APIAVote would like to congratulate the following individuals on their appointments within the Obama-Biden administration (listed in alphabetical order).

Preeta Bansal - General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor for the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Anju Bhargava - Member of Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Steven Chu - Secretary of Energy

Nancy-Ann DeParle - Director, White House Office of Health Reform

Tammy Duckworth - Assistant Secretary of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs

Ivan K. Fong - General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security

Neal Katyal - Principal Deputy Solicitor General of the United States

Betsy Kim - White House Liason, Department of Defense

Harold Koh - nominee, Legal Advisor, Department of State

Howard Koh - nominee, Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services

Vivek Kundra - Federal Chief Information Officer

Gary Locke - Secretary of Commerce

Chris Lu - Cabinet Secretary

Florence Y. Pan - Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Eboo Patel - Member of Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Nicholas Rathod - Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

Pete Rouse - Senior Advisor to the President

Meena Seshamani, Director of Policy Analysis Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Health Reform

Rajiv Shah - Nominee, Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, United States Department of Agriculture

Sonal Shah - White House Office of Social Innovation

Rhea Suh - Nominee, Assistant Secretary for Policy Management and Budget, Department of Interior

Neera Tanden, Senior Advisor Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Health Reform

Tina Tchen - Director, Office of Public Engagement

Kal Penn  - Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement