputy Secretary of Education from 2013 to 2014 and Assistant Deputy Secretary prior to that; Recently led Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Education Division. • Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC-12) • Has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2014; Previously served as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly. • Serves on the House Agriculture, Education and Labor, and Financial Services Committees. • Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) • Serves as the ranking Democrat on the Banking Committee’s Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Subcommittee. • Served as Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the oversight board created in the aftermath of the financial crisis to protect taxpayers. 38 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Education

• Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3) • Has represented Ohio's 3rd Congressional District since 2013; Serves on the House Financial Services Committee, where she chairs the Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee, as well as the Joint Economic Committee. • Previously Senior Vice President for Outreach and Engagement at Ohio State University and a Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1999 to 2008. • Frederica Wilson (D-FL-24) • Has represented 's 24th Congressional District since 2011; Serves on the House Education and Labor Committee, where she chairs the Health, Employment, Labor, and Subcommittee, as well as the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. • Previously served on the -Dade County School Board and in the Florida House of Representatives. • Linda Darling Hammond • Currently serves as Professor Emeritus at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and the Founding President and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute. • Served as Education Advisor to President Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. • Has authored more than 25 books and 500 articles on education policy and practice; Began her career as a public- school teacher. 39 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Housing and Urban Development

From Left to Right: Rep. Karen Bass, Rep. Chuy Garcia, Anthony Williams, Eric Garcetti

40 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA-37) • Serves as the Chair of the CBC and the Chairwoman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. • Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where she is the Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations. • Was first elected a Member of the California State Assembly in 2004 and later became the first Black woman to serve as Speaker in a state legislative body. • Rep. Chuy Garcia (D-IL-4) • Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus who serves on the House Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources Committees. • Worked at the Legal Assistance from 1977 to 1980; Served as Assistant Director of the Little Village Neighborhood Housing Service until 1984; Elected as a Committeeman in the Cook County Democratic Party in 1984 as the city’s Deputy Water Commissioner.

41 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Mayor Anthony Williams • Currently CEO of the Federal City Council; Served as Mayor of , DC from 1999 to 2007. • Served as Executive Director of the Global Government Practice at the Corporate Executive Board in Arlington, . • Mayor Eric Garcetti • Currently Mayor of Los Angeles since 2013. • Served as an Intelligence Officer in the Navy Reserve and taught at the University of Southern California and Occidental College.

42 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Transportation

From Left to Right: Rep. , Beth Osborne, Eric Garcetti

43 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Transportation

• Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3) • Serves as a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee. • He was elected to the Legislature in 1972 at age 24 where he served in the state legislature for six years as a Commissioner of public works and managed the city’s transportation functions, land-use planning and environmental services. • Beth Osborne • Previously worked at DOT, where she served as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy. • Worked for Sen. (D-DE) as an advisor for transportation, trade and labor policy, as well as the Policy Director for Smart Growth America and the Legislative Director for environmental policy at the Southern Governors’ Association. She currently serves as the Director of Transportation for America. • Mayor Eric Garcetti • Currently serves as the Mayor of Los Angeles since 2013. • Served as an Intelligence Officer in the Navy Reserve and taught at the University of Southern California and Occidental College.

44 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Labor

From Left to Right: William Spriggs, Sharon Block, Edward Montgomery,

45 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Labor

• William Spriggs • Currently Chief Economist for the AFL–CIO and Professor of at . • Served as Assistant Secretary of Policy at the Department of Labor (DOL) during the Obama Administration. • Sharon Block • Currently Executive Director of the Labor and Worklife Program at . • Previously served as Head of the Policy Office at DOL; Senior Counselor to Secretary of Labor ; and Senior Labor and Employment Counsel to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee under Senator (D-MA).

46 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Labor

• Edward Montgomery • Currently President of Western University since 2017. • Served on President Obama's Auto Task Force and led the inter-agency White House Council for Auto Communities and Workers; Previously served as Chief Economist, Counselor, Assistant Secretary of Labor, and Deputy Secretary of Labor during the Clinton Administration. • Seth Harris • Currently a Visiting Professor at Cornell’s Institute for Public Affairs and practicing law in D.C. • Served as Deputy Secretary of Labor and Acting Secretary of Labor in 2013.

