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Biden Transition and Administration Appointments

Biden Transition and Administration Appointments

President-Elect Biden Transition & Administration Appointments

December 2020

Holland & Knight Biden-Harris Transition Team Co-Chairs

Former U.S. Sen. U.S. Rep. • Appointed U.S. Senator from from Jan. 2009-Nov. 2010 following Joe • Co-Chair of the 2020 campaign Biden’s departure to serve as Vice President • Mem ber of the U.S. House representing LA-2, first elected in Nov. 2010 • Served on the Broadcasting Board of Governors during the Clinton administration, • Follow ing the death of Rep. (D-GA), Rep. Richmond t ook Lewis’ seat on the 1 995-2008 Hou se Ways & Means Committee • President of Public Strategies, a political and management consulting firm • Former chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus 2017-2019 • En g ineer with DuPont • Mem ber of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1 999-2 011 • Staff assistant and Chief of Staff to Sen Joe Biden, 1973-94; started with Biden as a • J.D. fr om , 1 998; B.A. from Mor ehouse College, 1995 v olunteer on his 1 972 campaign • Born in , Orleans Parish, Louisiana • College professor • M.B.A. from University of , 1966; B.S. in mechanical engineering from Du ke University, 1960. • Ta king leave of absence from position as CEO of Cranemere, a private equity firm • Serv ed as Senior Advisor on the Biden-Harris campaign • Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic • Managing Director at SKDKnickerbocker Policy, at the Feb. 2014-Jan. 2 017 • A cting White House Communications Director, Apr.-Nov. 2009 • A ct ing Director a t the Office of Ma nagement and Bu dget, Jan. 2012-Apr. 2013 and June- • Sen ior Com munications Advisor/Director of Com munications, Policy & Research for Oct . 2010. Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director of the OMB, confirmed in June President Obama's 2008 campaign 2 009 • Principal at Squier Knapp Dunn; joined the firm in 1993 after working for Sen. Bill • Fou n der and managing partner of Portfolio Logic LLC Br a dley • Chairman (2001-04), CEO (from 1 998) and COO (from 1 996) at The Advisory Board • Media consultant to Sen. Ev an Bayh's All America PAC in 2006 and dev eloped strategy Com pany, started there in 1990 and produced the media for Bayh's 2004 re-election campaign • Management consultant at Bain & Company, Aug. 1988-June 199 0 • Sen ior political a dvisor t o Senate Dem ocratic Leader T om Daschle, 2001-02 • B.A . in from , 1 988 • Took leave from the firm in 1 999 to serve a s com munications director and chief str ategist for Sen. ’s presidential campaign. Com munications and Political Gov. Dir ector and then Chief of Staff to Sen. Bill Br adley. • Com m unications director at the DSCC for the 1988 and 1990 election cycles. • Elect ed Gov ernor of New Nov . 2018 • Com m unications director for U.S. Rep. Bob Edgar’s 1984 congressional and 1 986 • Elect ed t o the U.S. House in 2012, served three t erms. senatorial campaigns. • Ow ner of Delta Consulting Group, Aug. 2008-June 2 017 • Press assistant on Sen. ’s 1984 campaign. • Ber n alillo County Com missioner, Jan. 2011-Sept. 2012 • Beg a n her career in working for W hite House chief of staff • Secretary of Health, 2004-07; New Mexico Secretary of Aging and Long-Term u n der President Services, 2002-04. Executive Director of the New Mexico State Agency on Aging, 1991-2002 • J.D. fr om New Mexico School of Law, 1 987; B.U.S. from the University of New Mexico, 1 981 2 Biden-Harris Transition Team Advisory Board

