Victory Institute: As of April 29, 2021 – the 100 Days mark of Joe Biden’s presidency – over 200 known LGBTQ people have been appointed to his administration, the most in history at this point in any administration.
LGBTQ Victory Institute’s Presidential Appointments Initiatives advocates for LGBTQ appointments and tracks the success. Below is a list of more than 200 LGBTQ appointees whose names are publicly available.
Asian Development Bank
Chantale Wong, U.S. Director of the Asian Development Bank with the rank of Ambassador*
AmeriCorps Corporation for National and Community Service
Henry Hicks, Assistant to the Board of Directors
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service*
Department of Agriculture
Edyael Casaperalta, Senior Policy Advisor at the Rural Utilities Service
Fernando Brigidi, Special Assistant with the Office of the Deputy Secretary
Department of Commerce
Chakir’ Underdown, Deputy Director, Executive Secretariat
Hazel Rosenblum-Sellers, Special Assistant and Scheduler
Ike Umunnah, Director of Public Affairs, Economic Development Administration
Jed Kolko, Undersecretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs**
Michale Carey, Chief Protocol Officer and Senior Advisor
Mira Patel, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary
Taylor Carter-Disanto, Special Assistant, Minority Business Development Agency
Vince Micone, Executive Director for Enterprise Services
Department of Defense
Alex Wagner, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs**
Andrea Goldstein, Assistant Director, Force Resiliency, Department of the Navy
Ben Chao, Special Assistant, Budget and Appropriations Affairs
Beth George, Principal Deputy General Counsel
Farouk Ophaso, Senior Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
Gina Ortiz Jones, Undersecretary of the Air Force*
Jamal Brown, Deputy Press Secretary
Jesse Salazar, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Industrial Policy
Matt Williams, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Senate Affairs
Richard Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
Shawn Skelly, Assistant Secretary for Readiness*
Sue Fulton, Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs**
Victor Estevez Garcia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere
Will Goodwin, Deputy Chief of Staff for the Secretary of the Army
Department of Education
Alex Payne, Special Assistant, Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs
Chauncey Alexander, Special Assistant
Heather Ward, Special Assistant, Office of Postsecondary Education
Joaquin Tamayo, Chief of Staff Office of the Deputy Secretary
Kristina Ishmael, Deputy Director, Office of Education Technology
Levi Bohanan, Special Assistant Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Montserrat Garibay, Senior Advisor for Labor Relations, Office of the Secretary
Richard Williams, Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary
Stephen Lamb, Confidential Assistant, Office of Postsecondary Education
Suzanne Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Operations and Outreach, Office for Civil Rights
Department of Energy
David Mayorga, Director of Public Affairs
Jeremiah Baumann, Deputy Chief of Staff
Robert Golden, Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff
Sam Brinton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy
Suzanna Steele, Special Assistant to the White House Liaison, Office of the Secretary
Tarak Shah, Chief of Staff
Department of Homeland Security
Adam Hunter, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Immigration
Alexander Fox, Scheduler to the Secretary
Cassie Wilcox, Special Assistant to the Secretary
Chris Magnus, Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection*
Eduardo Maia Silva, Assistant Press Secretary
Emily Stanley, Special Assistant to the Director, CISA
Grace Meyer, Special Assistant, Office of the Deputy Secretary
Justin Knighten, Director of the Office of External Affairs at FEMA
Reese McCranie, Senior Advisor, Office of Public Affairs, CBP
Rina Patel, Director of Strategic Engagement and Legislative Communications, Office of Legislative Affairs
Tim Maurer, Senior Counselor for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technology to the Secretary
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ben Winter, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
Beth Niblock, Chief Information Officer, Chief Information Office
Elly Kugler, Senior Counsel, Office of General Counsel
Faith Rogers, Senior Advisor
Jenn Jones, Chief of Staff
Joe Carlile, Senior Advisor for Budget, Policy, and Programs to the Secretary
Lacey Rose, Director of Strategic Communications, Office of Public Affairs
Solomon Greene, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research**
Stephen Lucas, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
Department of Health and Human Services
AJ Pearlman, Chief of Staff, COVID-19 Response
Brian Altman, Deputy Director for the Administration on Aging at Administration for Community Living
Daniel Tartakovsky, Associate Director of Science and Policy, Office of the Surgeon General
Hannah Katch, Senior advisor at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Larry Handerhan, Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor Administration for Children and Families
Laura Durso, Chief of Staff for Civil Rights
Molly Doris-Peirce, Special Assistant, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs
Admiral Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health*
Sarah Boateng, Chief of Staff