47 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Commerce

From Left to Right: Jeff Zients, Tom Nides, Indra Nooyi, Virginia Rometty, Susan Helper

48 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Commerce

• Jeff Zients • Served as Director of the NEC from 2014 to 2017 and as Deputy OMB Director from 2009 to 2013. • Credited within the Obama Administration for fixing the issues with healthcare.gov. • Tom Nides • Currently the Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley. • Previously served as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources from 2011 to 2013. • Indra Nooyi • Named Co-Director of the Connecticut Economic Resource Center in 2019 and is drafting the state’s new economic development strategy; Represents Connecticut on the six-state working group planning for the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. • Served as Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo from 2006 to 2018.

49 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Commerce

• Virginia Rometty • Currently serves as Executive Chairman of IBM; Previously served as Chairman, President and CEO of IBM, becoming the first woman to head the company. • Joined IBM in 1981 as a Systems Engineer and eventually led IBM’s transition to a data company. • Susan Helper • Currently a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. • Served as Senior Economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 2012 to 2013 and Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2013 to 2015.

50 Potential Cabinet Nominations: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of Commerce

From Left to Right: Joey Wender, Thomas Powers, Anna Gomez

51 Potential Cabinet Nominations: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of Commerce

• Joey Wender • Currently serves as a Senior Policy Advisor on telecommunications issues for Sen. (D-MA), a position he has held for the last seven years. • Previously served as Sen. Markey’s Legislative Director in the U.S. House of Representatives. • Thomas Powers • Served as Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Telecommunications in the White House from 2011 to 2014. • Previously served as Chief of Staff for NTIA from 2009 to 2011. • Anna Gomez • Previously Served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information for NTIA at the Department of Commerce. • Served for 12 years in various positions at the FCC, including as Senior Legal Advisor to the Chairman.

52 Potential Cabinet Nominations: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce • • Previously served as Deputy Director of the Environment Program at the Walton Family Foundation and Senior Director of Ocean Policy at the National Geographic Society. • Served as Principal Deputy Undersecretary for Oceans and Atmosphere at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 2009 Monica Medina to 2013 and as NOAA General Counsel from 1997 to 1999.

• Sandra Whitehouse • Currently works as a consultant with more than 20 years' experience as an ocean policy advisor to multiple organizations and institutions. • Holds a Ph.D. in biological oceanography from the Graduate School of Oceanography at the University of . • Presently sits on The Advisory Board for the Graduate School Of Oceanography at the University of Rhode Island. Sandra Whitehouse

53 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Energy

From Left to Right: , , , Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Rep. Andy Levin

54 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Energy • Governor Jay Inslee (D-WA) • Serves as Governor of Washington since 2013; Ran for president in the 2020 Democratic primary. • Served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2012. • Jennifer Granholm • Former Attorney General from 1999 to 2003 and from 2003 to 2011. • Member of President Obama’s presidential transition team in 2008 and 2009. • John Podesta • Current Chair and Counselor of the Center for American Progress (CAP) and was the Chairman of ’s 2016 presidential campaign. • Served as Counselor to President Obama 2014 and Chief of Staff to President Clinton from 1998 to 2001. • Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall • Served as the Deputy Secretary of Energy in the Obama Administration from 2014 to 2017. • Worked in the Obama Administration, first as the Senior Director for European Affairs for the NSC from 2009 to 2013 and as White House Coordinator for Defense Policy, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Arms Control from 2013 to 2014. • Rep. Andy Levin (D-MI-9) • Has represented Michigan's 9th Congressional District since 2019; Serves on the House Education and Labor and Foreign Affairs Committees. • Served as Director of the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth from 2010 to 2011. 55 Other Senior Appointments: Department of Energy

From Left to Right: Arun Majumdar, Dan Reicher, Dan Arvizu, Dennis McGinn, Cathy Zoi, Ali Zaidi, Richard Kauffman, Kerry Duggan 56 Other Senior Appointments: Department of Energy

• Arun Majumdar • Currently Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy at . • Served as the Founding Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) from 2009 to 2012 and as Acting Under Secretary of Energy from 2011 to 2012. • Dan Reicher • Founding Executive Director of the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance at Stanford University and former Director of and Energy Initiatives at . • Served as Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) during the Clinton Administration. • Dan Arvizu • Serves as Director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Department of Energy’s primary laboratory for energy efficiency and renewable energy research and development. • Appointed by President George W. Bush for a six-year term on the National Science Board (NSB), during which he was elected NSB Chairman; Reappointed to the NSB by President Barack Obama for a second six-year term.

