Biden appoints Indian-American Neera Tanden as his Domestic Policy Advisor.

United
States President Joe Biden on Friday picked Indian-American Neera Tanden as his
Domestic Policy Adviser to help him craft and implement his domestic policy
agenda.
“I
am pleased to announce that Neera Tanden will continue to drive the formulation
and implementation of my domestic policy, from economic mobility and racial
equity to health care, immigration and education,” Biden said.
"Tanden
will be the first Asian-American to lead any of the three major White House
policy councils in history," he added.
"As
Senior Adviser and Staff Secretary, Neera oversaw decision-making processes
across my domestic, economic and national security teams. She has 25 years of
experience in public policy, has served three Presidents, and led one of the
largest think tanks in the country for nearly a decade," President Biden
said.
"She
was a key architect of the Affordable Care Act and helped drive key domestic
policies that became part of my agenda, including clean energy subsidies and
sensible gun reform. While growing up, Neera relied on some of the critical
programs that she will oversee as Domestic Policy Adviser, and I know those
insights will serve my Administration and the American people well. I look
forward to continuing to work closely with Neera in her new role," he
said.
Neera
Tanden who currently serves as Senior Adviser to President Biden and Staff
Secretary replaces Susan Rice.
Tanden
served in both the Obama and Clinton administrations, as well as presidential
campaigns and think tanks. Most recently, she was the President and CEO of the
Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Tanden
previously served as senior adviser for health reform at the Department of
Health and Human Services, working on President Obama's health reform team in
the White House.
Prior
to that, she was the director of domestic policy for the Obama-Biden
presidential campaign and served as policy director for the Hillary Clinton
presidential campaign. Tanden served as senior adviser to the Chancellor of the
New York City Schools as well as Associate Director for Domestic Policy in the
Clinton White House and Senior Policy Adviser to the First Lady.
Neera
received her Bachelor of Science from UCLA and her Juris Doctor degree from
Yale Law School.
The President also announced that Stefanie
Feldman will serve as Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary.
Additionally, Zayn Siddique will be promoted to Principal Deputy of the
Domestic Policy Council. (PTI)
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