Presidential Appointments Project
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The Presidential Appointments Project, led by the Gay &
Lesbian Victory Institute, serves as a talent bank for openly LGBT
professionals seeking opportunities to improve our federal government's
policies and processes.
Whether you are a recent graduate or a seasoned
professional, if you have ever considered public service, now is the time to
share your expertise and give our community a voice at the table.
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opportunities to serve on boards, advisory committees and grant
reviewing groups across the country. These bodies make recommendations on how government can work better, smarter and more effectively.
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LGBT Appointments in the Obama-Biden Administration
To date, the Obama-Biden Administration has appointed more than 225 openly LGBT professionals to full-time and advisory positions in the executive branch; more than all known LGBT appointments of other presidential administrations combined.
Executive Office of the President |
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| Raul Alvillar | Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement, Office of the Vice President |
| Anthony Bernal | Scheduler/Trip Director, Office of Dr. Jill Biden, Office of the Vice President |
| Jeremy Bernard | Social Secretary, The White House |
| Brook Colangelo | Chief Information Officer, Office of Administration |
| Jeffrey Crowley | Director, Office of National AIDS Policy, The White House |
| Monique Dorsainvil | Staff Assistant, Office of Public Engagement, The White House |
| Mark A. Doumet | Staff Assistant, Office of White House Counsel, The White House |
| Carlos Elizondo | Residence Manager & Social Secretary to the Vice President & Dr. Biden, Office of the Vice President |
| Alan O. Fitts | Deputy Director of Advance and Trip Director, Office of the First Lady |
| Kathleen Hartnett | Associate Counsel to the President and Special Assistant to the President, The White House |
| Shin Inouye | Director, Specialty Media, Office of Communications, The White House |
| Brad Kiley | Director, Office of Management and Administration, The White House |
| Kei Koizumi | Assistant Director for Federal Research and Development, Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| Jeffrey Lerner | Regional Director, Office of Political Affairs, The White House |
| Denise Maes | Director of Administration, Office of the Vice President |
| Ryan Metcalf | Senior Analyst, Office of Presidential Correspondence, The White House |
| Greg Millett | Senior Policy Advisor, Office of National AIDS Policy, The White House |
| Diana Noyes | Researcher, Office of the White House Counsel, The White House |
| Gautam Raghavan | Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, The White House |
| Ellie Sue Schafer | Director, White House Visitors Office, The White House |
| Campbell Spencer | Regional Director, Office of Political Affairs, The White House |
| Everette Stubbs | Deputy Director, White House Visitors Center, The White House |
| Nancy Sutley* | Chair, Council on Environmental Quality |
| Chris Van Es | Correspondence Analyst, Office of Presidential Correspondence, The White House |
| Kamala Vasagam | Special Assistant to the President, Office of Presidential Personnel, The White House |
| Brian Bond | Deputy Director, Office of Public Engagement, The White House |
| Ebs Burnough | Deputy Social Secretary, Office of the First Lady, The White House |
| Karine Jean-Pierre | Regional Director, Office of Political Affairs, The White House |
| Zach Liscow | Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers |
| Alison Nathan | Associate Counsel to the President, The White House |
| Zachary A. Portilla | Assistant, Office of Presidential Personnel, The White House |
| Moe Vela | Director of Operations, Office of the Vice President |
| William Woolston | Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers |
Presidential Boards and Commissions |
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| Roberta Achtenberg | Commissioner, United States Commission on Civil Rights |
| Cynthia Attwood* | Commissioner, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission |
| Cornelius Baker | Member, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS |
| Praveen Basaviah | Member, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS |
| Bruce Bastian | Member, President's Advisory Committee on the Arts for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |
| Douglas Brooks | Member, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS |
| John Coppola* | Member, National Museum and Library Services Board |
| Humberto Cruz | Member, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS |
| Chai Feldblum* | Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| Michael Fleming | Member, Council for Community Solutions |
| Brenda S. "Sue" Fulton | Member, Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy |
| Robert Greenwald | Member, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS |
| Michael E. Guest | Member, National Security Education Board |
| Steve Gunderson | Commissioner, President's Commission on White House Fellows |