57 Other Senior Appointments: Department of Energy

• Dennis McGinn • Served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment from 2013 until 2017. • Served on active duty in the Navy for 35 years as a naval aviator, test pilot, aircraft carrier commanding officer, and national security strategist. • Cathy Zoi • Served in the Obama Administration as Assistant Secretary and Acting Under-Secretary at the Department of Energy (DOE). • Served as Founding CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection, established and chaired by Vice President ; Served as Chief of Staff for Environmental Policy in the Clinton White House; Pioneered the Energy Star program during her service at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

58 Other Senior Appointments: Department of Energy

• Ali Zaidi • Currently serves as Deputy Secretary for Energy and Environment under New York Governor . • Served in the Obama Administration as OMB Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy, and Science at the from 2014 to 2017; White House DPC Deputy Director for Energy Policy from 2011 to 2014; and Policy Aide to Energy Secretary from 2009 to 2011. • Richard Kauffman • Served from 2013 to 2020 as Chairman of Energy and Finance for Governor Cuomo. • Served as Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Steven Chu from 2011 to 2013. • Kerry Duggan • Served as a Member of the Biden-Sanders Unity Climate Change Task Force and former Deputy Director for Policy to Vice President Biden from 2016 to 2017. • Founder of a sustainability and strategy consulting firm; Formerly the Deputy Director of the White House Federal Working Group from 2014 to 2017.

59 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Interior

From Left to right: Sen. Tom Udall, Rep. Raúl Grijalva, Rep. , Michelle Lujan Grisham, , Sen. , Steve Bullock 60 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Interior

• Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) • Has served in the U.S. Senate since 2009 and will be retiring at the end of the 116th Congress; Serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee. • Served as Attorney General of New Mexico from 1991 to 1999. • Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ-3) • Has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2002; Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee. • Previously served as a Member of the Tucson Unified School District board from 1974 to 1986 and as a member of the Pima County Board of Supervisors from 1989 to 2002. • Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM-1) • A freshman Member who serves on the House Natural Resources and Armed Services Committees; One of the first Native American women elected to Congress. • Previously served as New Mexico’s Vote Director for Native Americans during President Obama's 2012 reelection campaign. • Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D-NM) • Represented New Mexico's 1st Congressional District from 2013 to 2019 and served on the House Budget and Agriculture Committees. • Previously served as a Cabinet Secretary for three different New Mexico governors, including in roles where she oversaw the Department of Aging and Long-Term Services and the Department of Health.

61 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Interior

• Fran Ulmer • Appointed by President Obama to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. • Served as Special Advisor to U.S. Secretary of State on arctic issues from 2014 to 2017 and as Lieutenant Governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002. • Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM) • Has served as the junior senator from New Mexico since 2012; Serves on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources, Armed Services, and Intelligence Committees, as well as the Joint Economic Committee. • Represented New Mexico’s First Congressional District from 2009 to 2013; Previously served as Executive Director of the Cottonwood Gulch Foundation from 1996 to 2001. • Governor Steve Bullock (D-MT) • Currently serves as Governor of Montana since 2013 and is running for Senate; Is likely to only be considered for this position if he loses his Senate race. • Served as Montana Attorney General from 2008 to 2013.

62 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Agriculture

From Left to Right: , Rep. , David Zuckerman

63 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Agriculture

• Heidi Heitkamp • Represented in the U.S. Senate from 2013 to 2019; Was the first woman elected to the Senate from North Dakota. • Served as North Dakota Attorney General from 1992 to 2000 and as State Tax Commissioner from 1986 to 1992. • Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH-11) • Has represented Ohio's 11th Congressional District since 2008; Serves on the House Agriculture, Education and Labor, and Administration Committees. • Previously served as Mayor of Warrensville Heights from 2000 to 2008. • Lt. Governor David Zuckerman • Currently serves as Lieutenant Governor of since 2017; Actively running for Governor of Vermont and only likely to be considered for this position if he loses this race. • Previously served in Vermont House of Representatives from 1997 to 2011 and Vermont state Senate from 2013 to 2017.