. Tony Allen - President of Delaware State University . - Principal at Dewey Square Group; veteran . - Chief and economic advisor to Vice Democratic operative President Biden, 2009-11; senior fellow at the Center on Budget and . - Advisor, 2013-17 and U.S. Policy Priorities from 2011 Ambassador to the , 2009-13 . - Former Mayor of South Bend and former . Teresa Romero - President of the United Farm Workers from Dec. Democratic candidate for president 2018 . Leslie Caldwell - Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal . Cathy Russell - Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, May 2014-Jan. 2017; May 2013-Jan. 2017; previously chief of staff to Second Lady Jill Partner at Latham & Watkins LLP Biden . - U.S. Ambassador to Romania, 2009-12; . Lonnie Stephenson - International president of the International currently senior counsel in the International Trade practice in Mayer Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Brown's DC office . Felicia Wong - President and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute, a New . Cecila Martinez - Executive director of the Center for , Energy -based and Democracy . Sally Yates - Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of . Bob McDonald - U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, July 2014-Jan. Justice, confirmed May 2015, to Jan. 2017; partner at King & Spalding 2017 . Cindy McCain – Chair of the Board at the McCain Institute for . - Principal at Dewey Square Group; veteran International Leadership at State University; widow of Sen. Democratic operative John McCain (R-AZ) 3 Biden-Harris Transition Team Staff Day to Day Operations- Yohannes Abraham • Adjunct lecturer and fellow (Sept. 2017-Sept. 2018) at Harvard School. • Executive Vice President at , Jan. 2 017-May 2020. • COO and senior advisor at the , Jan. 2017-Jan. 2018. • Assistant for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 2013-17. • Depu ty Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the National Economic Cou ncil (Dec. 2015-Jan. • Assistant for intergovernmental affairs and public liaison for Vice President Joe Biden, Jan. 2009-June 2017) and chief of staff at the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs (Mar. 2013-Jan. 2013. 2017) at the White House. • Consu ltant to the Cou ncil on Foreign Relations, Apr.-Sept. 2018. • Deputy national political director on Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, April 2 011-Nov. 2012. • Deputy campaign manager for Biden for President, Jan. 2007-Jan. 2 008. • National political director of Organizing for America at the DNC, May 2010-Apr. 2011. • Deputy Chair for the Governance Track at Clinton Global Initiative, 2005. • Legislative assistant in the of Legislative Affairs, Jan. 2009- 010. • Consu ltant to PeacePlayers International, May 2001-Oct. 2 003. • Staff on Obama's 2008 campaign starting as a Polk County field organizer in in May/June 2007; • Deputy director of scheduling for the (July 1997-Jan. 2000) and special assistant to the chief of then GOTV director for the primary; and a field director on the Virginia Campaign for Change. staff to the First Lady, Sept. 1994-June 1997. • M.B.A. from Harvard Bu siness School; B.A. in political science from , 2007. Ethiopian • Master's in international public policy from John Hopkins University SAIS, 2006; B.A. in political science American from Springfield, VA. from College, 1993. • Wife of former Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken. National Security and - • Depu ty Director of Columbia World Projects, lecturer in law at , and a senior fellow at the Applied Physics Laboratory. • Chief of staff to U.S. Rep. since Dec. 2018. • Assistant to the President and principal deputy national security advisor to President Obama. • Consultant with GR Strategic LLC, an Indian American public advocacy group, Mar. 2017-Dec. 2018. • Deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2013. • Vice president of policy at The Gill Foundation, Sept. 2014-Mar. 2017. • Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Affairs in the Office of , • Associate director of pu blic engagement, LGBTQ and AAPI and advisor at the White House, Oct. 2011- appointed 2010. Sept. 2 014. • Assistant legal advisor for treaty affairs at the Department of State, 2008-09. • White House liaison to the Department of Defense, Apr. 2009-Sept. 2011. • Deputy chief counsel for the majority (under Biden) at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 2007-08. • Midwest finance director at the DNC, Apr. 2006-Feb. 2 009. Worked in the Office of the Legal Advisor at the Department of State, 2003-06. • Asian American finance director on Obama for America, June-Nov . 2 00 8. • Legal office at Conference on Private International Law, 2001-02. J.D. from Georgetown Law • Dev elopment assistant at Progressive Majority, May 2005-May 2006. Center, 2001; bachelor's degree in physics from University of , 1992. • B.A. in science, technology and society from Stanford University, 2 004. Julie Siegel • Senior cou nsel for economic policy (May 2 019-June 2020) and banking counsel (from Aug. 2017) to Sen. . • Depu ty chief of staff and cou nsel to the general cou nsel (2016) and senior advisor in the Office of the Director at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. • Special assistant to the Office of the White House Counsel (Jan.-July 2012) and special assistant to the chief of staff (May 2011-Jan. 2012) at the White House. • Special assistant in the Office of Com munications and Strategic Planning at OMB, Sept. 2010-May 2011. • Special assistant to the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, May 2009-Sept. 2 010. 4 • J.D. from Harvard Law School; B.A. in diplomatic history from University of Pennsylvania, 2009. Biden-Harris Transition Team Staff

Cynthia Hogan Suzy George • Co-chair of Biden's Vice Presidential Selection Committee. Vice President for Public Policy and • COO at The ONE Campaign from Mar. 2018. Gov ernment Affairs for the Americas at Apple since May 2016. • Deputy Assistant to the President, Chief of Staff and Executive Secretary on the National Security Council • Executive Vice President for policy at the National Football League, Sept. 2014-Apr. 201 6. at The White House, Aug. 2014-Jan. 2017. • Long-time aide and advisor to Biden. From 2009 to 2013, Cynthia served as Deputy Assistant to the • Principal at Albright Stonebridge Group, Jan. 2001-Aug. 2014. President and Counsel to the Vice President, 2009-13. • Deputy chief of staff for Sec. (Jan. 1997-Jan. 2001) and special assistant and assistant • Staff director and chief counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1991-96. Practiced law at counsel (USUN) (Jan. 1995-Jan. 1997) at the State Department. Washington, D.C. firm Williams & Connolly. J.D. from the School of Law , 1984; • Consultant to the National Democratic Institute, 1990-93. • undergraduate degree from Oberlin College, 1979. • J.D. from The University Law School, 1994; B.A. in politics from Mou nt Holy oke College, 1990. Cecilia Muñoz • Vice President for Public Interest Technology and Local Initiatives at New America since 2017. Don Graves • Served eight years in the Obama administration; Director of the Domestic Policy Council (Jan. 2012-Jan. • Head of Corporate Responsibility, Community Relations (June 2018-Sept. 2020) and SVP, Senior 2017), Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House. Director of Corporate Community Initiatives & Relations (Apr. 2017-Apr. 2018) a t Key Bank in Clev eland. • Senior Vice President at the National Cou ncil of La Raza (NCLR now UNIDOS US). • Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor to the Vice President (June 2014-Jan. 2 017), Executive • MacArthur Fellow in 2000. Director of the President's Cou ncil on Jobs & Com petitiveness (Feb. 2011-Jan. 2 017). • Master's degree in Latin American studies from UC Berkeley; undergraduate degrees in English and • U.S. Representative to the G8 Global Task Force on Social Impact Investment, Aug. 2013-June 2015. Latin American studies fr om University of at Ann Arbor , 1984. • Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of the Treasury, Feb. 2010-Apr. 2014. • Born in Detroit and grew up in Michigan. Daughter of Bolivian immigrants. • Managing partner at Graves & Horton, LLC, Sept. 2005-Aug. 2009. • Au thor of More than Ready : Be Strong and Be y ou....and other lessons for w omen of color on the rise • Director of Public Policy at Business Roundtable, May 1999-Aug. 2005. (Apr. 2020). • Policy advisor to the Department of the Treasury, 1997-99. • Vice president of the Organization for a New Equality, May 1995-Apr. 1997. Tanya Bradsher • J.D. from Law Center, 1995; B.A. in political science and history from Georgetown University Law Center, 1992. • Chief of staff to U.S. Rep. (VA-8), May 2019-2020. • Chief of com munications at the American Psy chiatric Association, Sept. 2 016-May 2019. • Chief of plans for public affairs at the Defense Health Agency, Aug. 2015-Sept. 2016. • Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Hom eland Security, Apr. 2014-Aug. 2015. • Director and Associate General Counsel, Regulatory (Sept. 2019-June 2020) and Associate General • Assistant Director, Office of Public Engagement (July 2013-Apr. 2014) and Assistant press secretary for Cou n sel (A pr. 2 018-Sept. 2019) at . National Security & Defense on the National Security Council (June 2011-J une 2013) at t he White Hou se. • Partner at Jenner & Block, July 2014-Apr. 2018. • Press officer in the Department of Defense, Sept. 2009-June 2011. • Principal deputy counsel in the Office of the Vice President, Dec. 2012-July 201 4. • Public affairs officer 2BCT, 4ID (June 2007-Sept. 2009), deputy public affairs officer in Seoul, Korea • Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, July-Dec. 2012. (Mar. 2 005-June 2007) and postal co. CDR in Seou l, Korea (June 2003-Feb. 2005) in the U.S. Army. • Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, Jan. 2011-Dec. 2012. • Public affairs officer in the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2001-03. • Cou nselor to the Administrator of OIRA at the Office of Management and Budget, Feb. 2009-Jan. 2011. • M.P.S. in pu blic relations from the George Washington University, 2019; B.A. from UNC at Chapel Hill, • Law clerk for the US District Court SDNY, Aug. 2008-Feb. 2009; law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals, 1 991. Aug. 2007-Aug. 2008. • J.D. from Law School, 2007; A.B. in art history and French literature from , 2 003. 5 Biden-Harris Transition Team Staff

