Political appointments by Joe Biden

This is a list of political appointments made by President Joe Biden.

Following his victory in 2020, Biden had 4,000 political appointments to make to the federal government. Of
those 4,000 political appointments, The Washington Post assisted the Partnership for Public Service in finding
757 of those appointments that require Senate requirements. As of January 19, 2021, Biden has announced 49
nominees, formally nominated 3, has not filled 705 appointments, and 2 have been confirmed by the US
Senate.[1] The rules of the Senate require that when the term of the Senate expires (in the case of the 117th
Congress, at noon on January 3, 2022), nominations then pending lapse and are returned to the president, who
can resubmit them to the new Congress.

All members of the Cabinet require confirmation by the United States Senate following nomination by the
president prior to taking office. The vice presidency is exceptional in that the position requires election to
office pursuant to the United States Constitution. Although some positions are of Cabinet-level rank, non-
cabinet members within the Executive Office of the President, such as White House chief of staff, national
security advisor, and White House press secretary, do not hold constitutionally created positions and most do
not require Senate confirmation for appointment. Persons appointed on an acting basis do not require Senate
confirmation before they begin to act in their position, even if a permanent appointment to that position would
require confirmation. Appointments to judgeships on federal courts and of ambassadors require nomination by
the president and confirmation by the Senate. Acting appointments to these positions are not permissible.

Contents
Color key
Executive Office of the President
Office of Domestic Climate Policy
Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Council on Environmental Quality
Office of the United States Trade Representative
Office of Management and Budget
Council of Economic Advisors
COVID-19 Advisory Board
White House Gender Policy Council
Office of the Vice President of the United States
Office of the First Lady of the United States
Federal executive departments
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Department of Defense
Department of Justice
Department of the Interior
 Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Labor
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Transportation
Department of Energy
Department of Education
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Homeland Security
Independent intelligence agencies
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Other independent agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Small Business Administration
Federal Reserve System
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Independent miscellaneous
Independent commissions
See also
References

Color key
Denotes appointees serving in offices that did not require Senate confirmation.
Denotes appointees confirmed by the Senate.
Denotes appointees awaiting Senate confirmation.
Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.

Executive Office of the President

 Office Appointee Assumed Office Left Office

— January 20, 2021 —

White House Chief of Staff

Ron Klain[2]
Jen O'Malley Dillon

—
January 20, 2021 —
White House Deputy Chiefs of
Staff

Bruce Reed

— Ryan Harper January 20, 2021 —

Deputy Executive Secretary

—
Elizabeth Wilkins January 20, 2021 —
Senior Advisor to White House
Chief of Staff

Steve Ricchetti
— January 20, 2021 —

Counselor to the President

Jeffrey Zients
John McCarthy January 20, 2021 —
 —

Senior Advisor to Counselor to

the President

—
Remi Yamamoto January 20, 2021 —
Senior Advisor for
Communications to the Chief of
Staff

Anita Dunn
—

Senior Advisors to the President

January 20, 2021 —

Mike Donilon[2]

Director of the Office of Public

Liaison
Cedric Richmond[2]

—
January 20, 2021 —
White House Communications
Director

Kate Bedingfield

January 20, 2021 —

 —

Deputy White House

Communications Director

Pili Tobar
Kate Berner

— January 20, 2021 —

White House Press Secretary

Jen Psaki

TJ Ducklo

—
January 20, 2021 __
White House Deputy Press
Sabrina Singh
Secretary

— January 20, 2021 —

Principal Deputy Press Secretary

Karine Jean-Pierre

—
Amanda Finney January 20, 2021 —
Chief of Staff for the Press Office
and Special Assistant to the
Press Secretary

Rosemary Boeglin

— Kevin Munoz January 20, 2021 —

Assistant Press Secretary Vedant Patel

Michael Kikukawa

— Angela Dela Cruz Perez January 20, 2021 —

Press Assistant Amijah Townsend-Holmes

 Megan Apper January 20, 2021 —

Director of Research

Terry Moynihan

— January 20, 2021 —

Todd Zubatkin
Deputy Director for Research

Senior Communications Khanya Brann January 20, 2021 —

Assistant and Special Assistant
to the Director of
Communications

Rykia Dorsey Craig

—
Ike Hajinazarian January 20, 2021 —
Regional Communications
Director Seth Schuster