64 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Environmental Protection Agency

From Left to Right: Jay Inslee, Mary Nichols, , Katie McGinty

65 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Environmental Protection Agency

• Governor Jay Inslee • Serves as Governor of Washington since 2013; Ran for president in the 2020 Democratic primary. • Served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1989 to 2012. • Mary Nichols • Currently serves as Chair of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), where she occupies the attorney seat; Has served on the Board from 1975 to 1982 and from 2007 to present. • Previously served as California Secretary for Natural Resources from 1999 to 2003; Senior Staff Attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council; Assistant Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation during the Clinton Administration; and Head of the Institute of Environment and Sustainability at UCLA. • Christine Gregoire • Fall Fellow at the Harvard Institute of at the since 2014. • Served as Governor of Washington from 2005 to 2013. • Katie McGinty • Served as an Environmental Advisor to Vice President Gore and President Clinton. • Served as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under Governor . 66 Other Senior Appointments: Environmental Protection Agency

From Left to Right: Colin O’Mara, Heather McTeer Toney,

67 Other Senior Appointments: Environmental Protection Agency

• Colin O’Mara • Currently serves as President and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation. • Former Cabinet Secretary of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control from 2009 to 2014. • Heather McTeer Toney • Currently serves as National Field Director for Moms Clean Air Force. • Former Regional Administrator of the EPA for the Southeast Region from 2014 to 2017 and mayor of Greenville, from 2004 to 2011. • Heather Zichal • Served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change to President Obama. • Previously served as Policy Director to the Obama Campaign, where she helped craft the 2008 energy platform. • Worked as Legislative Director to Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) after managing energy and environmental issues on his 2004 Presidential campaign; Served as Legislative Director to Rep. (D-NJ) and U.S. Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ).

68 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Veterans Affairs

From Left to Right: Pete Buttigieg, Chet Edwards, , Robert McDonald

69 Potential Cabinet Nominations: Department of Veterans Affairs

• Mayor Pete Buttigieg • Served two terms as mayor of South Bend, Indiana. • Served as an Army Officer and deployed to Afghanistan in 2014. • Chet Edwards • Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 2011. • Founder of Edwards, Davis Stover & Associates, LLC where he consults on military and veterans' issues. • Jason Kander • Former U.S. Army Intelligence Officer in Afghanistan; Ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2016 against Sen. (R- MO). • Served as a State Representative from 2009 to 2013 and Missouri Secretary of State from 2013 to 2017. • Robert McDonald • Served as Secretary of Veterans' Affairs from 2014 to 2017. • Served as Chairman, President, and CEO of Procter & Gamble from 1980 to 2013.

70 Potential Senior White House Appointments Potential Senior Positions: White House Chief of Staff

From Left to Right: , , Chris Coons

72 Potential Senior Positions: White House Chief of Staff

• Steve Ricchetti • Currently Chairman of the Biden campaign. • Served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Biden from 2013 to 2017. • Worked as Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs from 1993 to 1996 and Deputy White House Chief of Staff from 1998 to 2001 . • Ron Klain • Appointed by President Obama as Response Coordinator from 2014 to 2015. • Served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Gore from 1995 to 1999 and Vice President Biden from 2009 to 2011.

• Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) • Has served as the junior Senator from Delaware since 2010; Occupies Vice President Biden’s former Senate seat. • Sits on the Senate Appropriations, Foreign Relations Committee, Judiciary, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee, and Ethics Committees. • Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate Human Rights Caucus.

73 Potential Senior Positions: National Security Advisor

From Left to Right: Tony Blinken, Avril Haines, ,

74 Potential Senior Positions: National Security Advisor • Tony Blinken • Served as Deputy Secretary of State in the Obama Administration, as well as Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor to President Obama. • Served as Staff Director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for six years. • Avril Haines • Currently coordinating defense and foreign policy for the Biden transition team. • Served as Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy National Security Advisor, Deputy CIA Director, and Legal Adviser to the NSC during the Obama Administration. • Jake Sullivan • Served as National Security Advisor to Vice President Biden from 2013 to 2014 and Director of Policy Planning at the State Department from 2011 to 2013. • Former senior policy advisor to Clinton’s 2016 campaign and senior advisor to the U.S. Government for the nuclear negotiations. • Robert Malley • Currently serves as President and CEO of the International Crisis Group. • Previously served on the NSC from 2014 to 2017; Assistant to National Security Advisor from 1996 to 1998; and the Director for Democracy, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Affairs at the NSC from 1994 to 1996.

75 Potential Senior Positions: White House Senior Advisor

• Cathy Russell • Served as Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues from 2013 to 2017. • Worked as Chief of Staff to Second Lady from 2009 to 2013.

