Adolfo Carrión Jr. is an American businessman and former elected official from City Island. He has three sisters Elizabeth Carrión-Stevens,Damaris Carrión-Harris and Lizette Carrión. He served one term as a member of the New York City Council,representing the 14th district. He served for seven years as the borough president of the Bronx,for a year and five months as the first director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs in the Obama Administration,and then for nearly two years as Regional Administrator for HUD's New York and New Jersey Regional Office. He left HUD in February 2012.
Richard Socarides is head of global corporate communications and government affairs for Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG). Previously,he led communications at New Line Cinema and has held other senior media jobs at Time Warner,AOL and in government and politics. He is also an American Democratic political strategist,writer for The New Yorker,TV commentator and a New York attorney. He was a White House adviser under United States President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1999 in a variety of senior positions,including as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser for Public Liaison. He worked on legal,policy and political issues and served as principal adviser to Clinton on gay and lesbian civil rights issues. Under Clinton,he was chief operating officer of the 50th Anniversary Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Socarides also worked as special assistant to Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa).
Jacob Joseph Lew is an American attorney and politician who served as the 76th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he also served as the 25th White House Chief of Staff from 2012 to 2013 and director of the Office of Management and Budget in both the Clinton administration and Obama administration.
Tevi David Troy is a presidential historian and the former United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services during the Presidency of George W. Bush. He also served as a senior White House aide in the George W. Bush administration from March 2005 to July 2007. Troy founded the American Health Policy Institute and served as its CEO from 2014 to 2018. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center.
Valerie June Jarrett is an American businesswoman and former government official serving as the chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation since 2021. She previously served as the senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama and assistant to the president for public engagement and intergovernmental affairs from 2009 to 2017. Before that,she served as a co-chair of the Obama–Biden Transition Project.
Daniel Benjamin "Dan" Shapiro is an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Israel from 2011 to 2017. He was nominated by President Barack Obama on March 29,2011,and confirmed by the Senate on May 29. He was sworn in as ambassador by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on July 8,2011. Previously,he was the senior director for the Middle East and North Africa on the United States National Security Council. As an Obama administration political appointee,Shapiro was ordered on January 5,2017,to resign upon the inauguration of President Donald Trump. On August 30,2021,President Joe Biden appointed Shapiro as a special liaison to Israel on Iran.
The White House staff position of liaison to the American Jewish community is a role charged with serving as a presidential administration's voice to the community and gathering the community's consensus viewpoint on issues affecting it for the benefit of White House policymakers. It has existed at least as early as the Carter Administration.
Shaun Lawrence Sarda Donovan is an American government official and housing specialist who served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2009 to 2014,and Director of the US Office of Management and Budget from 2014 to 2017. Prior to that,he was the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development from 2004 to 2009 under Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Arif Alikhan is a former senior official with the U.S. Department of Justice who has served in several high-level law enforcement and homeland security positions with the federal government and City of Los Angeles. He was also the Deputy Executive Director for homeland security,law enforcement,and fire/EMS at Los Angeles World Airports. He was appointed to the new position in October 2011 and is responsible for the 1,200 sworn police officers and civilian security officers that protect Los Angeles International Airport,Ontario International Airport,and Van Nuys Airport. He is also responsible for all fire and emergency medical services at LAWA's three airports. Alikhan is a former distinguished professor of homeland security and counterterrorism at the National Defense University (NDU),College of International Security Affairs in Washington,D.C. He teaches and lectures on a variety subjects involving homeland and national security issues for U.S. military and civilian security professionals. and is a recognized expert on U.S. government homeland security and counter terrorism policies.
The White House Office of Public Engagement (OPE) is a unit of the White House Office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Under the administration of President Barack Obama,it combined oversight of OPE and the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA) under the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs (OPE-IGA). President Donald Trump restored the prior name of the Office of Public Liaison (OPL) and re-separated IGA. President Joe Biden changed the name back to OPE but kept IGA separate in his administration.
Evan Maureen Ryan is an American public servant serving as White House cabinet secretary in the administration of Joe Biden. She previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) in the Obama administration (2013–2017) and was assistant for intergovernmental affairs and public liaison for then-Vice President Joe Biden.
Nicholas Rathod is the founder and former executive director of the State Innovation Exchange,which was created and designed to build progressive power in state legislatures around the country,growing it from an idea to a multimillion dollar organization with more than 30 staff in 3 years. Prior to leading this organization,Rathod served as the director of state campaigns for Mayor Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety,where he oversaw legislative campaigns around gun control. Rathod also worked with Senator Elizabeth Warren to help build and establish the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and later served as the Bureau’s Assistant Director,in charge of Intergovernmental and International Affairs.
Jeremy Mill Bernard served as the White House social secretary. Bernard was appointed to the position by President Barack Obama on February 25,2011. He was the first male,as well as the first openly gay individual,to serve as the White House social secretary.
Hildy Kuryk is the Director of Communications for Vogue Magazine and the former National Finance Director of the Democratic National Committee as of 2014. In 2011,Kuryk was named one of Politico's "50 Politicos to Watch:Fundraisers".
Monique Dorsainvil was the Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor for the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs. She previously served as LGBT Liaison to the White House.
George Anthony Sifakis is a former United States federal government official and government relations professional. Sifakis is currently the CEO of IdeagenGlobal.com which convenes global leaders to develop partnerships and solutions to the world's most troubling issues.
The White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA) is a unit of the White House Office,within the Executive Office of the President. It serves as the primary liaison between the White House and state,county (or county-equivalent),local,and tribal governments. The office focuses on building new and maintaining current relationships with governors,tribal leaders,mayors,state legislators,and county executives. The Office of Intergovernmental Affairs works with federal agencies and departments to ensure appropriate coordination between state,local,and tribal governments and the federal government. The Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House Office for the Biden administration was Julie Chavez Rodriguez until she resigned on May 16,2023 to become Biden's Campaign Manager for his 2024 reelection bid. The position was vacant for 4 weeks till former Obama adviser Tom Perez stepped into be the new Director on June 12,2023.
David Matos Simas is an American lawyer,former government official,and a former politician. He was the President of the Obama Foundation from 2021 to 2023,having previously served as its CEO from 2016 to 2021 and served in Barack Obama's administration as the White House Director of Political Affairs from 2014 to 2016.
In September 2021,an average of 47,916 people slept in New York City's homeless shelters each night. This included 18,236 single adults,14,946 children,and 14,734 adults in families. The total number peaked in November 2018,with 63,636 people sleeping in homeless shelters. Since March 2020,the number of people sleeping in shelters has declined significantly,likely an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. The city reported that in 2019,3,600 individuals experienced unsheltered homelessness,sleeping in public spaces such as streets and public transit rather than shelters. The homeless population has surged in New York City 18% in 2023 from 2022,despite efforts from Mayor Adams.
Julie Chávez Rodriguez is an American political rights activist and campaign manager for the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign. She grew up in California in a well-known family of American labor and civil rights activists,the granddaughter of American labor leader,César Chávez and American labor activist Helen Fabela Chávez. From 2008 to 2016,Chávez Rodriguez served in the Obama administration,initially working for the United States Secretary of the Interior and later in the White House Office of Public Engagement.