| Tom Healy | Member, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board |
| Michael Horberg | Member, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS |
| Ejay Jack | Member, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS |
| Jack Jackson | Member, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS |
| Billie Jean King | Member, President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition |
| James Kolbe | Member, Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations |
| Reginald Lewis | Member, Commission on Presidential Scholars |
| Robert M. Saltzman | Member, Commission on Presidential Scholars |
| Kenneth Tolson | Member, President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
| Hector L. Vargas, Jr. | Commissioner, President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders |
| Nancy L. Wilson | Member, President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships |
| Phil Wilson | Member, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS |
| Fred Davie | Member, President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships |
| Harry Knox | Member, President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships |
Department of Agriculture |
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| H. T. Atkinson | Chief of Staff, Farm Service Agency |
| Justin DeJong | Deputy Director of Communications, Office of Communications |
| Norah Deluhery | Special Assistant to the Under Secretary, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services |
| Glenda Humiston | State Director for Rural Development, California |
| Tony Jackson | Director of External Affairs, Farm Service Agency |
| Carole Jett | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Michael Martinez | Special Assistant, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights |
| Ven Neralla | Director of Congressional Affairs, National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Research, Education and Economics |
| Jesse Salazar | Legislative Analyst, Office of Congressional Relations, Office of the Secretary |
| Tom Fazzini | Press Secretary |
Department of Commerce |
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| Al Boudlin | Member, Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee, International Trade Administration |
| Michael Camuñez* | Assistant Secretary, Market Access and Compliance |
| Lyle Canceko | Director, National Export Initiative Events |
| John Connor | Director, Office of White House Liaison |
| Peter Kaldes | Director, Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, International Trade Administration |
| David Mills* | Assistant Secretary, Export Enforcement |
| Peter Pappas | Chief Communications Officer, United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| Ryan Rhodes | Special Advisor, U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service |
| Jim Stowers | Director of Legislative Affairs |
| Benjamin Walther | Member, International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna Technical Advisory Committee, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration |
Department of Defense |
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| Margarethe Cammermeyer | Member, Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services |
| Tanisha Dozier | Defense Fellow |
| Eric Fanning | Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy/Deputy Chief Management Officer |
| Christopher Kirchhoff | Special Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Defense |
| Jonathan Lee | Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense |
| Joseph Palacios | Member, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, Board of Visitors |
| Tarak Shah | Special Assistant, Operational Energy Plans and Programs |
| Amanda Simpson | Special Assistant, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logisitics, and Technology |
| Louis Tharp | Member, Army Education Advisory Committee |
| Alex Wagner | Special Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense |
| Douglas B. Wilson* | Assistant Secretary, Public Affairs |
Department of Education |
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| John Easton* | Director, Institute of Education Sciences |
| Kyle Flood | Confidential Assistant, Office of the General Counsel |
| Marten Frazier | Member, Regional Advisory Committee, Mid-Western |
| Adam Hackel | Member, Regional Advisory Committee, Mid-Atlantic |
| Steven Hicks | Special Assistant, Early Childhood, Office of the Secretary |
| Janet Levenson | Member, Regional Advisory Committee, Western |
| Henry Lo | Member, Regional Advisory Committee, Western |
| Robert McGarry | Member, Regional Advisory Committee, Mid-Atlantic |
| Steven Means | Senior Policy Advisor, Special Assistant, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education |
| Jon O'Bergh | Special Assistant to the Under Secretary |
| Summer Pennell | Member, Regional Advisory Committee, Southeastern |
| Brett Peterson | Member, Regional Advisory Committee, Western |
| Ken Santistevan | Member, Regional Advisory Committee, Central |
| Patrick Shaw | Member, Regional Advisory Committee, Mid-Atlantic |
| Graciela Slesaransky-Poe | Member, Regional Advisory Committee, Mid-Atlantic |
