Biden nomination tracker An overview of Biden administration nominations and the status of key agency positions the Biden administration must fill February 25, 2021
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▪ Nomination trackers ▪ Key agency positions in the Biden administration ▪ White House ▪ Environment ▪ Agriculture ▪ Finance ▪ Commerce ▪ Foreign Policy ▪ Criminal ▪ Health Care Justice ▪ Labor ▪ Defense and ▪ Technology Intelligence ▪ Other ▪ Energy
2 Ten of Biden’s cabinet and cabinet-level officials have been confirmed by the Senate
Status of key positions requiring Senate confirmation Confirmed cabinet secretaries
FEBRUARY 25, 2021 • Dept. of State (Antony Blinken) • Dept. of Defense (Lloyd Austin) ■ No nominee ■ Awaiting nomination ■ Awaiting confirmation ■ Confirmed • Dept. of the Treasury (Janet Yellen) • Dept. of Homeland Security (Alejandro Mayorkas) 11 • Dept. of Transportation (Pete Buttigieg) • Dept. of Veterans Affairs (Denis McDonough) • Dept. of Agriculture (Tom Vilsack) 44 • Dept. of Energy (Jennifer Granholm) 3 Confirmed cabinet-level positions ▪ Director of National Intelligence (Avril Haines) ▪ UN Representative (Linda Thomas-Greenfield) Departments without a deputy secretary nominee ▪ Dept. of Homeland Security ▪ Dept. of Veterans Affairs ▪ Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
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SOURCE Washington Post. MICHELLE SCHRIER 2/25/21 3 Cabinet Senate confirmations by number of days in office
FEBRUARY 25, 2021 ■ Obama ■ Trump ■ Biden
SOURCE Ballotpedia. ASHLEY THIEME 2/25/21 4 Roadmap
▪ Nomination trackers ▪ Key agency positions in the Biden administration ▪ White House ▪ Environment ▪ Agriculture ▪ Finance ▪ Commerce ▪ Foreign Policy ▪ Criminal ▪ Health Care Justice ▪ Labor ▪ Defense and ▪ Technology Intelligence ▪ Other ▪ Energy
5 Key White House positions
Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation?
Chief of Staff Ron Klain No
Deputy Chief of Staff Jen O’Malley Dillon No Senior Advisor Mike Donilon No West Wing Counselor Steve Ricchetti No Director of Public Engagement Cedric Richmond No Director of Intergovt’l Affairs Julie Rodriguez No Counsel Dana Remus No Director Neera Tanden Yes At Senate
Deputy Director Shalanda Young Yes At Senate OMB Deputy Director for Jason Miller Yes At Senate Management OIRA Administrator Yes No nominee National Security Council National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan No National Economic Council Director Brian Deese No Domestic Policy Council Director Susan Rice No
Council of Economic Chairman Cecilia Rouse Yes At Senate Advisors Communications Director Kate Bedingfield No Communications Press Secretary Jen Psaki No
6 Key agriculture positions
Requires Senate Agency Position Biden Appointee/Nominee Status Confirmation?
Secretary Tom Vilsack Yes Confirmed
Deputy Secretary Jewel Bronaugh Yes At Senate Under Secretary for Food Safety Yes No nominee Under Secretary for Farm and Yes No nominee Foreign Agricultural Services Under Secretary for Marketing and Yes No nominee USDA Regulatory Programs Under Secretary for Natural Yes No nominee Resources and Environment
Under Secretary for Research, Yes No nominee Education and Economics Under Secretary for Food, Yes No nominee Nutrition, & Consumer Services FDA Commissioner Yes No nominee DOI Secretary Deb Haaland Yes At Senate CFTC Chairperson and commissioner Rostin Benham (Acting chair) Yes Confirmed
7 Key commerce positions
Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation?
Secretary Gina Raimondo Yes At Senate
Deputy Secretary Don Graves Yes At Senate
Undersecretary for Economic Yes No nominee Affairs Undersecretary for Industry Yes No nominee and Security Department of Commerce Undersecretary for Intellectual Yes No nominee Property Undersecretary for Yes No nominee International Trade Undersecretary for Oceans Yes No nominee and Atmosphere Undersecretary for Standards Yes No nominee and Technology US Patent and Trademark Director Yes No nominee Office
US Census Bureau Director Yes No nominee
8 Key criminal justice positions
Requires Senate Agency Position Biden Appointee/Nominee Status Confirmation?
Attorney General Merrick Garland Yes At Senate
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco Yes At Senate
Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Yes At Senate Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General for the Kristen Clarke Yes At Senate Civil Rights Division
Solicitor General Yes No nominee
ATF Director Yes No nominee FBI Director Christopher Wray* Yes Confirmed US Marshals Service Director Yes No nominee
*Holdover
9 Key defense and intelligence positions
Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation?