Cathy Russell

76 Potential Senior Positions: Office of Management & Budget

• Heather Higginbottom • Currently serves as the head of the JPMorgan Chase Policy Center. • Served as Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources from 2013 to 2017; Previously served as Counselor of the Department of State. • Worked as Deputy Director of OMB from 2011 until 2013. • Served as the Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the DPC from 2009 to 2010 after serving as Policy Director of the Obama for America campaign. Heather Higginbottom

77 Potential Senior Positions: Council of Economic Advisers

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78 Potential Senior Positions: Council of Economic Advisers

• Jared Bernstein • Currently serves as Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. • Served as Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to Vice President Biden from 2009 to 2011. • Heather Boushey • Currently serves as President and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and is advising the Biden campaign on the economy. • Previously served as an Economist at CAP and the Congress Joint Economic Committee. • Jason Furman • Currently serves as Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. • Served as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under from 2013 to 2017.

79 Potential Senior Positions: National Economic Council

From Left to Right: Lael Brainard, Sarah Bloom Raskin, Jeff Zients, Larry Summers

80 Potential Senior Positions: National Economic Council • Lael Brainard • Administrative Governor of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors since 2014. • Served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 2010 to 2013. • Sarah Bloom Raskin • Served as a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and is a former U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. • Was a Governor of the Federal Reserve Board from 2010 to 2014 and served as the Commissioner of Financial Regulation for the State of Maryland from 2007 to 2010. • Jeff Zients • Served as Director of the NEC from 2014 to 2017 and as Deputy OMB Director from 2009 to 2013. • Credited within the Obama Administration for fixing the issues with healthcare.gov.

81 Potential Senior Positions: National Economic Council

• Larry Summers • Served as Director of the NEC from 2009 to 2011 and President of from 2001 to 2006. • Previously served as Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001; Deputy Secretary of the Treasury from 1995 to 1999; and Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 1993 to 1995.

82 Potential Senior Positions: Domestic Policy Council

• Jake Sullivan • Served as National Security Advisor to Vice President Biden from 2013 to 2014 and Director of Policy Planning at the State Depatment from 2011 to 2013. • Former senior policy advisor to Clinton’s 2016 campaign and senior advisor to the U.S. Government for the Iran nuclear negotiations. Jake Sullivan

83 Potential Senior Positions:

• • Currently works on the Biden campaign. • Served as Counsel to Vice President Biden from 2009 to 2013 • A former Apple executive.

Cynthia Hogan

84 Potential Senior Positions: Council on Environmental Quality

• Ali Zaidi • Currently serves as Deputy Secretary for Energy and Environment under Governor Cuomo. • Served as OMB Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy, and Ali Zaidi Science from 2014 to 2017; White House DPC Deputy Director for Energy Policy from 2011 to 2014; and Policy Aide to Energy Secretary Steven Chu from 2009 to 2011. • Dan Reicher • Founding Executive Director of the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance at Stanford University and former Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives at Google. • Served as Assistant Secretary of EERE during the Clinton Administration. Dan Reicher

85 Other Potential Future Positions: COVID-19 Czar

• Ron Klain • Appointed by President Obama as Ebola Response Coordinator from 2014 to 2015. • Served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Gore from 1995 to 1999 and Vice President Biden from 2009 to 2011.

Ron Klain

86 Other Potential Future Positions White House Climate Change Czar

From Left to Right: Ali Zaidi, Dan Reicher, John Podesta

87 Other Potential Future Positions White House Climate Change Czar

• Ali Zaidi • Currently serves as Deputy Secretary for Energy and Environment under Governor Cuomo. • Served as OMB Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy, and Science at the from 2014 to 2017; White House DPC Deputy Director for Energy Policy from 2011 to 2014; and Policy Aide to Energy Secretary Steven Chu from 2009 to 2011. • Dan Reicher • Founding Executive Director of the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance at Stanford University and former Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives at Google. • Served as Assistant Secretary of EERE during the Clinton Administration. • John Podesta • Current Chair and Counselor of CAP and was the Chairman of Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. • Served as Counselor to President Obama 2014 and Chief of Staff to President Clinton from 1998 to 2001.

88 Other Potential Future Positions: Special Envoy for Climate and the Environment

• John Kerry • Served as Secretary of State under President Obama. • Represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate from 1985 to 2013. • Democratic nominee for President in the 2004 election against President Bush.

