Neera Tanden is an Indian-American political consultant and former government official. Currently, she serves as the president of the Center for American Progress, where she has served in different capacities since 2003. Furthermore, Tanden has worked on several Democratic presidential campaigns, such as those of Michael Dukakis in 1988, Bill Clinton in 1992, and Barack Obama in 2008. On November 30, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden announced that his nominee for the next director of the Office of Management and Budget, subject to Senate approval would be Tanden.
Lisa Monaco (Full name: Lisa Oudens Monaco) is an American attorney. Furthermore, she served as the Homeland Security Adviser to President Barack Obama, the chief counterterrorism advisor to the president. In this capacity, Monaco was a statutory member of the United States Homeland Security Council. Previously, she served as the Assistant Attorney General for National Security from 2011 to 2013. Moreover, Monaco was the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department. Additionally, in 2017, she became a senior national security analyst for CNN.
Kristen Clarke is an American attorney. Currently, she is the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Previously, Clarke managed the Civil Rights Bureau of the New York Department of Law under Eric Schneiderman. In 2019, she represented Taylor Dumpson, who is the first Jamaican-American woman student body president of American University, in her landmark case against white supremacists.
Wally Adeyemo (Full name: Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo) is a Nigerian-American economic and political advisor. He is President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. Previously Adeyemo was the first president of the Obama Foundation.
Kate Bedingfield (Full name: Katherine Joan Bedingfield) is an American communications director and political campaign manager. She is the named White House Communications Director for the Biden administration. Kate worked as deputy campaign manager for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign and former communications director for Biden when he was Vice President.
Symone Sanders (Full name: Symone D. Sanders) is an American political strategist and commentator. She is currently the chief spokesperson and a senior advisor for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. In April 2019, Symone joined the 2020 presidential campaign of former vice president Joe Biden as a senior advisor. After Biden won the election, she was named chief spokesperson and a senior advisor for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
Karine Jean-Pierre is an American Political commentator, Author, Political Campaign Organizer, and Activist. Currently, she is the new deputy White House, press secretary. Karine was confirmed on November 29th by Joe Biden’s campaign to serve as Biden’s new deputy press secretary.
Samantha Vinograd is an American foreign policy commentator. She currently serves as a national security analyst at CNN. Vinograd is also a senior adviser at the University of Delaware’s Biden Institute. Previously, from 2009 to 2013 she served on President Barack Obama’s National Security Council and at the Treasury Department under President George W. Bush.
Evan Maureen Ryan is an American public servant. She served as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) from 2013 to 2017. she also served as the assistant for intergovernmental affairs and public liaison for Joe Biden when he was Vice President and current President-elect.
Linda Thomas Greenfield is an American diplomat. She served as the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the United States from 2013 to 2017. Thomas-Greenfield is a Senior Vice President at Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington, D.C. President-elect Joe Biden announced that he intends to nominate her as the next U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and involve her in the National Security Council and cabinet.