Tara McGuinness Carlos Monje • Senior fellow at New America and founder of their New Practice Lab, from 2017. • Director of public policy and philanthropy, U.S. & Canada for , Mar. 2017-Sept. 2020. DD • Senior advisor, executive director of the Community Solutions Task Force at the Office of Management • Senior fellow for policy innovation at Georgetow n University's Beeck Center, Feb.-May 2 017. and Budget, Mar. 2015-Jan. 2017. • Director of agency review on the Clinton-Kaine Transition team, Sept.-Nov. 2016. • Senior communications advisor at the White Hou se, Mar. 2 013-Mar. 2015. • Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy (Mar. 2015-Sept. 2016) and counselor to the Secretary (Feb. • Executive director of the CAP Action Fund (Jan. 2012-Mar. 2013) and director of progressive media 2014-Mar. 2015) at the Department of Transportation. (Nov . 2008-N ov . 201 2) a t t he Cen ter for A merican Pr ogress. • Special Assistant to the President and chief of staff (Jan. 2011-Jan. 2014) and senior policy advisor (Feb. • Com m unications and policy advisor to various campaigns, 2006-08. 2009-Jan. 2011) to the White Hou se Dom estic Policy Cou ncil. • Com m unications director to U.S. Rep. , Feb. 2005-Apr. 2 006. • National security working group on the Obama transition, Nov. 2 008-Jan. 2009. • Deputy press secretary and started on the campaign in Iowa on for President, 2004. • Deputy policy director, Obama for America, Mar. 2007-Nov. 2008. • Program advisor (Nov. 2001-Dec. 2003) and program assistant (Aug. 2000-Nov. 2 001) at National • Special assistant for policy & communications to Sen. , Jan. 2006-Feb. 2007. Dem ocratic Institute. • Legislative assistant to Sen. , Jan.-Dec. 2 005. • B.A. in Urban Studies/Affairs from University of Pennsylvania, 2000. • Press secretary for for U.S. Senate, Mar.-Nov. 2 004. • Deputy press secretary on for President, Aug. 2003-Mar. 2 004. Darla Pomeroy • Deputy press secretary for Sen. John Edwards, Oct. 2001-Aug. 2003. Assistant account executive at FleishmanHillard, Nov. 2000-July 2001. • Member and manager at Pomeroy Investments from 2008. • B.A. in history and literature from Harvard University. • Co-owner and SVP of corporate development at Edge Wireless, 2000-08. • • Vice president for business development of Nextlink Communications, 1997-2000. • Manager of International Business Development at McCaw Cellular, 1996-97. Spokesperson- Cameron French • Associate at Fu lbright & Jaworski International LLP, 1992-94. • Vice President of Public Affairs at SKDKnickerbocker since June 2018. • Staff assistant to the chief counsel of U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, 1987-88 (Biden was chairman). • Director at Burson-Marsteller, 2 016-18. • M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsy lvania; J.D. from Du ke University; B.A. from • Deputy Assistant Secretary at HUD, Apr. 2014-J une 2 016. the University of Washington. • Director of press operations at the Department of , 2013-1 4. • press secretary on Obama for America, Sept. 2011-Nov . 2012. Angela Ramirez • Com m unications specialist at the Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships at HHS from Jan. 2011. • Chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján Executive director of the Congressional Caucus, 2006- • Com m unications director to U.S. Rep. John Hall, June 2 010-Jan. 2011. 08. • Depu ty communications director to U.S. Rep. , May 2 009-May 2010. • Senior legislative assistant to U.S. Rep. Crowley, 2002-06. • Regional press secretary at the DNC, Oct.-Nov. 2008. Deputy press secretary for the Democratic National • Analyst at The Advisory Board Company, 1999-2000. Conv ention Committee, May-Aug. 2008. • Trial preparation assistant with the District Attorney's Office, 1998-99. • Press assistant at Podesta Group, 2006-08. • Fellow in the office of State Sen. Karnette, 1 997-98. • B.A. in political science from UNC Charlotte, 2006. • Bachelor's degree in political economy from , 1997.

