The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury,and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters pertaining to economic and fiscal policy. The secretary is,by custom,a member of the president's cabinet and,by law,a member of the National Security Council.
The United States National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum used by the president of the United States for consideration of national security,military,and foreign policy matters. Based in the White House,it is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States,and composed of senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials.
The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA),commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor (NSA),is a senior aide in the Executive Office of the President,based at the West Wing of the White House. The national security advisor serves as the principal advisor to the President of the United States on all national security issues.
The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is the head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),and is thus responsible for enforcing the nation's Clean Air and Clean Water Acts,as well as numerous other environmental statutes. The administrator is nominated by the president of the United States and must be confirmed by a vote of the Senate.
Robert Nicholas Burns is an American diplomat and academic who has served as the United States ambassador to China since 2022.
Mauricio Claver-Carone is an American lawyer,former Treasury Department and National Security Council official,and lobbyist,who was the president of the Inter-American Development Bank from October 2020 until September 26,2022.
Kurt Michael Campbell is an American diplomat and businessman currently serving as the National Security Council Coordinator for the Indo-Pacific. In this capacity,Campbell has been referred to as the "Asia co-ordinator" or "Asia Tsar" of the Joe Biden administration.
Andrew J. Shapiro is an American attorney and diplomat who served as the 17th Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs from 2009 to 2013. Shapiro is currently a managing director at Beacon Global Strategies LLC,which he founded with partners Jeremy Bash and Philippe Reines in 2013.
Richard Harris Clarida is an American economist who served as the 21st Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve from 2018 to 2022. Clarida resigned his post on January 14,2022,to return from public service leave to teach at Columbia University for the spring term of 2022. He is the C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Columbia University and,from 2006 until September 2018,Global Strategic Advisor for PIMCO. He is notable for his contributions to dynamic stochastic general equilibrium theory and international monetary economics. He is a former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and is a recipient of the Treasury Medal. He also was a proponent of the theory that inflation was transitory during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roberta S. Jacobson is an American diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to Mexico from June 2016 to May 2018. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs from March 30,2012,to May 5,2016. The United States Senate approved her nomination as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico on April 28,2016. In March 2018,Jacobson announced her resignation effective May 5. Foreign Policy reported on January 18,2021 that Jacobson would be in charge of Mexico–United States border affairs at the National Security Council under President Joe Biden.
Ramin Toloui is an American academic,civil servant,and financial advisor who serves as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs in the Biden Administration.
Derek Chollet is an American foreign policy advisor and author currently serving as the counselor of the United States Department of State. Previously,Chollet was the executive vice president for security and defense policy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. From 2012 to 2015,Chollet was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs,where he managed U.S. defense policy involving Europe,NATO,the Middle East,Africa,and the Western Hemisphere for Secretaries of Defense Leon Panetta and Chuck Hagel.
Bathsheba "Sheba" Nell Crocker is an American diplomat who is currently serving as the Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations. She previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 2014 to 2017.
Colin Hackett Kahl is an American government official and academic who served as under secretary of defense for policy in the administration of President Joe Biden from April 28,2021,to July 14,2023. Previously,he served as national security advisor to the vice president under then-Vice President Joe Biden (2014–2017). After the Obama administration,Kahl served as a Steven C. Házy Senior Fellow at Stanford University.
Geoffrey William Seiji Okamoto is an American economist and government official who served as first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Okamoto previously served as the acting assistant secretary for international finance and development in the United States Department of the Treasury. He was nominated for this position on January 1,2019,by the White House and was never confirmed by the United States Congress. He previously served as acting assistant secretary for international markets and investment,for which he was also not confirmed.
Puneet Talwar is an American diplomat serving as the United States Ambassador to Morocco. He previously served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs from 2014 to November 2015. Talwar served as a top Middle East advisor to Barack Obama and played a central role in the backchannel diplomacy that produced the Iran nuclear deal. Prior to working in the White House,he was a top advisor to then-Senator Joe Biden on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for twelve years.
Adewale O. "Wally" Adeyemo is an American government official serving as the United States deputy secretary of the treasury. He was the first president of the Obama Foundation and also served during the Obama administration as the deputy national security advisor for international economics from 2015 to 2016 and deputy director of the National Economic Council.
Carla Ravi Koppell is an American academic who serves as interim Vice Dean for Diversity,Equity,and Inclusion at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. As part of her work she collaborates with the Volcker Alliance to spearhead the University Leadership Council on Diversity and Inclusion in International Affairs. In that role,she works with deans of graduate schools of public policy and international affairs to incorporate attention to diversity and inclusion in their curricula and programs.
Peter D. Haas is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to Bangladesh since March 2022. Haas previously served as acting assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs.
Elizabeth Anne Noseworthy Fitzsimmons is an American diplomat who is serving as the United States Ambassador to Togo.