John Kerry

89 Other Potential Future Positions National Climate Council

From Left to Right: John Podesta, Todd Stern, Sue Biniaz

90 Other Potential Future Positions: National Climate Council

• John Podesta • Current Chair and Counselor of CAP and was the Chairman of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. • Served as Counselor to President Obama 2014 and Chief of Staff to President Clinton from 1998 to 2001. • Todd Stern • Current Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution concentrating on climate change. • Served from 2009 to 2016 as Special Envoy for Climate Change at the State Department, serving as President Obama’s chief climate negotiator and leading the U.S. effort in negotiating the . • Sue Biniaz • Currently serves as Senior Fellow for Climate Change at the U.N. Foundation. • Previously served as Lead Climate Lawyer for the U.S. State Department and Principal Negotiator for the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.

91 Potential Senior Positions: Chief Technology Officer

• • Ran as a candidate in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. • Founded (VFA) in 2011, a nonprofit organization focused on creating jobs in cities struggling to recover from the .

Andrew Yang

92 Potential Senior Positions: United States Trade Representative

From Left to Right: Jennifer Hillman, Miriam Sapiro, Thea Lee, Mike Wessel, 93 Jeff Zients, Jayme White, Potential Senior Positions: United States Trade Representative

• Jennifer Hillman • Recently completed her term on the ’s (WTO) Appellate Body. • Previously served for nine years as a commissioner at the International Trade Commission (ITC). • Miriam Sapiro • Served as the Deputy Trade Representative during the Obama Administration and became Acting Trade Representative in 2013. • Previously worked as a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and at the State Department and the NSC under Presidents Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. • Thea Lee • Currently serves as President of the Economic Policy Institute. • Previously served as the Deputy Chief of Staff at the AFL-CIO. • Mike Wessel • Currently serves as an original Member of the U.S.- Economic and Security Review Commission. • Previously served on the staff of former House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt (D-MO) for more than two decades.

94 Potential Senior Positions: United States Trade Representative

• Jeff Zients • Served as Director of the NEC from 2014 to 2017 and as Deputy OMB Director from 2009 to 2013. • Credited within the Obama Administration for fixing the issues with healthcare.gov. • Jayme White • Currently serves as Chief Advisor on International Competitiveness and Innovation for the Senate Finance Committee since 2014. • Previously served as Legislative Director for Sen. (D-OR) and Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA-7). • Katherine Tai • Currently serves as the Chief Trade Counsel for the House Ways and Means Committee • Previously served at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) as Chief Counsel for China Enforcement from 2011 to 2014 and Associate General Counsel from 2007 to 2011.

95 Potential Independent Agency Appointments Potential Independent Agency Appointment: Federal Communications Commission

From Left to Right: , , , Larry Strickling, Anna Gomez, Edward Smith, Travis LeBlanc, Catherine Sandoval, Blair Levin, John Branscome, Nicol Turner Lee, Thomas Powers

97 Potential Independent Agency Appointments: Federal Communications Commission

• Jessica Rosenworcel • Currently serves as FCC Commissioner. • Previously served as Senior Communications Counsel for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, under the leadership of Sens. Jay (D-WV) and (D-HI). • Geoffrey Starks • Currently serves as FCC Commissioner. • Previously worked in the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau and at DOJ as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Attorney General on domestic and international law enforcement matters. • Mignon Clyburn • Served as FCC Commissioner from 2009 to 2018, including as Acting Chair. • Larry Strickling • Currently works on policy for the Biden Campaign and previously served as Policy Coordinator for President Obama's 2008 campaign. • Previously served as Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information and NTIA Administrator; Chief of the FCC's Common Carrier Bureau; and Associate General Counsel and Chief of the FCC's Competition Division

98 Potential Independent Agency Appointments: Federal Communications Commission

• Anna Gomez • Previously Served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information for NTIA at the Department of Commerce. • Served for 12 years in various positions at the FCC, including as Senior Legal Advisor to the Chairman. • Edward Smith • Served at the FCC as Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel of the Incentive Auction Task Force and at NTIA as Program Director of the State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program. • Worked on President Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and was named Deputy General Counsel of the Presidential Inaugural Committee. • Travis LeBlanc • Served as Chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau during the Obama Administration. • Previously worked as a Senior Adviser to then-California Attorney General and in DOJ's .

99 Potential Independent Agency Appointments: Federal Communications Commission

• Catherine Sandoval • Currently a Commissioner at the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and a Law Professor at the Santa Clara University School of Law. • Appointed by the FCC to the Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services; Served as Co-Vice Chair of the Telecommunications Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. • Blair Levin • Served at the FCC as the Executive Director of the National Broadband Plan from 2009 to 2010. • Previously co-chaired the technology, innovation, and government reform transition team for President Obama; Served as Chief of Staff to FCC Chairman from 1993 to 1997.

