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Food & Drug Administration - Commissioner

Department of Health and Human Services

The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices; and by ensuring the safety of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.

Food & Drug Administration - Director, Center for Drug Evaluation & Research

Department of Health and Human Services

The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) regulates over-the-counter and prescription drugs, including biological therapeutics and generic drugs. This work covers more than just medicines. For example, fluoride toothpaste, antiperspirants, dandruff shampoos and sunscreens are all considered drugs.

Senate-confirmed

Office of the United States Trade Representative

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is responsible for developing and coordinating U.S. international trade, commodity, and direct investment policy, and overseeing negotiations with other countries. USTR coordinates trade policy, resolves disagreements, and frames issues for presidential decision. USTR also serves as vice chairman of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), is on the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, is a non-voting member of the Export-Import Bank Board of Directors, and a member of the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Policies.

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President Biden's Choice: Katherine Tai

Agriculture/Big Food

Telecommunications

Finance-Private Equity

Office of the United States Trade Representative

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is responsible for developing and coordinating U.S. international trade, commodity, and direct investment policy, and overseeing negotiations with other countries. USTR coordinates trade policy, resolves disagreements, and frames issues for presidential decision.

Agriculture/Big Food

Telecommunications

Finance-Private Equity

Senate-confirmed

The Department of Commerce encourages, serves, and promotes the Nation's international trade, economic growth, and technological advancement. It offers assistance and information to increase America's competitiveness in the world economy; administers programs to prevent unfair foreign trade competition; provides social and economic statistics and analyses for business and government planners; provides research and support for the increased use of scientific, engineering, and technological development; works to improve our understanding and benefits of the Earth's physical environment and oceanic resources; grants patents and registers trademarks; develops policies and conducts research on telecommunications; provides assistance to promote domestic economic development; and assists in the growth of minority businesses. The Secretary of Commerce also sits on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) an inter-agency committee of the United States Government that reviews the national security implications of foreign investments in U.S. companies or operations.

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President Biden's Choice: Gina Raimondo

Agriculture/Big Food

Finance-Private Equity

Telecommunications

Finance-Hedge Fund

Senate-confirmed

Department of Health and Human Services

The Assistant Secretary for Legislation (ASL) is responsible for the development and implementation of the Department's legislative agenda. It provides advice on legislation and facilitates communication between the Department and Congress. The office also informs the Congress of the Department's views, priorities, actions, grants and contracts. ASL is the Department liaison with Members of Congress, staff, Committees, and with the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation

Department of Health and Human Services

The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation aids the Assistant Secretary who is responsible for the development and implementation of the Department's legislative agenda. It provides advice on legislation and facilitates communication between the Department and Congress. The office also informs the Congress of the Department's views, priorities, actions, grants and contracts. ASL is the Department liaison with Members of Congress, staff, Committees, and with the Government Accountability Office (GAO).Serve as liaisons for mandatory and discretionary health programs

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Mandatory Health)

Department of Health and Human Services

The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation (Mandatory Health) reports to the Assistant Secretary for Legislation and is the liaison for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which includes Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation for Health

Department of Health and Human Services

The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislation reports to the Assistant Secretary for Legislation and are the liaisons for mandatory and discretionary health programs. The mandatory health portfolio includes health services and health care financing operating divisions.

Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary

The Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Agriculture advises, manages the flow of information to the Secretary, and leads the bureaucracy of employees responsible for overseeing the food stamp program, administering farm subsidies, etc.

Agriculture/Big Food

Finance-Private Equity

Finance-Hedge Fund

Telecommunications

Asset Management

Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General

The Principal Associate Attorney General leads the Office of the Associate Attorney General which advises and assists the Attorney General and the Deputy Attorney General in formulating and implementing Departmental policies and programs pertaining to a broad range of civil justice, federal and local law enforcement, and public safety matters. The Office oversees the Antitrust Division, Civil Division, Civil Rights Division, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Tax Division, Office of Justice Programs, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), Community Relations Service, Office on Violence Against Women, Office of Information Policy, Executive Office for U.S. Trustees, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, and the Servicemembers and Veterans Initiative.