6 Biden-Harris White House Staff Appointments

Ron Klain – Chief of Staff – Counsel to the President • Served as a senior White House aide to Presidents Barack Obama and , • Serv ed as General Counsel of t he Biden-Harris Campaign and was a senior adviser to ’s 2016 campaign. • Pr ior t o that, she was General Counsel of t he Obama Foundation and Pr esident and • He h a s h eld a wide variety of legal and policy positions in gov ernment, including his Mr s. Obama’s personal office. serv ice as the White House Ebola response coordinator, chief of staff to Vice • Du r ing the Obama-Biden administration, Ms. Remus was the Deputy Assistant to the Pr esidents Joe Biden and , chief of staff t o the a ttorney general, a ssociate President and Deputy Counsel for Ethics. cou nsel t o the president, and chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary Com mittee. • Prev iously, she was a Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of • He h a s a lso been an a dviser in seven presidential campaigns, and has played a senior La w , where she specialized in legal and judicial ethics and the r egulation of t he legal r ole in preparing presidential candidates for their debates. profession. • He is a n a djunct professor at Harvard Law School and Georgetown University, and • Ms. Rem us clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and began his legal career as a law clerk to Justice . Judge Anthony J. Scirica of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moor e LLP. Jen O’Malley Dillon – Deputy Chief of Staff Rep. Cedric Richmond – Senior Advisor • Serv ed as Biden’s campaign m anager a fter a st int with Beto O’Rourke’s campaign • Previously a deputy campaign manager for President Obama’s 2012 re-election to the President and Director of the White campaign, executive director of the Democratic National Committee, and House Office of Public Engagement battleground states director for Obama’s 2008 campaign. • Mem ber of the U.S. House representing LA-2, first elected in Nov. 2010. • Served on five presidential campaigns and worked at every level from state senate • Mem ber of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1999-2011. and mayoral races to congressional, gubernatorial, and Senate campaigns. • J.D. fr om Tulane University, 1998; B.A. from Mor ehouse College, 1995. • Fou n ding partner at Precision Strategies, a com munications, digital, and data- • Born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana ta rgeting consulting firm

Mike Donilon – Senior Adviser to the – Counselor to the President President • Serv ed as Chief Strategist for the Biden-Harris Campaign • Served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Joe Biden (2013-2017) and Deputy Chief • Pr ev iously, served as Counselor t o then-Vice President Biden in the White House. of Staff for Operations under President Bill Clinton (1998-2 001) . • Don ilon has been a nationally recognized strategist, m edia consultant and pollster • In between stints in Dem ocratic a dministrations, Ricchetti has worked a s a for nearly four decades, having been part of six US presidential campaigns and lobbyist. Ricchetti lobbied for clients at Public Strategies Washington (PSW) from m ore than 25 winning US Senate, gubernatorial, US House and mayoral campaigns. 1 996 to 1998 and founded his own firm, Ricchetti, In c. in 2001. • Prior to joining the Biden-Harris campaign, Donilon w as Ma naging Director of the • Ricchetti deregistered as a lobbyist in 2008, but has drawn criticism from Biden Institute and assistant professor at the . progressive groups regarding his background working and for health 7 insurance, hospital and pharmaceutical companies Biden-Harris White House Staff Appointments

Mala Adigas– Policy Director to Dr. Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon – Chief of Staff to Dr. Jill Biden • Mala Adiga served a s a senior a dvisor t o Dr . Jill Biden and a senior policy a dvisor on the Biden-Harris Campaign. • Pa r tner at the law firm of Winston & Strawn. During the Obama-Biden Pr ev iously, Adiga was Director for Higher Education and Military Families a t the Biden • a dm inistration, Rey noso served a s U.S. Ambassador t o Uruguay and a s Deputy Fou n dation. Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere in the U.S. Department Du r ing the Obama-Biden administration, Adiga served as Deputy A ssistant Secretary of • of State State for Academic Programs at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in the • Rey noso serves on the boards of several n onprofit and advocacy organizations, Secretary of State’s Office of Global Women’s Issues as Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to an d was on the faculty of Columbia Law School and Columbia’s School of the Ambassador-at-Large, and as Director for Human Rights on the National Security Staff. International and Public Affairs. • Prior to the campaign, she was a litigation associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago and • She serves as trustee for -Presbyterian Hospital and for Columbia clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon in the Northern District of Indiana. A Un iv ersity, and is on the Board of Dir ectors of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil n a tive of , Adiga is a graduate of Grinnell College, the University of Rig hts Under the Law and the T ruman National Security Project. Sch ool of Pu blic Health, and the University of Chicago Law School.