— Mike Gwin January 20, 2021 —

Director of Rapid Response

— Meghan Hays January 20, 2021 —

Director of Message Planning

—
Matthew Hill January 20, 2021 —
Senior Associate
Communications Director
 Paige Hill January 20, 2021 —

Senior Regional
Communications Director

—
Jennifer Molina January 20, 2021 —
Senior Director of Coalitions
Media

—
Emma Riley January 20, 2021 —
Chief of Staff for the Office of
Communications

— Mariel Sáez January 20, 2021 —

Director of Broadcast Media

— Carlos Elizondo January 20, 2021 —

White House Social Secretary

—
Liz Hart January 20, 2021 —
Deputy White House Social
Secretary

— January 20, 2021 —

White House Cabinet Secretary

Evan Ryan
 Cristobal Alex January 20, 2021 —

Deputy White House Cabinet

Secretary

— Dana Remus January 20, 2021 —

White House Counsel

Danielle Conley
Stuart F. Delery
—

Deputy White House Counsel

January 20, 2021 —

Jonathan Cederbum

Legal Advisor to National

Security Council

— Ashley Deeks January 20, 2021 —

Deputy Legal Advisor to National

Security Council

Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo January 20, 2021 —

Megan Ceronsky
— Martine Cicconi
Sean Crotty
White House Associate Counsel
Ashley Deeks
Neha Gupta
Janet Kim
Lauren Moore
Michael Posada
Maury Riggan
 Larry Schwartztol
Jennifer Sokoler
Erica Songer
Samiyyah Ali
Justin Dews

— Ephraim McDowell
January 20, 2021 —
Jaimie McFarlin
White House Deputy Associate
Counsel Caroline McKay
Reema Shah
Tona Boyd

— January 20, 2021 —

Abbe Gluck
White House Special Counsel

— Paige Herwig January 20, 2021 —

White House Senior Counsel

—
January 20, 2021 —
Director of the Office of
Intergovernmental Affairs Julie Chavez Rodriguez

—
January 20, 2021 —
Director of the Presidential
Personnel Office
Catherine M. Russell

—
January 20, 2021 —
Deputy Director of the
Presidential Personnel Office Gautam Raghavan

Matt Dannenberg January 20, 2021 —

Stacy Eichner
 — Danielle Okai

Senior Associate Director of the Jacob Sztraicher

Presidential Personnel Office
Allison Wong

—
Dani Durante January 20, 2021 —
Director for Leadership &
Training

—
Rachel Wallace January 20, 2021 —
Chief of Staff for the Office of
Presidential Personnel

—
Louisa Terrell January 20, 2021 —
White House Director of
Legislative Affairs

Shuwanza Goff

—
Reema Dodin January 20, 2021 —
Deputy White House Director of
Legislative Affairs Chris Slevin

Christopher Garcia

— January 20, 2021 —

Senior Legislative Affairs Advisor Dana Shubat

—
Kaitlyn Hobbs Demers January 20, 2021 —
Chief of Staff for the Office of
Legislative Affairs

Zephranie Buetow January 20, 2021 —

 —

Senate Legislative Affairs

Liaison

Ashley Jones

Alicia Molt-West
— January 20, 2021 —
Angela Ramirez
House Legislative Affairs Liaison
Lee Slater

—
Annie Tomasini January 20, 2021 —
White House Director of Oval
Office Operations

—
Ashley Williams January 20, 2021 —
White House Deputy Director of
Oval Office Operations

—
Stephen Goepfert January 20, 2021 —
Personal Aide to the President of
the United States

—
January 20, 2021 —
Director of the National
Economic Council
Brian Deese
January 20, 2021 —
Sameera Fazili

—
David Kamin
Deputy Directior of National
Bharat Ramamurti
Economic Council
 —
January 20, 2021 —
Director of the Domestic Policy
Council
Susan Rice

—
January 20, 2021 —
Deputy Director of the Domestic Catherine Lhamon
Policy Council
Carmel Martin
Esther Olavarria
Christen Linke Young