Agriculture/Big Food

Asset Management

Finance-Hedge Fund

Finance-Private Equity

Telecommunications

Senate-confirmed

Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Division represents the United States, its departments and agencies, Members of Congress, Cabinet Officers, and other federal employees in any civil or criminal matter within its scope of responsibility. Civil Division litigation falls generally into the following categories (1) cases involving national policies, (2) cases that are so massive and span so many years that they would overwhelm the resources and infrastructure of any individual field office, (4) cases filed in national or foreign courts, (4) cases crossing multiple jurisdictions, and (5) cases to remove illegal aliens.

Finance-Private Equity

United States Patent and Trademark Office - Deputy Director

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. The USPTO advises the president of the United States, the secretary of commerce, and U.S. government agencies on intellectual property (IP) policy, protection, and enforcement; and promotes the stronger IP protection around the world.

Finance-Private Equity

United States Patent and Trademark Office - Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs

The Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs serves as a policy advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, and oversees the USPTO’s domestic and international intellectual property policy activities; legislative engagement, through the Office of Governmental Affairs; education and training, through the Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA); global advocacy, through the IP Attaché Program; and economic analysis, through the Office of the Chief Economist.

Finance-Private Equity

Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority - Director

Department of Health and Human Services

Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, was established to aid in securing our nation from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats, as well as from pandemic influenza (PI) and emerging infectious diseases (EID). BARDA supports the transition of medical countermeasures such as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics from research through advanced development towards consideration for approval by the FDA and inclusion into the Strategic National Stockpile. BARDA’s support includes funding, technical assistance and core services, ranging from a clinical research organization network to Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing, and a fill-finish manufacturing network. BARDA supports a diverse portfolio of medical countermeasures and these products have received a total of 55 FDA approvals, licensures, or clearances.

Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority - Deputy Director

Department of Health and Human Services

Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, was established to aid in securing our nation from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats, as well as from pandemic influenza (PI) and emerging infectious diseases (EID). BARDA supports the transition of medical countermeasures such as vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics from research through advanced development towards consideration for approval by the FDA and inclusion into the Strategic National Stockpile. BARDA’s support includes funding, technical assistance and core services, ranging from a clinical research organization network to Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing, and a fill-finish manufacturing network. BARDA supports a diverse portfolio of medical countermeasures and these products have received a total of 55 FDA approvals, licensures, or clearances.

Department of Health and Human Services

Global health diplomacy—the intersection of public health and foreign policy—is the core of OGA’s work. Through relationships with multilateral organizations, foreign governments, ministries of health, civil society groups, and the private sector, OGA creates and maintains the pathways for HHS to apply its expertise globally, learn from our overseas counterparts, and advance policies that protect and promote health at home and worldwide.

Centers for Disease Control - Director

Department of Health and Human Services

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborates to create the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats.

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President Biden's Choice: Rochelle Walensky

Food & Drug Administration - Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research

Department of Health and Human Services

Center for Biologics Evaluation & Research (CBER) is the Center within FDA that regulates biological products for human use under applicable federal laws, including the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. CBER protects and advances the public health by ensuring that biological products are safe and effective and available to those who need them. CBER also provides the public with information to promote the safe and appropriate use of biological products.

Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration - Assistant Administrator

The Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) manages the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and a range of programs designed to mitigate against future losses from all hazards including floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, and other natural disasters.

Senate-confirmed

The Farm Credit Administration is governed by a three-person board who serve six-year terms. The president designates one member as chairman of the board, who serves until the end of his or her own term. The chairman also serves as FCA’s chief executive officer. The FCA board approves the policies, regulations, charters, and enforcement activities that ensure a strong Farm Credit System. The board also provides for the examination and supervision of the FCS, including Farmer Mac, and oversees the FCS Building Association’s activities.

Agriculture/Big Food

Senate-confirmed

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency - Comptroller of the Currency

The OCC, an independent branch of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, charters, regulates, and supervises all national banks and federal savings associations as well as federal branches and agencies of foreign banks. The OCC carries out its mission by 1) issuing banking rules and regulations and providing legal interpretations and guidance on banks' corporate decisions that govern their practices. 2) visiting and examining the banks it oversees. 4) evaluating applications for new bank charters or branches; for other proposed changes in the corporate structure of banks or their activities; and from foreign banks that wish to operate in the United States under an OCC charter. 4) imposing corrective measures, when necessary, on OCC-governed banks that do not comply with laws and regulations or that otherwise engage in unsafe or unsound practices. 5) protecting consumers by making sure banks give fair access and equal treatment to customers and comply with consumer banking laws.