Steven Lopez, Counselor to the Secretary, AHRQ/FDA/NIH
Department of the Interior
Giovanni Rocco, Deputy Press Secretary
Mike Martinez, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks
Tyler Cherry, Press Secretary
Winnie Stachelberg, Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator
Department of Labor
Julian Purdy, Chief of Staff, Veterans’ Employment & Training Service
Patrick Oakford, Chief of Staff for the Assistant Secretary for Policy
Wendy Chun-Hoon, Women’s Bureau Director
Department of State
Ariane Tabatabai, Senior Advisor for the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
Christopher Lamora, Ambassador to Cameroon*
Erik Ramanathan, Ambassador to Sweden*
Francisco Bencosme, Senior Advisor for East Asia
Jessica Stern, U.S. Special Envoy to Advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons
Jirair Ratevosian, Senior Advisor for the Office fo Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy
Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, Senior Director for Climate Finance, Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
Marc Ostfield, Ambassador to Paraguay*
Marcus Switzer, Deputy Chief of Protocol
Ned Price, Spokesperson
Rufus Gifford, Chief of Protocol, with the rank of Ambassador*
Scott Miller, Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein*
Sean Bartlett, Senior Advisor, Bureau of Global Public Affairs
Tobin Bradley, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
Department of Transportation
Arlando Teller, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tribal Affairs
Charlene Wang, Special Assistant, Federal Highway Administration
Dani Simons, Director of Public Affairs
Emma Tyler, Special Assistant for Governmental Affairs
Justin Ramirez, Program Manager in the Office of Public Engagement in the Office of the Secretary
Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of Transportation*
Philip McNamara, Assistant Secretary for Administration
Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, Deputy Director of Public Engagement
Tatjana Kunz, Special Assistant for Policy
Department of the Treasury
Aditi Hardikar, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary
Damian Richardson, Special Assistant
Dayanara Ramirez, Spokesperson
Suzanna Fritzberg, Senior Advisor, Office of Domestic Finance
Department of Veteran Affairs
Kayla Williams, Assistant Secretary, Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
Environmental Protection Agency
Brent Efron, Special Assistant, Office of Policy
Casey Katims, Deputy Associate Administrator for Intergovernmental Relations
Eric Wachter, Director, Office of the Executive Secretariat
Debra Shore, Regional Administrator for EPA Region 5
Dorian Blythers, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
Eunjung Kim, Special Assistant, Office of Air and Radiation
Johnathan Garza, Special Assistant, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
Jon Monger, Assistant Deputy Administrator
Maxwell Levy, Special Assistant, Office of Public Engagement
Rodney Snyder, Senior Advisor for Agriculture Office of the Administrator
Executive Office of the President
Alex Haskell, Senior Deputy Associate Counsel, Presidential Personnel Office
Allie Peck, Senior Legislative Affairs Advisor, Office of Legislative Affairs
Andrew Hebbler, Assistant Director for Health and Life Sciences, OSTP
Anthony Bernal, Sr. Advisor to FLOTUS Dr. Jill Biden
Bechara Choucair, Vaccination Coordinator
Billy Silk, Senior Associate Director, PPO
Brendan Cohen, Platform Manager
Carlos Elizondo, White House Social Secretary
Connor Goddard, Senior Associate Director at the White House
Curtis Ried, Senior Director of Multilateral Affairs, NSC
David Gins, Office of the Vice President
David Shimer, Special Assistant, NSC
David Nurnberg, Associate Director Office of the Social Secretary
Edgar Estrada, Associate Director of Special Projects and Special Assistant to the Second Gentleman
Ella Lipin, Senior Advisor, NSC
Ellen Qualls, Consultant, OSTP
Emma Beckerman, Research Associate
Emmy Ruiz, Director of Political Strategy and Outreach
Ernesto Apreza, Office of Public Engagement – Latino Engagement
Gabriel Yu, Associate Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
Garret Lamm, Deputy Director of Presidential Correspondence
Gautam Raghavan, Director, Presidential Personnel Office
Grace Smith, Scheduler, Council of Environmental Quality
Hannah Bristol, Associate Director of Public Engagement
Harold Philips, Director of the Office of National Aids Policy
Howard Ou, Associate Director of Public Engagement
Ike Hajinazarian, Regional Communications Director
Ike Irby, Policy Advisor in the Office of the Vice President
Jamie Citron, Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel
Jamie Keene, Domestic Policy Council
Jamie McFarlin, Domestic Policy Council
Jeff Marootian, Special Assistant to the President for Climate and Science Agency Personnel
Jesse Bernstein, Director for Human Rights and Civil Society at NSC
John Elias, Senior Deputy Associate Counsel, Presidential Personnel Office
John W. McCarthy, Senior Advisor to the Counselor to the President
Jordan Finkelstein, Special Assistant to Anita Dunn
Jordan Orosz, Deputy Associate Counsel and Tax Counsel, Presidential Personnel Office
Karine Jean-Pierre, Deputy Press Secretary
Kei Koizumi, Principal Deputy Director for Policy, OSTP
Kevin Muños, Assistant Press Secretary
Kings Floyd, Researcher, Presidential Personnel Office
Marc Aidinoff, Senior Advisor and Acting Chief of Staff, OSTP
Matt Hill, Senior Associate Communications Director