Deputy Assistant to the President

Stefanie Feldman January 20, 2021 —

Senior Advisor to the Director of

the Domestic Policy Council

— January 20, 2021 —

National Security Advisor

Jake Sullivan[2]
January 20, 2021 —

Deputy National Security

Advisors
 Jon Finer

Anne Neuberger

Elizabeth Sherwood-
— Randall

Homeland Security Advisor

— January 20, 2021 —

Deputy Homeland Security

Advisor
Russell Travers

— Hilary Hurd January 20, 2021 —

Senior Advisor for the Homeland

Security Advisor

Executive Secretary of the

National Security Council
Yohannes Abraham January 20, 2021 —

Chief of Staff to the National

Security Council

Ariana Berengaut January 20, 2021 —

—
Senior Advisor to National
Security Advisor

January 20, 2021 —

—

Coordinator for the Indo Pacific

Kurt M. Campbell
Cara Abercrombie
Sasha Baker
Tanya Bradsher
Rebecca Brocato
Elizabeth Cameron
Tarun Chhabra
Caitlin Durkovich
Linda Etim
Juan Gonzalez
— Sumona Guha January 20, 2021 —
Peter Harrell
Senior Director on National
Security Council Edgard Kagan
Andrea Kendall-Taylor
Clare Linkins
Melanie Nakagawa
Carlyn Reichel
Laura Rosenberger
Amanda Sloat
Katie Tobin

— Emily Horne January 20, 2021 —

Spokesperson for United States

National Security Council

Shanthi Kalathil January 20, 2021 —

—
Coordinator for Democracy and
Human Rights

— Ella Lipin January 20, 2021 —

Senior Advisor to the Principal

Deputy National Security Advisor

— January 20, 2021 —

Coordinator for the Middle East

and North Africa
Brett McGurk

—
Anne Filipic January 20, 2021 —
Director of Management and
Administration

Austin Lin

—
January 20, 2021 —
Christian Peele
Deputy Director of Management
and Administration

—
Sarah Feldmann January 20, 2021 —
Chief of Staff for the Office of the
Management and Administration

—
Michael Leach January 20, 2021 —
Chief Diversity and Inclusion
Director
 David Recordon January 20, 2021 —

Director of Technology

— Jeffrey Wexler January 20, 2021 —

Director of COVID-19 Operations

Rebecca Rinkevich

—
January 20, 2021 —
Deputy Director of Digital
Christian Tom
Stragegy

— Eric Bravo January 20, 2021 —

Video Editor

— Brendan Cohen January 20, 2021 —

Platform Manager

— Maha Ghandour January 20, 2021 —

Digital Partnerships Manager

— Jonathan Hebert January 20, 2021 —

Video Director

Drew Heskett January 20, 2021 —

—
Presidential Videographer

— Jaime Lopez January 20, 2021 —

Director of Platforms

— Carahna Magwood, January 20, 2021 —

Creative Director

— Abbey Pitzer January 20, 2021 —

Designer

— Olivia Raisner January 20, 2021 —

Traveling Content Director

— Aisha Shah January 20, 2021 —

Partnerships Manager

— Cameron Trimble January 20, 2021 —

Director of Digital Engagement

— Jessica Hertz January 20, 2021 —

White House Staff Secretary

Michael Hochman January 20, 2021 —

 —

Deputy White House Staff

Secretary

—
Ryan Montoya January 20, 2021 —
Director of Scheduling and
Advance

— Vinay Reddy January 20, 2021 —

Director of Speechwriting

—
Emmy Ruiz January 20, 2021 —
Director of Political Strategy and
Outreach

—
Erin Wilson January 20, 2021 —
Deputy Director of Political
Strategy and Outreach

Tyler Moran
Nadiya Beckwith-Stanley
Joelle Gamble
David Hayes

— Karen Andre
January 20, 2021 —
Jamie Citron
Special Assistant to the
President Corina Cortez
Jeff Marootian
Katie Petrelius
Thomas Zimmerman
Adam Schultz January 20, 2021 —

—
Chief Official White House
Photographer

—
Adrian Saenz January 20, 2021 —
Deputy Director of the Office of
Public Engagement