Finance-Private Equity

Finance-Hedge Fund

Senate-confirmed

A three-member Board of Directors oversees the NCUA’s operations by setting policy, approving budgets and adopting rules and regulations. Each Board member is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. The president also designates the Chairman of the NCUA Board. No more than two Board members can be from the same political party and each member serves a staggered six-year term.

Senate-confirmed

Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing Commissioner

Department of Housing and Urban Development

The Assistant Secretary for Housing - Federal Housing Commissioner is responsible for overseeing the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insurance portfolio. In addition, the Assistant Secretary oversees HUD's regulatory responsibilities in the areas of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), the housing mission of Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the manufactured housing industry.

Finance-Private Equity

Senate-confirmed

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regulates the offering and provision of consumer financial products or services under the federal consumer financial laws and educates and empowers consumers to make better informed financial decisions.

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President Biden's Choice: Rohit Chopra

Asset Management

Finance-Private Equity

Senate-confirmed

Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service

The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the Internal Revenue laws. The Commissioner also recommends to the President a candidate for appointment as Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service when a vacancy occurs.

Finance-Hedge Fund

Finance-Private Equity

Senate-confirmed

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's mission is to maintain a strong economy and create economic and job opportunities by promoting the conditions that enable economic growth and stability at home and abroad, strengthen national security by combating threats and protecting the integrity of the financial system, and manage the U.S. Government’s finances and resources effectively. The Secretary also sits on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) an inter-agency committee of the United States Government that reviews the national security implications of foreign investments in U.S. companies or operations.

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President Biden's Choice: Janet Yellen

Finance-Private Equity

Asset Management

Telecommunications

Agriculture/Big Food

Finance-Hedge Fund

Senate-confirmed

The SBA Administrator leads a team of professionals dedicated to ensuring entrepreneurs located across America have the support and resources they need to start, grow, and expand their small businesses, and recover in the event of a declared disaster.

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President Biden's Choice: Isabel Guzman

Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Capital Access

The Deputy Associate Administrator leads the Office of Capital Access which helps make capital available, through banks and other lending partners, to small businesses that would not be able to access credit conventionally.

Senate-confirmed

The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment. The EPA works to ensure that: Americans have clean air, land and water; National efforts to reduce environmental risks are based on the best available scientific information; Federal laws protecting human health and the environment are administered and enforced fairly, effectively and as Congress intended; Environmental stewardship is integral to U.S. policies concerning natural resources, human health, economic growth, energy, transportation, agriculture, industry, and international trade, and these factors are similarly considered in establishing environmental policy; All parts of society--communities, individuals, businesses, and state, local and tribal governments--have access to accurate information sufficient to effectively participate in managing human health and environmental risks; Contaminated lands and toxic sites are cleaned up by potentially responsible parties and revitalized; and Chemicals in the marketplace are reviewed for safety. To accomplish this mission, the EPA develops and enforces regulations.

Agriculture/Big Food

Finance-Private Equity

The Office of Water (OW) ensures drinking water is safe, and restores and maintains oceans, watersheds, and their aquatic ecosystems to protect human health, support economic and recreational activities, and provide healthy habitat for fish, plants and wildlife. OW is responsible for implementing the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act, and portions of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments of 1990, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Ocean Dumping Ban Act, Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act, Shore Protection Act, Marine Plastics Pollution Research and Control Act, London Dumping Convention, the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships and several other statutes.

Agriculture/Big Food

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water

Under the direction of the Assistant Administrator, the Immediate Office performs a variety of policy, communications, resources management, and operational functions for managing the National Water Program. The IO also works on broad or emerging issues in coordination with its program offices and other parts of EPA.

Associate Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water

Under the direction of the Assistant Administrator, the Immediate Office performs a variety of policy, communications, resources management, and operational functions for managing the National Water Program. The IO also works on broad or emerging issues in coordination with its program offices and other parts of EPA.

Agricultural Marketing Service - Administrator

The Administrator for the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service works on policy issues and oversight of a variety of programs including grading of commodities such as meat, produce, dairy and cotton, the USDA Market News Service, and the National Organic Program.

Agriculture/Big Food

Senate-confirmed

Employee Benefits Security Administration - Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security

The Assistant Secretary for Employee Benefits Security leads the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA). EBSA is responsible for administering the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). As such, EBSA sets standards that govern the retirement and health benefits plans for millions of Americans and pursues enforcement actions when those standards are violated. Given that its regulations touch employers across all industries, many different sectors of the economy have some interest in this Administration's actions.