Elizabeth E. Alexander – Communications Anthony Bernal – Senior Advisor to Dr. Director for the First Lady Jill Biden

• Eliza beth E. Alexander served as a Senior A dvisor on the Biden-Harris Campaign. • Deputy Campaign Manager and Chief of Staff to Dr. Jill Biden on the Biden- • A lexander spent the first years of the Obama-Biden a dministration as the Press Secretary t o Ha rris Campaign; Chief of Staff in the Office of Dr . Biden (2017-2 019 ) V ice President Biden, a role which followed h er time as then-Senator Biden’s • Served for all eight years of the Obama-Biden administration in multiple r oles, Communications Director on Capitol Hill including as Director of Scheduling and Trip Director for Dr. Biden, and as • Pr ev iously, Alexander worked as Press Secretary for the United Nations Foundation, Press Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to Dr. Biden. Secretary to Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe, Communications • Serv ed as Director of Scheduling for Dr . Biden during the 2008 Obama-Biden Dir ector for Congressman , and Deputy Press Secretary for Senator Chuck campaign and served on the Obama-Biden Transition Team as Director of Schumer. Sch eduling and Advance for Dr. Biden. • Originally from , Alexander is a graduate of Texas A&M University and Georgetown • W or ked under both President Bill Clinton and V ice Pr esident Al Gore on t heir Un iv ersity Law Center. sch eduling and a dvance teams. • Follow ing the 2000 election, Bernal held a number of positions outside of government, including work at the Coca-Cola Company an d AARP, and as Director of Financial Administration of the Democratic National Convention Committee and Chief of Staff at the ALS Therapy Dev elopment Foundation, a non-profit biotechnology company. 8 Biden-Harris White House Staff Appointments

Julie Chavez Rodríguez – Director of White – Deputy Director of the House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs White House Office of Legislative • Served on ’ presidential campaign as the national political director and the • Reema Dodin currently serves as a volunteer on the Biden-Harris Transition traveling chief of staff. T eam leading legislative engagement for the confirmations process. • Du r ing the Obama adm inistration, she was special assistant to t he president and the senior • Sh e a lso serves as Deputy Chief of Staff and Floor Director to the Senate depu ty director in the Office of Public Engagement. Dem ocratic W hip, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL). • Pr ior t o joining the Obama White House, Chavez Rodríguez served as the Director of Y outh • Dodin h as served as a volunteer voter-protection counsel on a number of Em ployment at the Department of the Interior and the Deputy Press Secretary to former campaigns, including the Obama for America campaign. She is a Truman Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. Na t ional Security Fellow, a Council Fellow, an Aspen Socrates • Befor e joining the Administration, Julie served a s t he Director of Pr ograms at t he Cesar E. a lum, a former t erm member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a Ch avez Foundation. Speaker, Latinos and Society Program America’s Future Summit.. m em ber of t he Jenkins Hill Society — a consortium of women in politics su pporting fem ale .

Annie Tomasini – Director of – White House Operations Communications Director

• Served as President-Elect Biden’s Traveling Chief of Staff • Kate Bedingfield served as Deputy Campaign Manager and Communications • T om asini has served t he Biden family for ov er a decade in sev eral positions, including a s Director for the Biden-Harris Campaign Depu ty Press Secretary for Vice President Biden and Press Secretary for Senator Biden when • Sh e served a s Com munications Director for Vice President Biden and a s h e w as Chairman of t he Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee. Associate Communications Director, Deputy Director of Media Affairs, and the • Previously, T omasini was Senior Director of State, Local, and Community Relations and Dir ector of Response in the Obama-Biden White House. Strategic Outreach at Harvard Public Affairs and Communications • Prior to the Obama-Biden a dministration, Bedingfield served as • Sh e began her career a t Rasky Partners In c, on e of t he largest public relations firms in New Communications Director to U.S. Senator on her successful En g land. T omasini also serves on the n on-profit Board of Directors for the Boys and Girls 2008 Senate campaign, Deputy National Press Secretary on the John Edwards Clu b of Dorchester. A native of , T om asini is a graduate of Boston University. for Pr esident campaign and Regional Press Secretary for the Dem ocratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2006 when Democrats won back the Hou se. • Bedingfield has also served as the Chief Spokeswoman and Vice President of Corporate Communications at the Motion Picture Association of America and a s t h e Vice President of Com munications at Mon umental Sports & Entertainment. 9 Biden-Harris White House Staff Appointments

Carlos Elizondo – White House Social Shuwanza Goff – Deputy Director of Secretary the White House Office of Legislative

• Carlos Eli zond o was a Special A ssistant to the President and S ocial Secretary to Vice Affairs President and Dr . Ji ll Biden for all eight y ears of the Obama -Biden adm inistration, the first Hispanic Am erican app ointe d to this p ositi on. Befor e joining the Administration, Julie • Sh uwanza Goff served as Floor Director for the House of Representatives under serv ed asthe Direct or of Pr ogram s at the Ce sar E. Chav ez Fou ndation. Speaker, Latin os and Hou se Ma jority Leader Steny H. Hoy er. Society Program America’s Future Summit.. • Th e first Black woman to hold the position, Goff determined which bills came • During the Clint on -G ore adm inistration, El i zon d o serv ed in b oth the White H ou se and in t o t h e House floor, set the legislative schedule, and helped craft the ov erall the Office of the U.S. Chief of Pr ot oc ol, where he managed num erou s state v i sit s, Papal Hou se Dem ocratic agenda. v isit s, the Centennial Olym pic Gam es, the NATO 50th Anniversary Summ it and oth er • Prior to that, Goff was Director of Legislative Operations for Representative internationalsummits. Hoy er when h e was minority whip. Goff has also served as Floor Aide, Floor • Originally from Texas, Eli zond o is a graduate of the Ponti fical C ol lege Josephinum in Assistant, and Staff Assistant for Representative Hoyer. Colum bus, .