—
Lisa Kohnke January 20, 2021 —
Director of Presidential
Scheduling

Office of Domestic Climate Policy

 Office Appointee Assumed Office Left Office

January 20, 2021 —

—

National Climate Advisor

Gina McCarthy

January 20, 2021 —

—

Deputy National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi

— Maggie Thomas January 20, 2021 —

Chief of Staff for the Office of

Domestic Climate Policy

Sonia Aggarwal

— January 20, 2021 —

Senior Advisor for Domestic Jahi Wise

Climate Policy

January 20, 2021 —

—
Special Presidential Envoy for
Climate John Kerry

Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

 Office Appointee Assumed Office Left Office

— Frances Arnold January 20, 2021

Co-Chair of the President's
Council of Advisors on Science
and Technology
—

Maria Zuber

Office of Science and Technology Policy

 Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced January
—
— 16, 2021

Director of the Office of Science

and Technology Policy
Eric Lander

Announced January
—
— 16, 2021

Deputy Director of the Office of

Science and Technology Policy Alondra Nelson

Announced January
—
— 16, 2021

Chief of Staff to the Office of

Science and Technology Policy
Kei Koizumi

— Narda Jones January 20, 2021 —

Legislative Affairs Director of the

Office of Science and
Technology Policy

Council on Environmental Quality

 Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced December 17,

Brenda Mallory —
2020
—
Chair of the Council on
Environmental Quality

Cecilia
January 20, 2021 —
— Martinez

Senior Director for Environmental

Justice

Office of the United States Trade Representative

Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced December
—
10, 2020
—
United States Trade
Representative Katherine Tai

Office of Management and Budget

 Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced November 30,

— —
2020

Director of the Office of Management

and Budget
Neera Tanden[3]

Shalanda Announced January 15,

—
Young 2021
—
Deputy Director of the Office of
Management and Budget

Announced January 15,

Jason Miller —
2021
—
Deputy Director for Management,
Office of Management and Budget

Council of Economic Advisors

Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Announced November
— —
30, 2020

Chair of the Council of Economic

Advisers Cecilia Rouse[2]

Announced November
—
30, 2020

— Jared Bernstein
Members of the Council of
Economic Advisers Heather Boushey
Announced November
—
30, 2020
COVID-19 Advisory Board
 Office Appointee Assumed Office Left Office

—
January 20, 2021 —
Coordinator of COVID-19
Response
Jeffrey Zients

— Natalie Quillian January 20, 2021 —

Deputy Coordinator of The COVID-

19 Response

Sonya Berstein

Amy Chang

Osaremen Okolo January 20, 2021 —

—
Vidur Sharma
COVID-19 Senior Policy Advisor
Cameron Webb

Bechara Choucair January 20, 2021 —

—

Vaccinations Coordinator

— Eduardo Cisneros January 20, 2021 —

COVID Intergovernmental Affairs

Director

Clarke Humphrey January 20, 2021 —

—

COVID Digital Director

Carol Johnson January 20, 2021 —

—

Testing Coordinator

— January 20, 2021 —

Chief Science Officer of COVID-19

Response
David A. Kessler

Tim Manning January 20, 2021 —

—

Supply Coordinator

— Rosa Po January 20, 2021 —

COVID-19 Response Team

Deputy Chief of Staff

— Courtney Rowe January 20, 2021 —

Director of Strategic
Communications and Enagement

Cyrus Shahpar January 20, 2021 —

—

COVID-19 Data Director

January 20, 2021 —

—

Senior Adviser to the COVID-19

Response Coordinator
Andy Slavitt

— Ben Wakana January 20, 2021 —

Deputy Director of Strategic

Communications and Engagement

—
January 20, 2021 —
Chief Medical Advisor to the
President
Anthony Fauci

— Marcella Nunez-
January 20, 2021 —
Smith
Chair of COVID-19 Equity Task
Force

White House Gender Policy Council

Office Appointee Assumed Office Left Office

Jennifer Klein

—
January 20, 2021 —
Co-Chair of the White House
Gender Policy Council
Julissa Reynoso
Pantaleón
Office of the Vice President of the United States
 Office Appointee Assumed Office Left Office