100 Potential Independent Agency Appointments: Federal Communications Commission

• John Branscome • Currently Senior Counsel to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. • Previously served at the FCC as Deputy Chief of the Wireline Competition Bureau; Chief of the FCC's Spectrum and Competition Policy Division; Legal Advisor to Commissioners Michael Copps and Kathleen Abernathy; and Legal Advisor to the Chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. • Nicol Turner Lee • Currently Senior Fellow in Governance Studies and Director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution. • Previously served as Vice President and Chief Research and Policy Officer at the Multicultural Media, Telecom, and Council. • Thomas Powers • Served as Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Telecommunications in the White House from 2011 to 2014. • Previously served as Chief of Staff for NTIA from 2009 to 2011.

101 Potential Independent Agency Appointment: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

• Richard Glick • Currently serves as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner. • Served as General Counsel for Democrats on the Senate Energy and Richard Glick Natural Resources Committee, serving as a senior policy advisor on numerous issues including electricity and renewable energy.

• Allison Clements • Currently pending confirmation to serve as a FERC commissioner and serves as Policy Advisor to the Energy Foundation. • Previously worked as Senior Attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council from 2011 to 2016 and Associate at Chadbourne and Parke LLP from 2006 to 2008. Allison Clements 102 Potential Independent Agency Appointment: Federal Trade Commission

From Left to Right: Rebecca Slaughter, Rohit Chopra, Terrell McSweeny, Richard Cordray, , Michael Kades, Louisa Terrell, Nicol Turner Lee, Travis LeBlanc, Julie Brill, ,

103 Potential Independent Agency Appointments: Federal Trade Commission

• Rebecca Kelly Slaughter • Currently serves as FTC Commissioner. • Previously Served as Counsel and then Chief Counsel to Senate Democratic Leader (D-NY). • Rohit Chopra • Currently serves as FTC Commissioner. • Previously served as Assistant Director of the CFPB from 2010 to 2015; Appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury as the agency's first Student Loan Ombudsman, established by the Dodd–Frank Reform and Consumer Protection Act. • Terrell McSweeny • Served as FTC Commissioner from 2014 to 2018. • Served as Chief Counsel for Competition Policy and Intergovernmental Relations for DOJ's Antitrust Division from 2012 to 2014. • Served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President from January 2009 until February 2012. • Served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Policy Director to Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) and as Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2005 to 2008. 104 Potential Independent Agency Appointments: Federal Trade Commission

• Richard Cordroy • Served as the first Director of the CFPB from 2012 to 2017. • Served as Ohio's Attorney General, Solicitor General, and Treasurer. • Tim Wu • Served as Senior Advisor to the FTC from 2011 to 2012 and as Senior Enforcement Counsel at the New York Office of the Attorney General from 2015 to 2016. • Joined the NEC in the Obama White House to work on competition policy. • Michael Kades • Serves as Director of Markets and Competition Policy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. • Served as Antitrust Counsel for Sen. (D-MN), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. • Served as Attorney Advisor (Antitrust) for the FTC from 2006 to 2012 and Deputy Chief Trial Counsel from 2012 to 2017.

105 Potential Independent Agency Appointments: Federal Trade Commission

• Louisa Terrell • Currently serves as Deputy General Counsel and Head of Public Affairs at McKinsey and Company since 2019. • Previously worked as Counselor to FCC Chairman 2015 to 2017 and Executive Director of the Biden Foundation from 2017 to 2019. • Nicol Turner Lee • Currently Senior Fellow in Governance Studies and Director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution. • Previously served as Vice President and Chief Research and Policy Officer at the Multicultural Media, Telecom, and Internet Council. • Travis LeBlanc • Served as Chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau during the Obama Administration. • Previously worked as a Senior Adviser to then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris and in DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel.

106 Potential Independent Agency Appointments: Federal Trade Commission

• Julie Brill • Currently serves as Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Privacy and Regulatory Affairs at Microsoft. • Served as FTC Commissioner from 2010to 2016. • Karl Racine • Currently serves as Washington, DC Attorney General since 2015. • Previously served as Associate White House Counsel under President Clinton and Staff Attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. • Phil Weiser • Currently served as Attorney General since 2019. • Previously served as Dean of the University of Colorado Law School from 2011 to 2016; Deputy Assistant Attorney General in DOJ's Antitrust Division from 2009 to 2010; and Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation to the NEC Director from 2010 to 2011.

