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This profile contains Biden Administration judicial nominations to federal courts. Supreme Court of the United States Ketanji Brown Jackson is a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. She had previously been serving as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
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The administration of President Joe Biden, a Democrat, began on January 20, 2021. It succeeded the Trump administration after Biden defeated Republican President Donald Trump in the 2020 Presidential Election. It concluded on January 20, 2025, following President Biden’s withdrawal from his 2024 reelection campaign. The second
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Education. Nominations and Appointments Lisa Brown was General Counsel at the Department of Education. She was formerly vice president and general counsel at Georgetown University. During the Obama Administration, she served as White House
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at independent agencies of the United States government. Nominations and Appointments AmeriCorps Michael D. Smith was Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps (officially the Corporation for National and Community Service). He previously served as Executive Director of the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the Executive Office of the President. Nominations and Appointments Jen O’Malley Dillon was White House Deputy Chief of Staff. She was Campaign Manger for Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign, and prior to that for Beto O’Rourke’s 2020 campaign. She was
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Nominations and Appointments Denis McDonough was Secretary of Veterans Affairs. He was formerly a Senior Advisor and Senior Principal at the Markle Foundation,
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Nominations and Appointments Wally Adeyemo was Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. He had served previously as President of the Obama Foundation since August 2019. Before that, he was a Senior Advisor at
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Transportation. Nominations and Appointments Pete Buttigieg was Secretary of Transportation. He is the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana and unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party’s 2020 Presidential nomination. He also formerly served as an intelligence
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of State. Nominations and Appointments Yohannes Abraham was Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, having previously been Chief of Staff at the U.S. National Security Council.
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Labor. Nominations and Appointments Deborah Greenfield was Senior Advisor at the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy until 2022.
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Justice. Nominations and Appointments Kristen Clarke was Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division. Clarke was previously the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. She
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of the Interior. Nominations and Appointments Tommy Beaudreau was formerly Deputy Secretary of the Interior. Prior to joining the Biden Administration, he was a partner at the law firm of Latham & Watkins, and before that
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Nominations and Appointments Marcia Fudge was Secretary of Housing and Urban Development until March 2024.
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Nominations and Appointments Deanne Criswell was Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). She formerly served as Commissioner of the New York City Emergency Management Department, having been appointed in 2019. Before that,
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Nominations and Appointments Xavier Becerra was Secretary of Health and Human Services. He formerly served as the 33rd Attorney General of California, and before that served twelve terms in the U.S.
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Energy. Nominations and Appointments Shalanda H. Baker was Director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the U.S. Department of Energy, where she had previously served as Deputy Director for Energy Justice. Prior to
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Defense. Nominations and Appointments Gen. Lloyd Austin was the Secretary of Defense. He is a retired four-star general in the United States Army, formerly serving as the 12th Commander of United States Central Command, as Vice
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Nominations and Appointments Michele Chang was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Policy at the U.S. Economic Development Administration until 2022.
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This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Nominations and Appointments Olugbenga Ajilore was a Senior Advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development. He was previously a senior economist at the Center for American Progress, and also served
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