Matthew Hernandez, Personnel Vetting Chief of Staff, Presidential Personnel Office
Michael Kikukawa, Press Assistant Office of Communications
Michael LaRosa, Press Secretary to Dr. Jill Biden, First Lady of the United States
Olivia Raisner, Traveling Content Director
Pili Tobar, Deputy White House Communications Director
Ray Dyson, Associate Director, PPO
Reggie Greer, Director of Priority Placement and Senior Advisor on LGBTQ+ Engagement
Sean Christiansen, Policy Advisor, Office on COVID-19 Response
Stephen Goepfert, Special Assistant to the President
Stuart Delery, Deputy Counsel to the President
Terry Moynihan, Deputy Director for Research
Thomas Isen, Special Assistant
Tom Zimmerman, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Personnel, NSC
William Rusche, Research Lead, Presidential Personnel Office
Zachary Bernstein, Director for Strategic Stability and Regional Security, NSC
Export-Import Bank of the United States
Chris Van Es, Senior Vice President for Communication and External Engagement
Federal Aviation Administration
March Nichols, Chief Counsel
Federal Communications Commission
Alejandro Roark, Consumer and Government Affairs Bureau Chief
Gigi Sohn, Commissioner**
Government Services Administration
Jacky Chang, Senior Advisor on Technology
Nathan Osburn, Speechwriter
Judicial Nominees
Alison Nathan, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit**
Beth Robinson, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit*
Charlotte Sweeney, United States District Court for the District of Colorado**
William Pocan, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kayla Ratnasamy, Special Assistant to the Administrator
Office of Personnel Management
Jason Tengco, White House Liaison, Office of Personnel Management
Margot Conrad, Executive Director, Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCO) Council, and Senior Advisor to the Director
Scott Syroka, Deputy Communications Director
Tiffany Worthy, Senior Advisor for Appointee Leadership Development
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Christy Abizaid, Director of National Counterterrorism Center
Peace Corps
Dave Noble, Chief of Staff
Selective Service System
Daniel Sohn, Selective Service System Local Board Member
Small Business Administration
Francisco Sanchez, Jr. Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster Assistance
Han Nguyen, Acting Associate Administrator
Jennifer Knight, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles, Consumer Goods, and Materials
Jonathan Alter, Senior Advisor, Office of Investment and Innovation
Julie Verratti, Associate Administrator of Field Operations
Larry Webb, D.C. District Director
Mark Madrid, Associate Administrator for the Office of Entrepreneurial Development
Olivia Shestopal, Director of Advance
Terrence Clark, Director of Communications, Office of Communications & Public Liaison
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Anka Lee, Senior China Policy Advisor
Blair Mallin, Scheduler to the Administrator
Eric Jacobstein, Senior Advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean
Jay Gilliam, Senior LGBTQI+ Coordinator
Lauren Post, Senior Advisor, Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance
Michael Michner, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security
Nabila Baptiste, Special Assistant to the Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
U.S. Board and Commissions
Adrian Shanker, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
Cathy Harris, Chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board**
Chai Rachel Feldblum, Commissioner, U.S. Ability One Commission
Christopher Morgan, Member of the National Council on the Arts
Christy Goldsmith Romero, Commodity Futures Trading Commission**
Gabriel Cazares, Commissioner, U.S. Ability One Commission
Katherine Rice, Presidents Commission on White House Fellows
Paul Angelo, Member, Board of Visitors to the U.S. Naval Academy
Robert Garcia, Trustee of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
Sharon Kleinbaum, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedoms
Todd Harper, Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration**
Tori Cooper, Presidents Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
U.S. Census Bureau
Meghan Maury, Senior Advisor
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Aparna Shrivastava, Deputy Chief Climate Officer
U.S. Mission to the UN
Josh Black, Senior Advisor to the U.S Ambassador to the UN
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Aditi Hardikar, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary
Dayanara Ramirez, Spokesperson
U.S Office of the Trade Representative
Christopher Wilson, Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator
* Nominated and Senate-Confirmed
** Nominated, Pending Senate-Confirmation
Our Comment:
Victory Institute is an organization that promotes and supports LGBTQ appointments to public offices.
Prophetic Link:
“Very many in every age and station of life are without principle or conscience; and with their idle, spendthrift habits they are rushing into vice and are corrupting society, until our world is becoming a second Sodom. If the appetites and passions were under the control of reason and religion, society would present a widely different aspect. God never designed that the present woeful condition of things should exist; it has been brought about through the gross violation of nature’s laws.” Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, page 45.1.
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