107 Potential Independent Agency Appointment: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

• Rohit Chopra • Currently serves as FTC Commissioner. • Previously served as Assistant Director of the CFPB from 2010 to 2015; Appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury as the agency's first Student Loan Ombudsman, established by the Dodd–Frank Rohit Chopra Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. • Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA-45) • Freshman Member of the House; Serves on the House Financial Services and Oversight and Reform Committees. • Previously served as California State Independent Monitor of Banks from 2012 to 2019, a position she was appointed to by then-Attorney General Kamala Harris.

Rep. Katie Porter

108 Potential Independent Agency Appointment: Consumer Product Safety Commission

From Left to Right: Elliot Kaye, Pamela Gilbert, Rachel Weintraub, Nancy Cowles

109 Potential Independent Agency Appointments: Consumer Product Safety Commission

• Elliot Kaye • Served as the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Executive Director from 2013 until his confirmation as Chairman in 2017; His term expired in October 2020. • Previously served at the CPSC as Chief of Staff and Chief Counsel to former Chairman Inez Moore Tenenbaum in 2013; Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Counsel to the Chairman from 2012 to 2013; and as Senior Counsel to the Chairman from 2010 to 2012. • Pamela Gilbert • Currently serves on the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) Board. • Previously served as Executive Director of the CPSC from 1995 to 2001; Chief Operating Officer (COO) of M&R Strategic Services; and Board Member of OMB Watch and the Center for Effective Government. • Rachel Weintraub • Serves as Legislative Director and General Counsel for Consumer Federation of America (CFA). • Previously worked as Director of Product Safety at CFA, where she has held positions since 2002. • Nancy Cowles • Currently Executive Director of Kids in Danger (KID), which advocates for product safety. • Previously served as Executive Director of the Coalition for Consumer Rights.

110 Potential Independent Agency Appointment:

• Rep. Kennedy (D-MA-4) • Has represented Massachusetts 4th Congressional District since 2013; Ran an unsuccessful primary bid to unseat Sen. Markey this year. • Previously worked as an Assistant in the Cape and Islands and Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Rep. Joseph Kennedy

111 Potential Independent Agency Appointments: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• Rep. Kendra Horn (D-OK-5) • Freshman Member of Congress; Serves on the House Science, Space, and Technology and Armed Services Committees. • Former Manager of Government Affairs and Manager of Communication and Media Relations at the Space Foundation.

Rep. Kendra Horn

112 Potential Democratic Party Officials Potential Independent Agency Appointment: Democratic National Committee

• Stacey Abrams • Served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, serving as Minority Leader from 2011 to Stacey Abrams 2017; Previously served as Deputy City Attorney for the City of Atlanta. • First woman to lead either party in the Georgia General Assembly and first African-American to lead in the House of Representatives.

• Pete Buttigieg • Served two terms as mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Pete Buttigieg • Served as an Army Officer and deployed to Afghanistan in 2014.

114 Other Individuals up for Consideration Others Who May Be Considered for Positions

From Left to Right: Bruce Reed, Sen. , , , Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Brian Keane

116 Others Who May Be Considered for Positions:

• Bruce Reed • Served as Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to Vice President Biden in the Obama White House. • Previously served as Chief Speechwriter for Sen. Al Gore (D-TN); Policy Director for Governor Bill Clinton at the Democratic Leadership Council; and Deputy Campaign Manager for Policy for the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign. • Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) • Has served as the junior senator from since 2013; Serves on the Senate Judiciary, Foreign Relations, Environment and Public Works (EPW), and Small Business Committees. , • Previously served as Mayor of Newark from 2006 to 2013 and as a Member of the Newark Municipal Council from the Central Ward from 1998 to 2002. • Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms • Currently serves as Mayor of Atlanta since 2018. • Previously served as a Member of the Atlanta City Council from 2010 to 2018.

117 Others Who May Be Considered for Positions:

• Tom Steyer • Founder and former Co-Senior-Managing-Partner of Farallon Capital and Co-Founder of One California Bank, an Oakland-based community development bank. • Founder of NextGen America, a nonprofit organization that supports progressive positions on climate change, immigration, , and education. • Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) • Has represented in the U.S. Senate since 2007; Serves on the Senate Judiciary, Commerce, and Agriculture Committees and as Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee. • Previously served as Hennepin County Attorney. • Brian Keane • Has served as President and Founder of SmartPower since 2002. • Was named 2017’s CEO of the Year and is also a former Presidential campaign advisor and congressional aide.

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