Asset Management

Finance-Private Equity

Senate-confirmed

The National Labor Relations Board has five Members and primarily acts as a quasi-judicial body in deciding cases on the basis of formal records in administrative proceedings. Board Members are appointed by the President to 5-year terms, with Senate consent, the term of one Member expiring each year.

Finance-Private Equity

Senate-confirmed

Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Department of Housing and Urban Development

The Deputy Secretary manages the day-to-day operations of the agency and advises and assists the Secretary in leading the Department’s nearly 8,000 employees.

Telecommunications

Finance-Private Equity

Senate-confirmed

The Under Secretary for Benefits leads more than 24,000 employees in the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) in the delivery of benefits programs for Veterans, including disability compensation, pension and fiduciary, education, home loan guaranty, veterans readiness and employment, life insurance, and the Transition Assistance Program. Through a nationwide network of 56 regional offices, special processing centers, and VBA headquarters, the Under Secretary oversees the execution of over $118B in direct benefits to Veterans and their dependents.

Senate-confirmed

Under Secretary for Rural Development

Rural Development offers loans, grants and loan guarantees to help create jobs and support economic development and essential services such as housing; health care; first responder services and equipment; and water, electric and communications infrastructure. Rural Development also 1) promotes economic development by supporting loans to businesses through banks, credit unions and community-managed lending pools 2) offers technical assistance and information to help agricultural producers and cooperatives get started and improve the effectiveness of their operations. 4) provides technical assistance to help communities undertake community empowerment programs and 4) helps rural residents buy or rent safe, affordable housing and make health and safety repairs to their homes.

Telecommunications

Senate-confirmed

Rural Housing Service - Administrator

USDA’s Rural Housing Service offers a variety of programs to build or improve housing and essential community facilities in rural areas. The Rural Housing Service offers loans, grants and loan guarantees for single- and multi-family housing, child care centers, fire and police stations, hospitals, libraries, nursing homes, schools, first responder vehicles and equipment, housing for farm laborers and much more. The Rural Housing Service also provides technical assistance loans and grants in partnership with non-profit organizations, Indian tribes, state and federal government agencies, and local communities.

Senate-confirmed

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

The mission of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is to promote the integrity, resilience, and vibrancy of the U.S. derivatives markets through sound regulation. The Commission consists of five commissioners appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to serve staggered five-year terms. The President, with the consent of the Senate, designates one of the commissioners to serve as Chairman. No more than three commissioners at any one time may be from the same political party.

Finance-Private Equity

Asset Management

Finance-Hedge Fund

Office of the United States Trade Representative

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is responsible for developing and coordinating U.S. international trade, commodity, and direct investment policy, and overseeing negotiations with other countries. USTR coordinates trade policy, resolves disagreements, and frames issues for presidential decision.

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President Biden's Choice: Ginna Lance

Agriculture/Big Food

Telecommunications

Finance-Private Equity

Associate Director, Legislative Affairs

OMB’s Office of Legislative Affairs works closely with White House Office of Legislative Affairs, Federal Agency Legislative Affairs offices, and congressional offices on current legislative issues. The office conveys information and strategies to the Director to inform decisions on Administration policies. The office, in turn, disseminates budget materials, descriptions of relevant concerns, and statements to Congress to communicate the Administration’s positions. The Office of Legislative Affairs also advises the OMB Director and the organization on legislative issues and developments, provides expertise on the congressional budget process, supplies daily congressional reports to the Director and the OMB staff, oversees correspondence with the Hill, and manages the clearance and transmittal of the President’s Budget and the Administration’s Statements of Administration Policy.

Asset Management

Finance-Hedge Fund

Senate-confirmed

Office of Science and Technology Policy

The Chief Technology Officer leads a team that helps shape Federal policies, initiatives, capacity, and investments that harness the power of technology, data, and innovation to advance the future of our Nation, while also working to anticipate and guard against the consequences that can accompany new discoveries and technologies.

Telecommunications

Senate-confirmed

Office of Science and Technology Policy

The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy is the President's top advisor on science and technology. The mission of the Office of Science and Technology Policy is threefold; first, to provide the President and his senior staff with accurate, relevant, and timely scientific and technical advice on all matters of consequence; second, to ensure that the policies of the Executive Branch are informed by sound science; and third, to ensure that the scientific and technical work of the Executive Branch is properly coordinated so as to provide the greatest benefit to society. The Director is also a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).