Secretary Lloyd Austin Yes Confirmed
Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks Yes Confirmed
Undersecretary for Policy Colin Kahl Yes At Senate Department of Defense Undersecretary for Intelligence Yes No nominee
Undersecretary for Acquisition, Yes No nominee Technology and Logistics
Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Yes Confirmed Deputy Secretary Yes No nominee Under Secretary for Strategy, Yes No nominee Policy, and Plans Department of Homeland Security ICE Director Yes No nominee FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell Yes At Senate CBP Commissioner Yes No Nominee
USCIS Director Yes No nominee
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines Yes Confirmed NSA Director Yes CIA Director William Burns Yes At Senate
Department of Veterans Secretary Denis McDonough Yes Confirmed Affairs Deputy Secretary Yes No nominee 10 Key energy positions
Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation? White House Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry No Secretary Jennifer Granholm Yes Confirmed Deputy Secretary David Turk Yes At Senate Undersecretary for Management and Energy Yes No nominee Performance Undersecretary for Nuclear Security Yes No nominee Undersecretary for Science Yes No nominee Chair Richard Glick (D) Yes* Confirmed (Term expires June 30, 2022) Commissioner Neil Chatterjee (R) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 30, 2021) Commissioner FERC James Danly (R) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 30, 2023) Commissioner Allison Clements (D) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 30, 2024) Commissioner Mark Christie (R) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 30, 2025) Secretary Deb Haaland Yes At Senate Interior Deputy Secretary Elizabeth Klein Yes Announced Administrator Michael Regan Yes At Senate EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe Yes At Senate
*Yes (for board member); no (for chairmanship)
11 Key environmental positions
Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation?
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry No White House Chair, Council on Environmental Quality Brenda Mallory Yes At Senate
Administrator Michael Regan Yes At Senate EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe Yes At Senate
Secretary Deb Haaland Yes At Senate
Interior Deputy Secretary Elizabeth Klein Yes Announced
Bureau of Land Management Director Yes No nominee
Secretary Pete Buttigieg Yes Confirmed Transportation Deputy Secretary Polly Trottenberg Yes At Senate
12 Key finance positions
Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation?
Chair Gary Gensler (D) Yes At Senate
Commissioner Allison Herren Lee (D) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 5, 2022) Commissioner Securities and Exchange Elad L. Roisman (R) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 5, 2023) Commission Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw (D) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 5, 2024) Commissioner Hester M. Peirce (R) Yes Confirmed (Term expires June 5, 2025)
Secretary Janet Yellen Yes Confirmed Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo Yes At Senate Comptroller of the Currency Yes No nominee CFPB Director Rohit Chopra Yes At Senate OMB Director Neera Tanden Yes At Senate White House CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse Yes At Senate
13 Key foreign policy positions
Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation?
Secretary Antony Blinken Yes Confirmed
Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman Yes At Senate
Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Bonnie Jenkins Yes Announced Security Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Uzra Zeya Yes Announced Human Rights Undersecretary for Political State Department Victoria Nuland Yes At Senate Affairs
UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield Yes At Senate
NATO Ambassador Yes No nominee
OAS Ambassador Yes No nominee
EU Ambassador Yes No nominee
OECD Ambassador Yes No nominee
USAID Administrator Samantha Power Yes At Senate
Executive Office of the US Trade Representative Katherine Tai Yes At Senate President
14 Key health care positions
Biden Requires Senate Agency Position Status Appointee/Nominee Confirmation?
Secretary Xavier Becerra Yes At Senate
Deputy Secretary Andrea Palm Yes At Senate
Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine Yes At Senate
Assistant Secretary for Yes No nominee Preparedness and Response
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Yes At Senate
HRSA Administrator No No nominee HHS CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Yes At Senate
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky No
CCIIO Director, CMS Yes No nominee
FDA Commissioner Yes No nominee
COVID-19 Equity Task Force Marcella Nunez-Smith No Chair
Chief Medical Adviser on Anthony Fauci No COVID-19 to the President
White House Director Susan Rice No Domestic Policy Council
15 Key labor positions
Requires Senate Agency Position Biden Appointee/Nominee Status Confirmation?
Secretary Marty Walsh Yes At Senate
Deputy Secretary Julie Su Yes At Senate
Bureau of Labor Statistics William Beach Yes Confirmed Labor Commissioner
Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Yes No nominee Health
Administrator Isabel Guzman Yes At Senate SBA Deputy Administrator Yes No nominee
EEOC General Counsel Yes No nominee
NLRB Chairperson John Ring Yes* Confirmed
*Yes (for board member); no (for chairmanship)
16 Key technology positions
Requires Senate Agency Position Biden Appointee/Nominee Status Confirmation?
Chair Yes No nominee
Commissioner Brendan Carr Yes Confirmed (Term Expires Aug. 3, 2021)
Commissioner FCC Jessica Rosenworcel* Yes Confirmed (Term Expires Aug. 3, 2021)
Commissioner Geoffrey Starks Yes Confirmed (Term Expires Jan. 2, 2024) Commissioner Nathan Simington Yes Confirmed (Term expires Dec. 8, 2025) OSTP Director Eric Lander Yes At Senate Executive Office of the (President’s Science Advisor) President Chief Technology Officer Yes No nominee
FTC Chair Yes No nominee
US Agency for Global Media Chief Executive Officer Yes No nominee
Assistant Secretary for NTIA (Commerce) Communications and Yes No nominee Information NASA Administrator Yes No nominee
*Serving as acting chair
17 Other key policy positions
Requires Senate Agency Position Biden Appointee/Nominee Status Confirmation?
Secretary Miguel Cardona Yes At Senate
Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten Yes At Senate
Undersecretary of Education James Kvaal Yes At Senate
Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Yes No nominee Administration Commissioner
Director of the Institute of Yes No nominee Education Sciences
Secretary Marcia Fudge Yes At Senate
Deputy Secretary Yes No nominee HUD Federal Housing Yes No nominee Commissioner
Inspector General Rae Oliver* Yes Confirmed
*Holdover
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