LGBTQ+ Victory Fund,commonly shortened to Victory Fund,is an American political action committee dedicated to increasing the number of out LGBTQ+ public officials in the United States. Victory Fund is the largest LGBTQ+ political action committee in the United States and one of the nation's largest non-connected PACs.
Anita Dunn is an American political strategist who served as a senior advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden,holding the post from January 20,2021,to August 12,2021,and again from May 5,2022 to August 2024. She is currently serving as a senior adviser to the Future Forward PAC.
Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden is an American educator who has been the first lady of the United States since 2021 as the wife of President Joe Biden. She was the second lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 when her husband was vice president. Since 2009,she has been a professor of English at Northern Virginia Community College,and is believed to be the first wife of a vice president or president to hold a salaried job during the majority of her husband's tenure.
Steven J. Ricchetti is an American political aide serving as a Counselor to the President under President Joe Biden. He was the chairman of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. Ricchetti previously served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Biden during the Obama administration and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations under President Bill Clinton. In between stints in Democratic administrations,Ricchetti has worked as a lobbyist.
Jennifer Rene Psaki is an American television political analyst and former government official. A political advisor who served under both the Obama and Biden administrations,she served the Biden administration as the 34th White House press secretary until May 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served in the Obama administration as the White House deputy press secretary (2009);the White House deputy communications director (2009–2011);the spokesperson for the United States Department of State (2013–2015);and the White House communications director (2015–2017). Psaki was a political contributor for CNN from 2017 to 2020. As of March 2023,she hosts the talk-show Inside with Jen Psaki on MSNBC.
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.
Moises V. "Moe" Vela Jr. is an American attorney and political advisor. Vela is the CEO and president of The Vela Group,LLC,a global business development consulting firm based in Washington,D.C. He is also of counsel at the law firm of Stein Mitchell Beato &Missner.
Juan Verde Suárez is a Spanish business and social entrepreneur who assisted the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign,as well as earlier campaigns of prominent Democrats such as President Barack Obama,Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,President Bill Clinton,Vice President Al Gore,Senator John Kerry,and Senator Ted Kennedy. He is currently a member of the President's Export Council,an advisory body to the White House on international trade and U.S. competitiveness in international markets,under President Biden.
LGBTQ history in the United States consists of the contributions and struggles of lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people,as well as the LGBTQ social movements they have built.
Dylan Orr is the director of Environmental Health Services for King County,Washington. He was formerly the director of the Office of Labor Standards for the City of Seattle from 2015 to 2018. In that role,Orr was responsible for enforcing Seattle's historic minimum wage law,as well as its paid sick and safe time law,wage theft law,and fair chance employment law.
LGBTQ+ conservatism in the United States is a social and political ideology within the LGBTQ+ community that largely aligns with the American conservative movement. LGBTQ+ conservatism is generally more moderate on social issues than social conservatism,instead emphasizing values associated with fiscal conservatism,libertarian conservatism,and neoconservatism.
Brian Mosteller is an American diplomat and operations executive,best known for being the Director of Oval Office Operations in the Obama administration,from 2009 to 2017.
Karine Jean-Pierre is an American political advisor who has been serving as the White House press secretary since May 13,2022,and a senior advisor to President Joe Biden since October 7,2024. She is the first black person and the first openly LGBTQ person to serve in the position of White House press secretary. Previously,she served as the deputy press secretary to her predecessor Jen Psaki from 2021 to 2022 and as the chief of staff for U.S. Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris during the 2020 presidential campaign.
Julie Chávez Rodriguez is an American political rights activist and was the campaign manager for Vice President Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign,transitioning to that role from President Joe Biden's 2024 re-election campaign.
The presidential transition of Joe Biden began on November 7,2020,and ended on January 20,2021. Unlike previous presidential transitions,which normally take place during the roughly 10-week period between the election in the first week of November and the inauguration on January 20,Biden's presidential transition was shortened somewhat because the General Services Administration under the outgoing first Trump administration did not recognize Biden as the "apparent winner" until November 23.
Dana Ann Remus is an American lawyer who served as White House counsel for U.S. President Joe Biden from January 2021 to July 2022. Prior to her appointment as White House counsel,Remus was general counsel for Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. Earlier in her career,she was deputy assistant to the president and deputy counsel for ethics during the presidency of Barack Obama,was general counsel for the Obama Foundation from 2017 to 2019,and was counsel to Michelle Obama.
The Biden Foundation was a nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the United States tax code that existed from 2017 to 2019. It was established by then former United States vice president Joe Biden and Jill Biden with the stated mission to "champion progress and prosperity for American families".
The White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy is an office within the White House Office that is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. It is headed by the Assistant to the President and National Climate Advisor,which is president's chief advisor on domestic climate change policy. In addition,the National Climate Advisor serves as vice-chair of the National Climate Task Force.
Carlos Felipe Uriarte is an American attorney who is the assistant attorney general for legislative affairs.
Ben LaBolt is an American political advisor who is the White House Communications Director to Joe Biden. He succeeded Kate Bedingfield in the role when she stepped down at the end of February 2023. In August 2024 LaBolt was promoted to Senior Advisor to the President succeeding Anita Dunn after her departure. Previously,LaBolt has worked on presidential campaigns for Barack Obama and Howard Dean,as well as for Jan Schakowsky,Sherrod Brown,and Rahm Emanuel.