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President Biden's Choice: Eric Lander

Telecommunications

Finance-Private Equity

Finance-Hedge Fund

Asset Management

Agriculture/Big Food

Senate-confirmed

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of United States Patent and Trademark Office

The Office of the Under Secretary and Director (OUS) supports the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), who is the principal advisor to the President of the United States and the administration, through the Secretary of Commerce, on all intellectual property policy matters. The Director also serves as the chief executive of the USPTO, ensuring that the agency achieves all of its strategic and management goals.

The Federal Chief Information Officer oversees spending, strategy, and planning on IT across the whole of government. The CIO also chairs a council of CIOs from across the government, who oversee a special fund for IT projects.

National Telecommunications & Information Administration - Associate Administrator, Office of International Affairs

NTIA’s Office of International Affairs (OIA) formulates and promotes national telecommunications and information policies for presentation in multilateral and international organization settings. It promotes access to international markets for American technology and telecommunications companies.OIA also engages in advocacy directly with counterparts in foreign governments and the European Union. OIA draws on its extensive policy and technical expertise to support U.S. negotiators and interagency delegations in strategic international forums. It also leads US relations with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization which maintains the databases that house the internet's domain name system.

Telecommunications

Finance-Private Equity

Senate-confirmed

Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust

The Assistant Attorney General leads the Justice Department's Antitrust Division. The mission of the Antitrust Division is to promote economic competition through enforcing and providing guidance on antitrust laws and principles. The Division prosecutes certain violations of the antitrust laws by filing criminal suits that can lead to large fines and jail sentences. In other cases, the Division institutes a civil action seeking a court order forbidding future violations of the law and requiring steps to remedy the anticompetitive effects of past violations. The Division provides guidance to the business community on antitrust laws, much of it jointly with the Federal Trade Commission.

Finance-Private Equity

Agriculture/Big Food

Telecommunications

Senate-confirmed

Federal Trade Commissioners oversee the whole of the Commission, including all antitrust, privacy, and consumer protection work.

Finance-Private Equity

Agriculture/Big Food

Telecommunications

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Office of Science and Technology Policy

The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is a panel of non-government experts who advise the president on science and tech. Often includes CEOs and executives of powerful companies.

Telecommunications

The Digital Economy Board of Advisors is a board of non-government advisors to the Commerce Secretary on technology issues. It is often composed heavily of corporate lobbyists.

Communications, Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council

The Communications, Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council is a panel of non-government employees who offer feedback to Commissioners on how to regulate new communications technology. It has illegally overrepresented corporate lobbyists for years.

Telecommunications

Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee

The Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee is composed of outside advisors to the Homeland Security Secretary on managing personally identifiable private information. It includes many corporate executives.

Senate-confirmed

Federal Communications Commissioners make all major decisions for the Commission which regulates interstate and international communications through cable, radio, television, satellite and wire. The goal of the Commission is to promote connectivity and ensure a robust and competitive market.

Telecommunications

Finance-Private Equity

Senate-confirmed

The Securities and Exchange Commission oversees securities exchanges, securities brokers and dealers, investment advisors, and mutual funds in an effort to promote fair dealing, the disclosure of important market information, and to prevent fraud.

Finance-Private Equity

Asset Management

Finance-Hedge Fund

Senate-confirmed

The Chairman sets the agenda for the Securities and Exchange Commission which oversees securities exchanges, securities brokers and dealers, investment advisors, and mutual funds in an effort to promote fair dealing, the disclosure of important market information, and to prevent fraud.


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President Biden's Choice: Gary Gensler

Finance-Private Equity

Asset Management

Finance-Hedge Fund

Senate-confirmed

Office of Financial Research - Director

The Office of Financial Research (OFR) helps to promote financial stability by looking across the financial system to measure and analyze risks, perform essential research, and collect and standardize financial data. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 established the OFR principally to support the Financial Stability Oversight Council and its member agencies.

Asset Management

Finance-Private Equity

Senate-confirmed

Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence

​The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) marshals the department's intelligence and enforcement functions with the twin aims of safeguarding the financial system against illicit use and combating rogue nations, terrorist facilitators, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other national security threats.