| Alena Treat | Member, Regional Advisory Committee, Southeastern |
| Kevin Jennings | Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools |
| Andy Lee | Chief of Staff, Office of Innovation and Improvement |
| Erik Stegman | Policy Advisor, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools |
Department of Energy |
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| Natalie Fernandez | Trips Coordinator |
| Clyde Henderson, III | Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental & External Affairs |
| Michael J. Holland | Senior Advisor & Staff Director, Office of Under Secretary for Science |
| Holmes Hummel | Senior Advisor, Policy and International Affairs |
| Kristina M. Johnson* | Under Secretary of Energy |
| Peter Roehrig | Special Assistant, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
Department of Health and Human Services |
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| Ken Choe | Deputy General Counsel |
| Jesus "Jesse" Garcia | Special Assistant, Office of Public Affairs, Administration for Children and Families |
| Kathy Greenlee* | Assistant Secretary, Administration for Aging |
| Perry Halkitis | Member, CDC/HRSA Advisory Committee on HIV and STD Prevention and Treatment |
| Sarah Hunter | Special Assistant, Administration for Children and Families |
| Pamela Hyde* | Administrator, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration |
| Jeffrey Levi | Member, Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health |
| Joe Henriquez McNearney | Special Assistant, Assistant Secretary for Legislation |
| Jesus Ramirez-Valles | Member, National Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities |
| David Roberts | Member, Advisory Panel on Outreach and Education, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
| Herb Schultz | Director of Region IX |
| Richard Sorian*** | Assistant Secretary, Public Affairs |
| Elisabeth B. Wilson | Member, Negotiated Rulemaking Committee for Designation of Medically Underserved Populations and Primary Care Health Professions Shortage Areas |
| Jamison Citron | Confidential Assistant, Office of the White House Liaison |
| David Hansell | Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families |
Department of Homeland Security |
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| Matt Angelo | Special Assistant, Office of the Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary |
| Philip McNamara | Executive Secretary, Office of the Executive Secretariat |
| Matt Adler | Special Assistant to the Director, Citizenship and Immigration Services |
| Daniel H. Hantman | Senior Counselor to the Director, Citizenship and Immigration Services |
| Jeffrey Neal | Chief Human Capital Officer |
Department of Housing and Urban Development |
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| Alejandro Aviles | Congressional Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary |
| Raphael Bostic* | Assistant Secretary, Policy Development and Research |
| Neill McG. Coleman | General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Public Affairs |
| Jennifer C. Jones | Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing |
| Mercedes Marquez* | Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development |
| Patrick Pontius | Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research |
Department of Justice |
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| Mark Agrast | Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs |
| Judy Appelbaum | Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legislative Affairs |
| Laura Duffy* | U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California |
| Jenny Durkan* | U.S. Attorney, Western District of Washington |
| Michael Hughes* | U.S. Marshal |
| Karen A. Lash | Senior Counsel for Access to Justice |
| Sharon Lubinski* | U.S. Marshal |
| Matt Nosanchuk | Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division |
| Paulo C. Palugod | Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division |
| Robert Lee Pitman* | U.S. Attorney, Western District of Texas |
| Anne M. Tompkins* | U.S. Attorney, Western District of North Carolina |
| Beatrice Hanson (nomination withdrawn) | Director, Office for Victims of Crime |
Department of Labor |
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| Jeremy Bishop | Special Assistant to the Secretary, Office of Public Engagement |
| Carl Fillichio | Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Public Affairs and Communications |
| Adrian Haro | Speechwriter |
| Charlotte Hayes | Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management |
| Eric Kleiman | Speechwriter, Office of Public Affairs |
| Joshua R. Lamont | Special Assistant, Office of Public Affairs |
| Ana M. Ma | Chief of Staff |
| Kathy Martinez* | Assistant Secretary, Office of Disability Employment Policy |
| Mary Beth Maxwell | Senior Advisor, Office of Policy |
| J. Todd Metcalf | Deputy Director, Office of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, Employment and Training Administration |
| Dylan Orr | Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Labor, Office of Disability Employment Policy |
| José Alberto Rodriguez | Staff Assistant to the Secretary, Office of the Secretary |