Ashley Etienne – Communications Director Karine Jean-Pierre – Principal Deputy for the Vice President Press Secretary

• A sh ley Et ienne served as a Senior Advisor on t he Biden-Harris Campaign. Before that, • Ka r ine Jean-Pierre was Senior A dvisor t o President-Elect Joe Biden and Chief Et ienne served as Com munications Director and Senior Advisor t o Speaker of t he House of St a ff t o Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on the Biden-Harris Campaign. Na n cy Pelosi. • Ch ief of Staff t o Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on the Biden-Harris • Etienne was Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Ca m paign. Prior t o her role on the campaign, she served as Chief Public Affairs Cabinet in the Obama-Biden administration and also led communications on President Officer for MoveOn.org and an NBC and MSNBC Political Analyst. Jean-Pierre Obam a’s signature My ’s Keeper initiative. serv ed a s Regional Political Director for the White House Office of Political • Prior to the Obama-Biden a dministration, she served as Deputy Com munications Director A ffairs during the Obama-Biden adm inistration and a s Deputy Ba ttleground a n d Spokesperson for t hen-House Democratic Leader Pelosi, Communications Director for St a tes Director for President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign Hou se Dem ocrats on the Oversight and Gov ernment Reform Com mittee, Spokesperson for • She served as Southeast Regional Political Director for President Obama’s th e Corporation for National and Com munity Service, and a s a Spokesperson in Virginia for 2008 campaign, Deputy Campaign Manager for Martin O’Malley for President, th e Obama-Biden Campaign in 2008. Ca m paign Ma nager for the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom In itiative, and • Etienne has provided strategic counsel to clients while at Dewey Square Group and as Depu ty Chief of Staff and Director of Legislative and Budget Affairs for two president of her own consulting firm, Etienne & Associates. m em bers in the New Y ork City Council. 10 Biden-Harris White House Staff Appointments

Jen Psaki – White House Press Secretary Symone Sanders – Senior Advisor and Chief Spokesperson for the Vice • currently oversees the confirmations team for the Biden -Harris Transition. During the Obam a-Biden adm inistration, Psaki held s ev er a l seni or role s, including White President H ou se Communications Director, State Departm ent Sp ok e sper son under then -Secretary of State Joh n Kerry , Depu ty White H ou se C ommu nication s Direct or and Depu ty White H ou se • Sy m one Sanders served a s a Senior Advisor on the Biden-Harris campaign. In Press Secretary during thefinancial crisis. 2 01 6, Sanders became the youngest presidential press secretary while working • She is a v eteran of three presidential cam paigns h av in g serv ed as trav eling pre ss secretary on U.S. Senator ’s then-presidential campaign. during the Obama -Biden cam paign in 2008, astrav eling press secretary and seni or a dv is or • Before joining the Biden-Harris campaign, Sanders was a CNN political in 2 012 andasdeputy press secretary for John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2 004 . com m entator and served as principal of t he 360 Group LLC, where she • Psak i was a sp oke sp erson at the Dem ocr a t ic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2 006 pr ov ided strategic com munications guidance to organizations, businesses, when Dem ocrats w on back the H ou se of Representativ es and has also serv ed as individuals, campaigns and candidates C ommu nication s Direct or to form er Congressman Joe Cr ow ley . Pri or tojoining the Biden - • Or iginally from , Sanders is a graduate of . Harris Transit i on Team , Psaki was the Vice President for C ommu nications and Strategy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a CNN c ontribu tor.

Cathy Russell – Director of the White House – National Security Office of Presidential Personnel Advisor

• A m bassador Cathy Russell serves on the Advisory Board of t he Biden-Harris Transition • Na t ional Security Advisor t o Vice President Joe Biden and director of policy Team and served as Vice Chair of the Biden-Harris Campaign. planning at the State Department during the Obama administration • Du r ing the Obama-Biden administration, Ambassador Russell served for all eight years at • Depu ty Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the White House and the U.S. Department of State, including as Deputy Assistant to the • He previously served as Director of the Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. President and Chief of Staff to Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden and the U.S. Ambassador for Department of State and as Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Hillary Global Wom en’s Issues, where she led efforts t o integrate wom en’s issues into US foreign Clinton. During his time in government, Sullivan was a lead negotiator in the policy . initial talks that paved the way for the nuclear deal and played a key role • Pr ev iously, she served a s t he senior advisor on international wom en’s issues on the Senate in the U.S.-brokered negotiations that led to a in Gaza in 2012. Foreign Relations Committee, as Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department • He h olds a B.A. in political science and international studies from Y ale College; of Ju stice, as the Staff Director of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and as Senior Counsel to a M.Ph il in In ternational Relations from Oxford, where he was a Rh odes Senator Patrick J. Leahy. Scholar; and a J.D. from . 11 Biden-Harris White House Staff Appointments

Louisa Terrell – Director of the White – Deputy White House House Office of Legislative Affairs. Communications Director

