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WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden announced on Tuesday (November 17) that he has appointed nine close campaign advisers to key White House positions while developing a diverse leadership team less than a week after appoint your chief of staff.
“The United States faces great challenges and brings diverse perspectives and a shared commitment to address these challenges and emerge a stronger and more united nation on the other side,” Biden said in a statement.
The new appointees, some of the first among the hundreds that Biden will appoint to the White House in the coming months, include his 2020 campaign manager, Jen O’Malley Dillon, who was named deputy chief of staff.
The 44-year-old will serve under White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, whom Biden appointed last week.
A veteran of seven presidential campaigns, O’Malley Dillon served as deputy campaign manager for Barack Obama’s successful 2012 reelection effort.
Campaign Co-Chair Cedric Richmond, a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives, was named the President’s Senior Advisor.
The 47-year-old African-American lawmaker will leave his congressional seat to take his seat in the White House when Biden takes office on January 20.
Biden also appointed Mike Donilon, his campaign chief strategist and veteran Democratic strategist, to serve as the president’s senior adviser.
“The team that we have already begun to form will allow us to meet the challenges facing our country from day one,” Klain said in the statement.
Other appointments include incoming first lady Jill Biden’s chief of staff and senior adviser, an attorney for the president and an Oval Office chief operating officer.
The appointments come as President Donald Trump continues to challenge the results of the Nov.3 election and refuses to cede the race to Biden, and his administration has refused to formally cooperate with Biden’s transition team.
