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(CNN) – Several of the people selected by President-elect Joe Biden to fill top positions in the incoming administration would make history if confirmed by the US Senate for the positions.
Since winning the election, Biden has taken steps to fulfill his campaign promise to build a government that resembles the United States and reflects its diversity. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has already broken a monumental barrier by becoming the first woman elected to that position.
Here are other people who would make history if confirmed:
First woman as Secretary of the Treasury in the Biden Government
Janet yellen
Yellen would make history as the first woman to serve as Secretary of the Treasury. Yellen has already made history as the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve, from 2014 to 2018. She previously served four years as vice chair of the board. And she was president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for four years before that. Yellen also served as chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 1997 to 1999.
First black undersecretary of the Treasury
Adewale «Wally» Adeyemo
Adeyemo currently serves as president of the Obama Foundation. Adeyemo served during the Obama administration as a senior international economic adviser to the president. He also served as Deputy National Security Advisor, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, First Chief of Staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Office, and Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff in the Department of the Treasury.
First Hispanic-American Social Secretary of the White House with Biden
Carlos Elizondo
Elizondo was special assistant to the president and social secretary to the Bidens during the eight years of the Obama administration. He will be the first Hispanic American designated for this position. During the Clinton administration, Elizondo served in both the White House and the Office of the Chief of Protocol in the United States.
First Woman to Lead America’s Intelligence Community
April haines
Haines would become the first woman to serve as the director of national intelligence. Haines served as an assistant to the president and top deputy national security adviser to President Barack Obama. He chaired the Deputies Commission of the National Security Council, responsible for formulating the administration’s foreign and national security policy. Haines previously served as deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency. She was also a legal advisor to the National Security Council. She served as Deputy Senior Advisor to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when Biden was chairing it.
First Latino and immigrant as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
Alejandro Mayorkas
Mayorkas would be the first Latino and immigrant to serve as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security if confirmed by the Senate. He was Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security during the Obama administration and served as Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security (USCIS). While at USCIS, Mayorkas oversaw the implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. DACA, as it is known by its acronym in English, was an executive action launched under the Obama administration that protected young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation. President Donald Trump decided to end the program in 2017, but was ultimately prevented from doing so by the Supreme Court.
First woman of color to chair Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers
Cecilia Rouse
Rouse would be the first woman of color to chair the Council of Economic Advisers if the Senate confirms her. Rouse has served as Dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, as well as Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Previously, Rouse was a member of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. He also served on the National Economic Council in the Clinton administration as a special assistant to the president.
First woman of color and first American of South Asian descent to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Neera’s teeth
Tanden would be the first woman of color and the first American of South Asian descent to become director of the Office of Management and Budget. She is executive director and president of the left-leaning Center for Progress America and executive director of the Action Fund of the Center for Progress America. Tanden previously served in the Obama and Clinton administrations. She was a senior advisor for health reform at the Department of Health and Human Services. And she also served as the national policy director for the Obama campaign. She was the policy director for Hillary Clinton’s first presidential campaign and served in Clinton’s Senate office.