— Hartina Flournoy January 20, 2021 —

Chief of Staff to the Vice

President

— Michael Fuchs January 20, 2021 —

Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice

President

— Julie Mason January 20, 2021 —

Chief of Staff to the Second

Gentleman

— Ashley Etienne January 20, 2021 —

Communications Director for the

Vice President

— January 20, 2021 —

Deputy Communications Director Herbie Ziskend

for the Vice President

January 20, 2021 —

—
Senior Advisor and Chief
Spokesperson for the Vice
President

Symone Sanders

— Rohini Kosoglu January 20, 2021 —

Domestic Policy Advisor to the

Vice President

— January 20, 2021 —

National Security Advisor to the

Vice President Nancy McEldowney

January 20, 2021 —

—

Deputy National Security Advisor

to the Vice President Philip Gordon

— Dr. Ike Irby January 20, 2021 —

Policy Advisor to the Vice

President

Deanne Millison January 20, 2021 —

Deputy Policy Advisor to the

Vice President
 Yael Belkind January 20, 2021 —
—

Assistant to Chief of Staff

— Cynthia Bernstein January 20, 2021 —

Director of Management and

Administration

—
Vincent Evans January 20, 2021 —

Deputy Director of the Office of

Public Engagement and
Intergovernmental Affairs

Kate Childs Graham January 20, 2021 —

—

Director of Speech Writing

Josh Hsu January 20, 2021 —

—

Counsel to the Vice President

Lawrence Jackson January 20, 2021 —

Photographer to the Vice

President
 — Mike Pyle January 20, 2021 —

Chief Economic Advisor to Vice

President

Peter Velz January 20, 2021 —

—

Director of Press Operations

Sabrina Singh January 20, 2021 —

—

Deputy Press Secretary

Rachel Palermo January 20, 2021 —

—

Assistant Press Secretary

Office of the First Lady of the United States

 Office Appointee Assumed Office Left Office

— January 20, 2021 —

Chief of Staff to the First Lady

Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón

Mala Adiga January 20, 2021 —

—

Policy Director for the First Lady

Anthony Bernal January 20, 2021 —

—
Senior Advisor for the First Lady

Elizabeth Alexander January 20, 2021 —

—
Communications Director for the First Lady

Michael LaRosa January 20, 2021 —

—
Press Secretary for the First Lady

Rory Brosius January 20, 2021 —

—
Executive Director of Joining Forces

Gina Lee January 20, 2021 —

—
Director of Scheduling and Advance

Vanessa Lion January 20, 2021 —

—
Deputy Policy Director

Jordan Montoya January 20, 2021 —

—
Director of Advance & Trip Director

Garima Verma January 20, 2021 —

—
Digital Director

Federal executive departments

Department of State
 Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced November
—
— 23, 2020

Secretary of State
Antony Blinken[2]

Announced January
—
— 16, 2021

Deputy Secretary of State

Wendy Sherman

Announced January
— —
16, 2021

Deputy Secretary of State for

Management and Resources
Brian P. McKeon

Announced January
—
— 16, 2021

Under Secretary of State for

Political Affairs Victoria Nuland

Announced January
— —
16, 2021

Under Secretary of State for

Arms Control and International Bonnie Jenkins
Security Affairs

Announced January —
16, 2021
—

Under Secretary of State for

Civilian Security, Democracy Uzra Zeya
and Human Rights

Announced November
— —
23, 2020

Ambassador to the United

Nations
Linda Thomas-Greenfield[2]

Announced January
— Jeffrey Prescott[4] 16, 2021
—

Deputy Ambassador to the

United Nations

— Derek Chollet[4] January 20, 2021 —

Counselor of the Department of

State

Salman Ahmed[4] January 20, 2021 —

—

Director of Policy Planning

Suzy George[4] January 20, 2021 —

Chief of Staff to the Secretary of

State
 — January 20, 2021 —

Spokesperson for the

Department of State
Ned Price[4]

— Jalina Porter[4] January 20, 2021 —

Deputy Spokesperson for the

Department of State

Department of the Treasury

Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced November 30,

—
— 2020

Secretary of the Treasury

Dr. Janet
Yellen[3]

Announced November 30,

—
— 2020

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

Wally
Adeyemo[3]

Department of Defense
 Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

January 22, 2021

(Confirmed January 22, —

— [5]
2021, 93–2)
Secretary of Defense
Lloyd Austin

Announced December 30,

—
2020
—
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Kathleen Hicks

Announced December 30,

—
— 2020

Under Secretary of Defense for Colin Kahl

Policy

Department of Justice
 Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced January 6,
—
— 2021

Attorney General
Merrick Garland

Announced January 6,
—
2021
—
Deputy Attorney General
Lisa Monaco

Announced January 6,
—
2021
—
Associate Attorney General
Vanita Gupta

Announced January 6,
—
2021
—
Assistant Attorney General
(Civil Rights) Kristen Clarke

