[Last updated January 5, 2024]
The Cabinet
[Require Senate confirmation; nominees still needing confirmation indicated by an asterisk (*)]
Attorney General: Merrick Garland
— Former Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Secretary of Agriculture: tom vilsack
– Former governor of Iowa and former secretary of agriculture
Secretary of Commerce: Gina Raimondo
— Former governor of Rhode Island
Secretary of Defense: Lloyd austin
– Retired four-star Army general and former commander of United States Central Command
Secretary of Education: miguel cardona
— Former Connecticut state commissioner of education
Secretary of Energy: Jennifer Granholm
– Former governor of Michigan
Secretary of Health and Human Services: xavier becerra
– Former California state attorney general and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California
Secretary of Homeland Security: Alejandro Mayorkas
– Former deputy secretary of homeland security
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: marcia fudge
– Former member of the U.S. House of Representative from Ohio
Secretary of Interior: deb haaland
— Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico
Acting Secretary of Labor: Julie Su
— Former deputy secretary of labor and secretary of California Labor and Workforce Development Agency
Secretary of State: Antony BLINKEn
– Former deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser to President Obama
Secretary of Transportation: Pete buttigieg
– Former mayor of South Bend, Indiana
Secretary of Treasury: Janet yellen
– Former chair of the Federal Reserve Board
Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Denis mcdonough
– Former White House chief of staff to President Obama
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency: michael s. Regan
– Former secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
Administrator, Small Business Administration: Isabel Guzman
— Former director, California Office of the Small Business Advocate
Director, Central Intelligence Agency: William J. Burns
— Former president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and deputy secretary of state
Director of National Intelligence: avril haynes
– Former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Director, office of management and budget: Shalanda Young
– Former deputy OMB director and staff director of the House Appropriations Committee
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations: Linda thomas-greenfield
– Former assistant secretary of state for African affairs
U.S. Trade Representative: katerine tai
– Former chief trade counsel to the House Ways and Means Committee
Other Key Biden Administration Officials
[Require Senate confirmation; nominees still needing confirmation indicated by an asterisk (*)]
Chair, president’s council of economic advisors: Jared Bernstein
– Former chief economist to then-Vice President Joe Biden and fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission: Gary Gensler
— Former chair, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Chair, Council on Environmental Quality: Brenda Mallory
— Regulatory policy director, Southern Environmental Law Center
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development: Samantha Powers
— Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Bill Nelson
— Former U.S. senator from Florida
Surgeon GEneral: vivek murthy
– Former surgeon general and vice admiral in the Public Health Service
Deputy Secretary of State (NOMINEE): Kurt Campbell
— Former National Security Council Indo-Pacific region coordinator and assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs
Deputy Secretary of Defense: Kathleen Hicks
— Former deputy under secretary of defense for strategy, plans, and forces
Deputy Secretary of Treasury: Wally Adeyamo
— Former president of the Obama Foundation and deputy director of the National Economic Council in the Obama administration
Deputy Secretary of Energy: David Turk
— Former deputy executive director of the International Energy Agency
Deputy Secretary of Transportation: Polly Trottenberg
— Former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation
Deputy Secretary of Commerce: Don Graves
— Former executive vice president of KeyBank
Deputy Secretary of Interior: Vacant
— No nominee as of January 2024
Deputy Attorney General: Lisa Monaco
— Former assistant attorney general in the Obama administration
Associate Attorney General: Vanita Gupta
— Former president and chief executive officer, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency: Janet McCabe
— Former professor at Indiana University and senior EPA official in the Obama administration
U.S. Ambassador to Canada: David Cohen
— Former senior executive at Comcast
U.S. Ambassador to China: R. Nicholas Burns
— Career diplomat and under secretary of state for political affairs in the George W. Bush administration
U.S. Ambassador to Israel: Jacob Lew
— Former secretary of treasury and director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Obama administration
U.S. Ambassador to Japan: Rahm Emanuel
— Former mayor of Chicago and White House chief of staff to President Obama
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico: Ken Salazar
— Former secretary of interior in the Obama administration and U.S. senator from Colorado
U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand: Tom Udall
— Former U.S. senator from New Mexico
U.S. Ambassador to Russia: Lynne Tracy
— Career Foreign Service officer and former ambassador to Armenia
U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Jeff Flake
— Former U.S. senator from Arizona
White House Staff
[do not require Senate confirmation]
White house chief of staff: Jeff Zients
– Former White House coronavirus response coordinator and, during the Obama administration, director of the National Economic Council
Deputy White House Chief of Staff: Jen O’Malley Dillon
— Campaign manager, Biden-Harris campaign
Deputy White House Chief of Staff: Bruce Reed
— Former chief of staff to then-Vice President Biden and chief domestic policy adviser to President Clinton
Counselor to the President: Steve Richetti
— Former chief of staff to then-Vice President Biden and chairman of Biden’s 2020 campaign
Senior Adviser to the President: Mike Donilon
— Former counselor to then-Vice President Biden
Senior Adviser to the President: Anita Dunn
— Former managing director of communications firm SKDK and Democratic campaign manager
Senior Adviser to the President for CLean Energy: John Podesta
— Former White House chief of staff to President Clinton and counselor to President Obama
Chief of staff to the Vice President: Lorraine Voles
— Director of communications for then-Vice President Gore and then-Senator Hillary Clinton
White House press secretary: Karine Jean-Pierre
– Former deputy press secretary and chief of staff to the 2020 campaign of Vice President Harris
National Security advisor: jake sullivan
– Former deputy national security advisor to President Obama
Principal Deputy National Security Adviser: Jonathan Finer
— Former State Department director of policy planning in the Obama administration
Director, National Economic council: Lael Brainard
– Former vice chair of the Federal Reserve
director, domestic policy council: Neera Tanden
– Former president of the Center for American Progress
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy : Arati Prabhakar
– Former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and head of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
White House special envoy for climate change: John kerry
– Former secretary of state and member of the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts
White House National Climate Change Adviser: Ali Zaidi
— Former deputy secretary for energy and environment of the state of New York