National Telecommunications & Information Administration - Associate Administrator, Office of Spectrum Mgmt

The Office of Spectrum Management principally manages the Federal government’s use of the radio frequency spectrum, ensuring that the America’s domestic and international spectrum needs are satisfied.

Telecommunications

Finance-Private Equity

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control

The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the US Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries and regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and other threats to the national security, foreign policy or economy of the United​ States.

Senate-confirmed

Under Secretary for Industry and Security

The Under Secretary leads the Bureau of Industry and Security which advances U.S. national security, foreign policy, and economic objectives by ensuring an effective export control and treaty compliance system and promoting continued U.S. strategic technology leadership.

Agriculture/Big Food

Senate-confirmed

Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment

The Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment leads the State Department’s efforts to develop and implement international policies related to economic growth, energy, agriculture, the ocean, the environment, and science and technology.

Agriculture/Big Food

Director, Office of Communications Business Opportunities

The Office of Communications Business Opportunities promotes competition and innovation in telecommunications ownership and information services. The office also supports opportunities for small, women-owned, and minority-owned communications businesses. The Director also has a broad mandate to invoke the Regulatory Flexibility Act within the FCC.

Telecommunications

Director, Office of Economics and Analysis

The Director leads the Office of Economics and Analytics which is responsible for expanding and deepening the use of economic analysis into Commission policy making, for enhancing the development and use of auctions, and for implementing consistent and effective agency-wide data practices and policies. OEA achieves those goals by (a) providing economic analysis, including cost-benefit analysis, for rulemakings, transactions, adjudications, and other Commission actions; (b) managing FCC auctions in support of and in coordination with FCC Bureaus and Offices; (c) developing policies and strategies to help manage FCC data resources and establishing best practices for data use throughout the FCC in coordination with FCC Bureaus and Offices; and (d) conducting long-term research on ways to improve the Commission's policies and processes in each of these areas.

Telecommunications

Bureau Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs

The Director leads the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau which develops and implements the FCC's consumer policies and serves as the agency's connection to the American consumer. The Bureau runs the Commission's rulemaking on consumer-oriented issues, like truth-in-billing, telemarketing, and advertising.

Telecommunications

The Director leads the Enforcement Bureau (EB) which is the primary FCC unit responsible for enforcing the provisions of the Communications Act, the Commission's rules, orders, and various licensing terms and conditions. EB's mission is to investigate and respond quickly to potential unlawful conduct to ensure: (1) consumer protection in an era of complex communications; (2) a level playing field to promote robust competition; (4) efficient and responsible use of the public airwaves; and (4) strict compliance with public safety-related rules.

Telecommunications

National Telecommunications & Information Administration - Associate Administrator, Office of Policy Analysis & Development

The Associate Administrator leads NTIA’s Office of Policy Analysis and Development (OPAD) which supports the agency’s role as the principal adviser to the President on telecommunications and information policy. OPAD develops, analyzes, and advocates public policies that promote innovation, competition, jobs, and economic growth for the benefit of American businesses and consumers.

Telecommunications

Finance-Private Equity

Senate-confirmed

The Director leads the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) which was established by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) and is responsible for the effective supervision, regulation, and housing mission oversight of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), Common Securitization Solutions, LLC (CSS), ​ and the Federal Home Loan Bank System, which includes the 11 Federal Home Loan Banks (FHLBanks) and the Office of Finance. Since 2008, FHFA has also served as conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Asset Management

Finance-Private Equity

Senate-confirmed

Federal Aviation Administration - Administrator

The Administrator leads the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), formerly the Federal Aviation Agency, which was established by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 741). The agency became a component of the Department of Transportation in 1967 pursuant to the Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 106). The mission of the FAA is to regulate civil aviation and U.S. commercial space transportation, maintain and operate air traffic control and navigation systems for both civil and military aircrafts, and develop and administer programs relating to aviation safety and the National Airspace System.

Finance-Private Equity

Senate-confirmed

The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States, by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers' rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.

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President Biden's Choice: Martin Walsh

Finance-Private Equity

Finance-Hedge Fund

Asset Management

Agriculture/Big Food

Telecommunications

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics

The Director leads the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) which manages programs under the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Pollution Prevention Act. Under these laws, EPA evaluates new and existing chemicals and their risks, and finds ways to prevent or reduce pollution before it gets into the environment. OPPT implements the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Pollution Prevention Act and Section 414 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.

