The following alumni have been appointed to President Joe Biden’s administration. Several other alumni had roles in the Biden transition. PAW will update this list online — please email the names and positions of other appointees to paw@princeton.edu.
Hady Amr *94, deputy assistant secretary for Israel and Palestinian affairs, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
Frances Arnold ’79, co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure ’96, Department of Health and Human Services, administrator of Medicaid and Medicare
Joelle Gamble *19, special assistant to the president for economic policy
Eric Lander ’78, Office of Science and Technology Policy director and presidential science adviser
Ali Nouri *06, principal deputy assistant secretary for congressional and intergovernmental affairs at the Department of Energy
Natalie Quillian *07, deputy coordinator of the COVID-19 response
Angela Ramirez ’97, special assistant to the president and House legislative affairs liaison
Christopher Schroeder ’68, acting assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel
Ely Ratner ’98, special assistant to the secretary of defense
Rush Doshi ’11, China director on the National Security Council
Bruce Reed ’82, White House deputy chief of staff
Joshua Geltzer ’05, special assistant to the president and special adviser to the homeland security adviser on countering domestic violent extremists
Molly Montgomery *04, deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
Larry Handerhan *12, chief of staff for the Administration for Children and Families
Zach Vertin *13, senior adviser, U.S. Mission to the United Nations
Maureen Tracey-Mooney *15, special assistant to the president for education
Farah Ahmad *12, chief of staff for rural development, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Cindy Huang *02, director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Peter Harrell ’02, senior director for international economics and competitiveness
Ben Sommers ’00, deputy assistant secretary for planning and evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services