• Lou i sa Terrell currently oversees l eg i sla tiv e affair s for the Biden -Harris Transition • Pili Tobar served as the Communications Director for Coalitions on the Biden- Team. Ha rris Campaign. • Terrell’s two decades of experience includes leader ship r ole s in the public and private • Before joining the campaign, Tobar served as the Deputy Director for America’s sect or s, including as Special Assi stant to the President for Legi slativ e Affairs in the V oice, where she advocated on behalf of im migrants Obama-Biden adm inistration. • Sh e has also served a s the Hispanic Media Director for Senate Minority Leader • Pr i or to that, she serv ed as an A dv isor to T om Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Charles E. Schumer, National Director of Hispanic Media and Western Regional C ommu nication s Commission, andw orked for sev eraly ears on Ca pit ol Hill, including Press Secretary for the Democratic National Committee, Communications as De pu ty Chief of Staff for then -U.S. S enator Biden and Chief of Sta ff for U.S. Senator Director for Congressman Ruben Gallego, and Communications Director for the . La tino Victory Project. • Terrell’s w ork ou tsid e of g overnm ent has included r ole s as the Depu ty General • Originally from and raised in , Tobar is a graduate of the C ou nsel andHead of Public Affairs at Mc K in s ey & C om pany , Ex ecu tiv e Direct or of the Un iv ersity of Miami. Biden Fou ndation, S eni or Direct or for Federal Policy & Strategy at Yahoo!, and Di r e c tor of Pu blic Pol icy atFacebook.

12 Biden-Harris White House Economy Nominees and Appointees

Janet Yellen – Secretary of the Treasury – Deputy Secretary of • Jan et Yellen serv ed as the 15th Chair of the Federal Reserv e, the fir st w om an to lead the Treasury A m erica’s c entral banking sy stem since its creati on. • Am ong the m ost accomplished and decorated ec on om ist s in m od ern h ist ory , if confirm ed, • W a lly Adeyemo currently serves as the president of t he Obama Foundation, the sh e will b ec om e the fir st w om an to lead the Treasury Departm ent in its 231 y ears of n on -profit organization founded by former President Barack Obama and First exist ence, and the first per son to ev er serv e as Treasury Secretary , Chair of the Federal La dy to continue their work in service to their com munity, our Reserve,and Chair of the Council of Ec on om ic Advisers. n a tion, and the world. A leader with deep experience a cross both the econom ic • Pr i or toher leader ship of the Federal Reserv e, Yellen serv ed asthe b ody ’s Vice Chair from a n d national security space, A deyemo has served as a t rusted adviser t o the 2 01 0 to 2 014 foll ow ing an earlier term on the Federal Re serv e Board of Governors and as cou ntry’s foremost policymakers in times of crisis. President of the Federal Re serv e Ba n k of San Francisc o. She serv ed as Chair of the C ou ncil • Du r ing the Obama-Biden Administration, Adeyemo served as the President’s of E c on om i c Adv isers under President Clinton, has held a litany of high-pr ofile leader ship sen ior international econom ic adv iser and held a broad range of posts, r ole s with national and international ec on om ics organizations, and has forged a prolific in cluding Deputy National Security Advisor, Deputy Director of the National career as a professor of ec on om ics, including as a facu lty m em ber at the Univ ersity of Econ omic Council, the first chief of staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Ca lifornia at Berkeley for the last 40 years. Bu r eau, and senior advisor and deputy chief of staff at t he Department of the T r e asury. – Director of the Office of – Chair of the Council of Management and Budget Economic Advisers

• Neer a Tanden currently serves as President & CEO of t he Center for American Progress, an • Cecilia Rouse currently serves as Dean of the Princeton School of Public and or g anization dedicated t o advancing policies that increase opportunity for ev ery American. International Affairs. • Her experience a s a child relying on food stamps and Section 8 housing — a social safety net • If con firmed, she will become just the first A frican American and just the t h at offered her single m other the foundation she needed t o land a good job and punch her fou r th wom an t o lead t he CEA in the 74 years of its existence fa m ily’s t icket to t he m iddle class — instilled in her the true necessity of an economy that • Befor e t aking on her current role as Dean in 2012, Rouse served as a m ember serves the dignity and humanity of all people. If confirmed, Tanden would be the first of th e Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama-Biden Administration and w of color and the first South A sian American to lead the OMB. on th e National Econom ic Council in the Clinton A dministration as Special • Pr ior t o her t enure a s Pr esident & CEO, Tanden h eld the post of Chief Operating Officer at Assistant to President Clinton. t h e Center for American Progress. She currently serves on the Restart and • Rou se joined the Princeton faculty in 1 992 and has authored landmark papers Recov ery Commission, and prev iously served as senior adviser for health reform at the U.S. on a v ariety of economic policy issues. Department of Health and Human Services developing policies and provisions of the , as director of domestic policy for the first Obama-Biden presidential campaign, and in a variety of other roles in government and on the campaign trail. 13 Biden-Harris White House Economy Nominees and Appointees

Brian Neese– Director of the National Jared Bernstein – Member of the Economic Council Council of Economic Advisers

• Brian Neese play ed a key role in engineering the re scue of the U.S. auto industry and in • Jared Bernstein serv ed as chief ec on om ist to then -Vice President Biden in neg otiating the landmark Paris Clim ate Agreem ent during the Obam a-Biden the Obam a-Biden Adm inistration be fore joining the Center on Budget and A dm inistration Policy Priorities, where he has servedas a seni or fellow since 2011. • During the Obama-Biden Adm inistration, he serv ed as Special Assistant tothe President for • Bern ste in has pr ev iou sly serv ed as Ex ecu tiv e Direct or of the White H ou se Ec on om ic Policy after the 2 008 financial cri si s, as Depu ty Dir e ct or of the National Task Force on the Middle Class and as an ec on om ic a dv i s or to President Ec on om ic C ou ncil, andas Depu ty Dir ect or and Acting Direct or ofthe Office ofManagem ent Obam a; pri or to his serv ice in the Obam a-Biden Adm inistration, he was a andBudget. seni or ec on om ist and dire ct or of the Liv ing Standards Pr ogram at the • In his r ol e as Gl obal Head of Sustainable Investing at BlackRock, Deese w orked to driv e Ec on om ic Policy Institute, and serv ed as De pu ty Chief E c on om i st at the U.S. greater focus on clim ate and sustainability ri sk in inv estm ent portfolios and created Depa rtment of La bor under President Clinton. in v estment strategies tohelp accelerate thel ow -carbon transition. • In a ddition to au th oring num erou s b ook s, Bernstein has been a regular • Deese receiv ed his bach e l or of arts from Middlebury Colleg e, and his JD from Yale Law c omm entator on ec on om ic issue s for leading national print and telev ision Sch ool. ou t lets, including The Wash ington Post andCNBC.

