Washington:
US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has named her Chief of Staff, Domestic Policy Adviser and National Security Adviser – an all-ladies group – which she stated has the encounter to hit the ground from day a single.
Leading my workplace as Chief of Staff will be Tina Flournoy, whose deep encounter, public policy knowledge, and achieved profession in public service make her uniquely certified for this vital position, Kamala Harris stated on Thursday.
“Tina brings a strong commitment to serving the American people and her leadership will be critical as we work to overcome the unprecedented challenges facing our nation,” she stated.
Serving as my National Security Adviser will be Ambassador Nancy McEldowney, whose distinguished Foreign Service profession and leadership abroad will be invaluable as we retain the American persons secure and advance our country’s interests about the globe, Ms Harris announced.
Domestic Policy Adviser will be Rohini Kosoglu, she stated.
She is not only an professional on some of the most vital challenges facing the American persons, but also a single of my closest and most trusted aides from the Senate and presidential campaign, stated the Vice President-elect.
Together with the rest of my group, today’s appointees will perform to get this virus (COVID-19) below manage, open our economy responsibly and make certain it lifts up all Americans, and restore and advance our country’s leadership about the globe, Ms Harris stated.
Tina Flournoy presently serves as the Chief of Staff to former president Bill Clinton. Prior to joining Clinton’s group, Ms Flournoy was Assistant to the President for Public Policy at the American Federation of Teachers, an international union representing more than 1.6 million members, exactly where she directed the perform of the legislative, political, field and mobilisation, and human rights and neighborhood outreach departments.
Ms Flournoy has held a quantity of positions in the Democratic Party more than the previous 3 decades, like serving as the head of Governor Howard Dean’s Democratic National Committee transition group traveling chief of employees to 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee, senator Joseph Lieberman Finance Director for the Gore 2000 Presidential Campaign Deputy to the Campaign Manager in the 1992 Clinton-Gore Presidential Transition Office and, in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel throughout the Clinton-Gore administration.
Rohini Kosoglu presently serves as Senior Adviser to Harris on the Biden-Harris Transition Team and previously served as Senior Adviser on the Biden-Harris Campaign.
Before that, she was a Spring 2020 resident fellow at the Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Ms Kosoglu has a devoted profession in public service and was the initially South Asian American lady to serve as Chief of Staff in the United States Senate. She served as Vice-President Elect Harris’ Chief of Staff for her Senate workplace and later for her presidential campaign.
Before that, she was Policy Director for US senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, exactly where she oversaw financial, overall health care and price range challenges. She has negotiated a number of bipartisan bills into law and served as a senior overall health care adviser throughout the drafting and passage of the Affordable Care Act.
She also previously served as a legislative aide to US senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan. Originally from New Jersey, Ms Kosoglu is a graduate of the University of Michigan and George Washington University and is a mother to 3 young kids.
Nancy McEldowney served for more than 30 years in the US Foreign Service, like as US Ambassador to Bulgaria and as Charge d’Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission in Turkey and Azerbaijan.
During her time at the Department of State, she served as Director of the Foreign Service Institute, exactly where she led the foreign affairs instruction facility for the US government, and also served as Interim President and Senior Vice President of the National Defense University.
Earlier in her profession, she was a top policy adviser on Europe, like operating for President Clinton as Director of European Affairs on the National Security Council employees, and as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, exactly where she led the US government’s engagement with NATO, the European Union, and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
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