Jeh Johnson (Full name: Jeh Charles Johnson, pronounced as ‘Jay’) is an American lawyer and former United States Secretary of Homeland Security. He served under President Obama from 2013 to 2017 as the fourth Secretary of Homeland Security. During the inauguration of President Donald Trump on January 20, 2017, Johnson was the designated survivor.
Emily Murphy (Full name: Emily Webster Murphy) is an American attorney who is the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA). She attracted national and international attention on November 7, 2020, when Joe Biden was generally acknowledged to have won the 2020 United States presidential election but she refused to sign a letter which would allow Biden’s transition team to access federal agencies and transition funds.
Michèle Flournoy (Full name: Michèle Angélique Flournoy) is an American former government official. She was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy under President Bill Clinton. Flournoy also served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy under President Barack Obama.
Janet Yellen(Full name:Janet Louise Yellen) is an American economist. She was a member of the Brookings Institution who served as the Chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. She was also a Vice Chair from 2010 to 2014.In November 2020, she was named a candidate for Secretary of the Treasury in the Biden Administration.
Susan Rice(Full name: Susan Elizabeth Rice) is an American diplomat, policy advisor, and a former Brooking Institution fellow. She served as the 27th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013 . Susan was also the 24th United States National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2017.
Patric Murphy (Full name: Patrick Joseph Murphy) is an American politician and attorney. Murphy was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Pennsylvania’s 8th congressional district from 2007 to 2011. This made him America’s first Iraq War veteran elected. He later served as the 32nd Under Secretary of the Army until January 2017.
Alejandro Mayorkas is a Cuban-American lawyer. From December 23, 2013 to October 31, 2016 , he served as the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security. Mayorkas was named a candidate for United States Secretary of Homeland Security in the Biden Administration In November 2020.
Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón is a Dominican-American attorney and diplomat. She is considered to be the chief of staff to Jill Biden when she becomes the first lady of the United States. Reynoso currently serves as a litigation and international arbitration partner with the international law firm Winston & Strawn LLP.
Lael Brainard is an American economist, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System since June 16, 2014. She also served Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury in 2009. Brainard is being considered by the Biden transition team to serve as Secretary of the Treasury during the Biden administration.