Senate-confirmed

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP)

The Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP), serves as the principal adviser to the Administrator in matters pertaining to assessment and regulation of pesticides and toxic substances and is responsible for managing the Agency's pesticides and toxic substances programs under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA); and portions of several other statutes.

Director, Financial Crimes Enforcment Network (FinCEN)

The Director leads the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) which safeguards the financial system from illicit use, combat money laundering and its related crimes including terrorism, and promote national security through the strategic use of financial authorities and the collection, analysis, and dissemination of financial intelligence.

Finance-Hedge Fund

Finance-Private Equity

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Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

Department of Housing and Urban Development

The Assistant Secretary leads the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) which aims to eliminate housing discrimination, promote economic opportunity, and achieve diverse, inclusive communities by leading the nation in the enforcement, administration, development, and public understanding of federal fair housing policies and laws.

Senate-confirmed

The Director leads the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) which collects, monitors, analyzes, and provides science about natural resource conditions, issues, and problems. Our diverse expertise enables us to carry out large-scale, multidisciplinary investigations and provide impartial scientific information to resource managers, planners, and other customers.

Appraisal Subcommittee - Members (7)

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

The Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination provide federal oversight of State appraiser and appraisal management company (AMC) regulatory programs and a monitoring framework for the Appraisal Foundation and the Federal Financial Institutions Regulatory Agencies in their roles to protect federal financial and public policy interests in real estate appraisals utilized in federally related transactions.The ASC has seven members, each designated respectively by the head of their agency, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Senate-confirmed

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Department of Housing and Urban Development

The Department of Housing and Urban Development administers programs that provide housing and community development assistance. The Department also works to ensure fair and equal housing opportunity for all.

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President Biden's Choice: Marcia Fudge

Telecommunications

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Senate-confirmed

Government National Mortgage Association - President

Department of Housing and Urban Development

The President leads the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) which is a self-financing, wholly owned U.S. Government corporation within the Department of Housing and Urban Development. It is the primary financing mechanism for all government-insured or government-guaranteed mortgage loans.

Senate-confirmed

United States Agency for International Development

The Administrator leads the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) which is the principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms.

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President Biden's Choice: Samantha Power

Agriculture/Big Food

The Copyright Office administers the national copyright system and provides advice on copyright law to congress, federal agencies, the courts and the public.

Senate-confirmed

Federal Highway Administration - Administrator

The Administrator leads the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) which supports state and local government in the design, construction, and maintenance of the highway system. FHWA also conducts research and provides technical assistance to state and local agencies to improve safety, mobility, and to encourage innovation.

Federal Highway Administration - Deputy Administrator

The Deputy Administrator helps to lead the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) which supports state and local government in the design, construction, and maintenance of the highway system. FHWA also conducts research and provides technical assistance to state and local agencies to improve safety, mobility, and to encourage innovation.

Senate-confirmed

Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy

The Assistant Secretary is responsible for recommending overall surface transportation policy initiatives to the Secretary. The office coordinates multi-modal initiatives and processes, such as the development of DOT's proposed reauthorization language, and the coordination of the President's Executive Order on streamlining environmental reviews of transportation infrastructure.

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Agriculture/Big Food

Senate-confirmed

The Office of the Secretary (OST) oversees the formulation of national transportation policy and promotes intermodal transportation. Other responsibilities range from negotiation and implementation of international transportation agreements, assuring the fitness of US airlines, enforcing airline consumer protection regulations, issuance of regulations to prevent alcohol and illegal drug misuse in transportation systems and preparing transportation legislation.

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Senate-confirmed

The Deputy Secretary of Transportation, in the United States government, advises and assists the Secretary of Transportation in the supervision and direction of the Department of Transportation (DOT). The Deputy Secretary would succeed the Secretary in his or her absence, sickness, or unavailability.

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President Biden's Choice: Polly Trottenberg

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CEQ oversees Federal agency implementation of NEPA, principally through regulations it has issued interpreting NEPA’s procedural requirements. Under Trump CEQ has major role in permitting infrastructure projects. The council also regulated oceanic policy & federal sustainability policy

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Agriculture/Big Food

Senate-confirmed

The United States Secretary of Energy leads an agency tasked with maintaining a safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent and reducing the threat of nuclear proliferation, overseeing the United States’ energy supply, carrying out the environmental clean-up from the Cold War nuclear mission, and the 17 National Laboratories. The Secretary also sits on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) an inter-agency committee of the United States Government that reviews the national security implications of foreign investments in U.S. companies or operations.