Heather Boushey Member of the Council of Economic Advisers

• Hea ther Boushey is a long-time economic counselor to President-elect Biden and currently serv es as President & CEO of t he Washington Center for Equ itable Growth, a non-profit research and grantmaking organization she co-founded in 2013. • Bou sh ey served as chief econom ist for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential t r ansition team, and previously served as an econom ist for the Center for American Progress, the Join t Econom ic Com mittee of the U.S. Congress, the Center for Econom ic and Policy Research, and the Economic Policy Institute. • She currently sits on the board of the Opportunity Institute, is a senior fellow at the Schwartz Cen ter for Economic and Policy Analysis at for Social Research, and serves as an Associate Editor for Feminist . • Bor n a nd raised in the Seattle area, Boushey r eceived h er degree from Ha m pshire College and h er Ph.D. in econom ics from the New School for Social Research. 14 Biden-Harris White House National Security Nominees and Appointees

Antony Blinken – Secretary of State Avril Haines – Director of National Intelligence • A ntony Blinken has held seni or fore ign p olicy p ositi on s in two adm inistration s ov e r three decades,and hasa dvised President-elect Biden on foreign p oli cy since 2002. • A v ril Haines has worked with Pr esident-elect Biden in various roles for more Fr om 2 015 to 2 017 , Blinken serv ed as De pu ty Secretary of State under the Obam a-Biden • than a decade, and will become the first woman to serve as Director of National adm inistration. In that rol e, Blinken helped tolead d ipl om a cy in the fight against ISIL, the Intelligence. rebalance to Asia, and the gl obal refugee cri si s, while building bridges to the inn ovation • Du ring the Obama administration, Haines served as Assistant to the President community. a n d Principal Deputy National Security Advisor from 2015-2017, during which Pr i or to serv ing as fore ign p olicy adv isor during the Biden-Harris cam paign and transition, • t im e sh e led the National Security Council’s (NSC) Deputies Com mittee. Blinken serv ed asmanaging d irect or of the Penn Biden Center for Dipl om a cy and G l obal • Ha ines has led the Transition’s National Security and Foreign Policy Team Engagem ent and was the Herter /Nit ze Di stinguished Sch olar at the Joh ns H opk ins Sch ool sin ce its founding in June 2020. Prior t o that time, she served in various roles of A dv a n ced International Studies. Be fore entering public serv ice, Bl in ken was a reporter in cluding Senior Research Scholar a t ; a Senior Fellow at for magazine, writing extensively on foreign policy. t h e Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; and a mem ber of th e National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service. – Secretary of Linda Thomas-Greenfield – U.S. Homeland Security Ambassador to the United Nation

• Alejandro Mayorkas is the first Latino and immigrant nominated to serve as Secretary of • Retired Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a career diplom at, is returning Hom eland Security. to public service after retiring from a 35-y ear career with the U.S. Foreign • Ma y orkas served as the Deputy Secretary of t he U.S. Department of Hom eland Security in Serv ice in 2017. th e Obama-Biden Administration from 2013 t o 2016, and as the Director of U.S. Citizenship • Pr ior t o this appointment, she served as Director General of the Foreign a n d Immigration Servic es from 2009 to 2013. Service and Director of Human Resources (2012-2013), leading a team in • Ma y orkas began his gov ernment service in the Department of Justice, where h e served as an charge of the State Department’s 70,000-strong workforce. Assistant Attorney in the Central District of California, specializing in the • Since 2017, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield has led the Africa Practice at prosecution of white collar crime. A lbright Stonebridge Group, a strategic com mercial diplom acy firm chaired by • Ma y orkas has a lso led a distinguished legal career in the private sector, at O’Melveny & for m er Secretary of State Ma deleine Albright. My ers and m ost recently WilmerHale, where he has specialized in strategic counseling and • She was also the inaugural Distinguished Resident Fellow in African Studies at crisis management. the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy from fall 2017 to spring 2019. She joined ISD in spring 2017 as a Senior State Department Fellow.

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Former Secretary of State John Kerry – Special Presidential Envoy for Climate

• Joh n Kerry serv ed as Am erica’s 68th Secretary of State, the fir st sitting Senate Foreign Re l a ti ons Committee Chairman to serve as Secretary in ov er a century. • Secretary Kerry elevated env ironm ental challenges as di pl om atic priorities, from ocean s to h y drofluorocarbons. • In 2 009 , Kerry becam e Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relati ons Committee. The first hearing he Chaired was on clim ate change. He also led Senate efforts tor a t ify a landmark n onpr oli ferati on treaty , successfully interv ened in Afghanistan’s e lect i on crisi s, and negotiated bipartisan d om estic c limate change legislation. • Kerry ’s 2 01 8 memoir, Ev ery Day Is Ex tr a , was a be st -seller. He has m ost recently been Yale Univ ersity ’s Dist ingui shed Fellow for Global Affair s and Visiting Di stinguishe d Statesman at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace spearheading programming on clim ate changeand oc eans.

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