| Jason Surbey | Special Assistant, Office of Public Affairs |
| Livia Y. Lam | Deputy Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs |
Department of State |
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| Daniel Baer | Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor |
| Ethan Gelber | Staff Assistant, Office of White House Liaison |
| Carl C. H. Gray | Special Assistant, Office of the Chief of Protocol |
| David Huebner* | Chief of Mission, New Zealand & Independent State of Samoa (U.S. Ambassador) |
| David Kim | Staff Assistant, Professional and Cultural Exchanges |
| Mira Patel | Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary |
| Jason Rahlan | Protocol Officer, Office of the Chief of Protocol |
Department of the Interior |
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| J. Andrew Jackson | Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology, Information, and Business Services |
| Thomas Petrillo | Special Assistant to the Director of Scheduling |
| Mark Perriello | White House Liaison |
| Constance L. Rogers | Deputy Solicitor, Energy and Mineral Resources |
Department of Transportation |
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| Orlando Gotay, Jr. | Deputy Administrator, U.S. Maritime Administration |
| Camille Hazeur | Director, Office of Civil Rights |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
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| Raúl Perea-Henze* | Assistant Secretary, Policy and Planning |
Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
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| Steven Adamske | Director of Public Affairs |
Corporation for National and Community Service |
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| Kimberly Allman | Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Relations |
| Collin E. Burton | Legislative Assistant, Office of Government Relations |
| Frederick Loo Wong | Public Affairs Specialist |
Environmental Protection Agency |
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| Heidi Ellis | Director of Scheduling, Office of the Administrator |
| James Martin | Regional Administrator, Region 8 |
| Ryan M. Robison | Deputy Director of Scheduling, Office of the Administrator |
Export-Import Bank |
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| Jonathan Cordone | General Counsel |
| Fred Hochberg* | Chairman |
| Thomas Lopach | Senior Vice President, Congressional Affairs |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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| Dave Noble | White House Liaison |
| Ainissa G. Ramirez | Member, of Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineering |
Office of Management and Budget |
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| Jamal Brown | Confidential Assistant |
| Daniel Gordon* | Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy |
Office of Personnel Management |
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| Vic Basile | Senior Counselor to the Director |
| John Berry* | Director |
| Matthew W. Collier | Senior Advisor to the Director |
| Elaine Kaplan | General Counsel |
| John Marble | Special Assistant, Public Affairs |
| Thomas Richards | Deputy Director, Office of Congressional Relations |
Peace Corps |
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| David Medina | Director, Office of Public Engagement |
Small Business Administration |
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| Brayden T. McCarthy | Policy Advisor, Office of the Administrator |
| Nathan Osburn | Senior Speechwriter |
| Jonathan Swain | Assistant Administrator, Communications & Public Liaison |
United States Agency for International Development |
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| Lars Anderson | Press Director |
| Clay Doherty | Deputy Director, Office of Public Engagement |
| Claire Lucas | Senior Advisor on Public Private Partnerships |
| Jeffrey Marburg-Goodman | Special Counsel to the Administrator |
| Leonardo Martinez-Diaz | Senior Economic Advisor |
| Chloe Schwenke | Senior Advisor on Democracy and Governance, Africa Bureau |
| Jennifer Ho | Deputy Director, Accountability Management |
Judiciary |
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| Marisa Demeo* | Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia |
| Jennifer Di Toro* | Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia |
| Edward DuMont** | Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| Michael Walter Fitzgerald** | Judge, United States District Court for the Central District of California |
| Emily C. Hewitt | Chief Justice, United States Court of Federal Claims |
| Alison Nathan* | Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| J. Paul Oetken* | Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| Donna M. Ryu | Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of California |
| Joseph H. Gale* | Judge, United States Tax Court |
| Albert Lauber** | Judge, United States Tax Court |
Updated December 12, 2011
* Nominated and Senate-confirmed
** Nominated but not Senate-confirmed
*** One-year recess appointment: nominated but not Senate-confirmed
Italics indicate an appointee who has left the administration.
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