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Telecommunications

Agriculture/Big Food

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Senate-confirmed

Under Secretary for Science and Energy

The Under Secretary for Science and Energy, serves as the Department’s principal advisor on fundamental energy research, energy technologies, and science, driving this mission through programs including nuclear and high energy particle physics, basic energy, advanced computing, fusion, and biological and environmental research, and direct management over a majority of the Department’s national labs and their world-leading user facilities

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Senate-confirmed

The Assistant Secretary is responsible for the management and oversight of FE’s research and development program, encompassing coal, oil, and natural gas, as well as the Office of Petroleum Reserves.

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Deputy Assistant Secretary for House Affairs

The Deputy Assistant Secretary for House Affairs manages legislative and public policy initiatives between the Department of Energy and Congress.

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Senate-confirmed

The Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, in the United States government, advises and assists the Secretary of the Treasury in the supervision and direction of the Department of the Treasury and its activities, and succeeds the secretary in his absence, sickness, or unavailability. The deputy secretary plays a primary role in the formulation and execution of Treasury policies and programs in all aspects of the department's activities. In addition, the deputy secretary is the only official other than the secretary who can sign a Treasury Order, which is a document that delegates authority residing in the secretary or deputy secretary to another Treasury official, establishes Treasury policy, and establishes the reporting relationships and supervision of officials

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President Biden's Choice: Adewale Adeyemo

Finance-Hedge Fund

Asset Management

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Senate-confirmed

Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Affairs

Treasury's Office of International Affairs protects and supports U.S. economic prosperity by strengthening the external environment for U.S. growth, preventing and mitigating global financial instability, and managing key global challenges. The Office of International Affairs serves as the principal policy advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on international economic matters. The Under Secretary advances the Administration's agenda of strengthening U.S. leadership in the global economy to foster growth, create economic opportunities for Americans, and address transnational economic challenges.

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Asset Management

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Senate-confirmed

Under Secretary for Domestic Finance

The Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance is a high-ranking position within United States Department of the Treasury that reports to, advises, and assists the Secretary of the Treasury and the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. The under secretary leads the department's policy on the issues of domestic finance, fiscal policy, fiscal operations, government assets, government liabilities, and other related economic and fiscal matters.

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Asset Management

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Agriculture/Big Food

Senate-confirmed

Assistant Secretary, Financial Markets

The Office of Financial Markets is an office of the United States federal government in the United States Department of the Treasury. OFM serves as the department's advisor on broad matters of domestic finance, financial markets, Federal, State and local finance (including the Federal debt), Federal Government credit policies, lending and privatization.

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Asset Management

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Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Oversight Council

Charged with identifying risks to the financial stability of the United States; promoting market discipline; and responding to emerging risks to the stability of the United States' financial system.

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Asset Management

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Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate Change, Energy, and Environment

Lead the office created to develop, coordinate, and execute the Treasury Department's role in the domestic and international environment and energy agenda of the United States. Among other things, the office will oversee international financial mechanisms to support U.S. and global environmental goals as well as contribute to the development of domestic and international policy options to address climate change.

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Asset Management

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Senate-confirmed

The Board of Governors, also known as the Federal Reserve Board, is the national component of the Federal Reserve System. The board consists of the seven governors, appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Governors serve 14-year, staggered terms to ensure stability and continuity over time. The chairman and vice-chairman are appointed to four-year terms and may be reappointed subject to term limitations.

Among the responsibilities of the Board of Governors are to guide monetary policy action, to analyze domestic and international economic and financial conditions, and to lead committees that study current issues, such as consumer banking laws and electronic commerce.

The Board also exercises broad supervisory control over the financial services industry, administers certain consumer protection regulations, and oversees the nation's payments system. The Board oversees the activities of Reserve Banks, approving the appointments of their presidents and some members of their boards of directors. The Board sets reserve requirements for depository institutions and approves changes in discount rates recommended by Reserve Banks.

The Board's most important responsibility is participating in the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which conducts our nation's monetary policy; the seven governors comprise the voting majority of the FOMC with the other five votes coming from Reserve Bank presidents.

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