Department of the Interior

 Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced December
—
— 17, 2020

Secretary of the Interior

Deb Haaland[6]

Announced January 18,

Elizabeth Klein —
2021
—
Deputy Secretary of the Interior

Department of Agriculture

Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced December 10,

—
— 2020

Secretary of Agriculture
Tom Vilsack[7]

Jewel H. Announced January 18,

—
Bronaugh 2021
—

Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

Department of Commerce
 Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced January 7,
—
— 2021

Secretary of Commerce
Gina Raimondo[8]

Announced January 7,
—
— 2021

Deputy Secretary of Commerce

Don Graves

Department of Labor

Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced January 7,
—
— 2021

Secretary of Labor
Marty Walsh[9]

TBA — —
—

Deputy Secretary of Labor

Department of Health and Human Services

 Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced December
— —
7, 2020
Secretary of Health and Human
Services
Xavier Becerra[2]

Announced January
Andrea Palm —
18, 2021
—
Deputy Secretary of Health and
Human Services

Announced January
—
— 19, 2021

Assistant Secretary of Health

and Human Services (Health) Rachel Levine

Announced December
—
— 7, 2020

Surgeon General
Vivek Murthy[2]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

—
January 20, 2021
Director of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
Rochelle Walensky[2]

National Institutes of Health

Announced January —
16, 2020
 —

Director of the National Institutes

of Health
Dr. Francis Collins

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced December 10,

— —
2020

Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development
Marcia Fudge[7]

TBA — —
—
Deputy Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development

Department of Transportation
 Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced December
—
— 15, 2020

Secretary of Transportation
Pete Buttigieg

Announced January
—
18, 2021
—
Deputy Secretary of Polly Trottenberg
Transportation

Department of Energy

Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced December
—
— 17, 2020

Secretary of Energy

Jennifer Granholm

TBA — —

—
Deputy Secretary of Energy

Department of Education
 Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced December 22,

—
— 2020

Secretary of Education
Miguel Cardona

Announced January 18,

Cindy Marten —
2021
—

Deputy Secretary of Education

Department of Veterans Affairs

Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced December 10,

—
— 2020

Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Denis McDonough

TBA — —
—

Deputy Secretary of Veterans

Affairs

Department of Homeland Security

 Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office

Announced November
—
— 23, 2020

Secretary of Homeland Security

Alejandro
Mayorkas[2]

TBA — —
—
Deputy Secretary of Homeland
Security

Announced January 15,

— 2021

Administrator of the Federal

Deanne Criswell
Emergency Management Agency

Independent intelligence agencies

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

 Office Nominee Assumed Office Left Office
Office of the Director of National Intelligence

January 20, 2021

(Confirmed January 20, 2021, —
— 84–10)[10]

Director of National Intelligence

Avril Haines[2]
National Counterterrorism Center

TBA — —
—
Director of the National
Counterterrorism Center

Central Intelligence Agency

Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Announced January
— —
11, 2021

Director of the Central

Intelligence Agency
William J. Burns[2]

Announced January
— —
15, 2021

Deputy Director of the Central

Intelligence Agency David S. Cohen

Other independent agencies

Environmental Protection Agency

Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Announced December
— —
17, 2020

Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency Michael S. Regan

Announced January 15,

— —
2021

Deputy Administrator of the

Environmental Protection Agency
Janet McCabe

Small Business Administration

Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Announced January 7,
— —
2021

Administrator of the Small Business

Administration Isabel
Guzman[11]

Federal Reserve System

Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

TBA — —
—

Member of the Federal Reserve

Board of Governors
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

TBA — —
—
Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration

TBA — —
—
Deputy Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space
Administration

Independent miscellaneous

Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Announced January
— —
18, 2021

Director of the Consumer Financial

Protection Bureau
Rohit Chopra
United States Agency for International Development

— Announced January
—
13, 2021
Administrator of the United States
Agency for International
Development Samantha Power[12]
Independent commissions

Office Nominee Assumed office Left office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Announced January 18,

— —
2021

Chairman of the U.S. Securities and

Exchange Commission
Gary Gensler

See also
Cabinet of Joe Biden, for the vetting process undergone by top-level roles including advice and
consent by the Senate
List of federal judges appointed by Joe Biden
United States Ambassadors appointed by Joe Biden

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