The Cabinet of the United States is a body consisting of the vice president of the United States and the heads of the executive branch's departments in the federal government of the United States. It is the principal official advisory body to the president of the United States. The president chairs the meetings but is not formally a member of the Cabinet. The heads of departments,appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate,are members of the Cabinet,and acting department heads also participate in Cabinet meetings whether or not they have been officially nominated for Senate confirmation. The president may designate heads of other agencies and non-Senate-confirmed members of the Executive Office of the President as members of the Cabinet.
In the United States government,independent agencies are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments and the Executive Office of the President. In a narrower sense,the term refers only to those independent agencies that,while considered part of the executive branch,have regulatory or rulemaking authority and are insulated from presidential control,usually because the president's power to dismiss the agency head or a member is limited.
The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides grants and technical assistance to economically distressed communities in order to generate new employment,help retain existing jobs and stimulate industrial and commercial growth through a variety of investment programs.
Susan Schmidt Bies is an American economist and corporate executive who served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors from 2001 to 2007.
Steven C. Preston is the president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International. He formerly served as the 14th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 2008 to 2009 and the 22nd Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration from 2006 until his appointment as HUD Secretary. Before entering public service,Preston spent nearly 25 years in financial and operational leadership positions in the private sector.
David Allan Sampson is the president and CEO of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA),co-headquartered in Washington,DC and Chicago,Illinois. He was born in Washington,Indiana. He joined APCIA in September 2007.
Elizabeth Helen Markey is a former American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Colorado's 4th congressional district from 2009 to 2011. She also served as assistant secretary for intergovernmental affairs in the United States Department of Homeland Security. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The Alabama International Trade Center was created in 1979 as one of the first international Small Busicness Development Centers (SBDCs). Since its inception,the AITC has provided export trade research,education,finance,and training throughout Alabama.
Jorge Silva Puras is a Puerto Rican academic,public servant and government official.
The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent agency of the United States government that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses. The mission of the Small Business Administration is "to maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses and by assisting in the economic recovery of communities after disasters." The agency's activities have been summarized as the "3 Cs" of capital,contracts and counseling.
Ronald Allan "Ron" Rosenfeld is an American politician and housing expert. Rosenfeld has previously served in numerous U.S. federal and Oklahoma state government positions relating to housing. He served as chair of the Federal Housing Finance Board and president of the Government National Mortgage Association under president of the United States George W. Bush and as Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce under governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating.
Barbara Hackman Franklin is an American government official,corporate director,and business executive. She served as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1992–1993 to President George H. W. Bush,during which she led a presidential mission to China.
The Dallas Regional Chamber--formerly known as the Dallas Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce—is a chamber of commerce that represents businesses and institutions in North Texas,including the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area.
Charles Elvan Cobb,Jr. is an American businessman. He is currently the chief executive officer and senior managing director of Cobb Partners,Ltd.,an investment firm. He was the chairman and chief executive officer of Arvida Corporation and Disney Development Company during the 1970s and 1980s. Arvida was a public company and then a subsidiary of Penn Central Transportation Company and later of The Walt Disney Company.
The White House Initiative on Asian Americans,Native Hawaiians,and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) is a United States governmental office that coordinates an ambitious whole-of-government approach to advance equity,justice,and opportunity for Asian Americans,Native Hawaiians,and Pacific Islanders. The Initiative collaborates with the Deputy Assistant to the President and AA and NHPI Senior Liaison,White House Office of Public Engagement and designated federal departments and agencies to advance equity,justice,and opportunity for AA and NHPIs in the areas of economic development,education,health and human services,housing,environment,arts,agriculture,labor and employment,transportation,justice,veterans affairs,and community development.
Ana Recio Harvey is a Mexican translation entrepreneur and government economic activist who is the President and CEO of the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (GWHCC). Part of her job working in the United States government involves coordinating and implementing initiatives for the Small Business Administration (SBA) in Washington to benefit small,struggling,women-owned businesses,by offering them federal government contract awards. In January 2015 she was appointed acting director of the District of Columbia Department of Small and Local Business Development (DSLBD). Harvey is the founder of the multilingual communications company Syntaxis,which translates in 25 languages.
Calvin W. Goings is the Assistant City Manager for the City of Port Angeles. He was the Director of Finance and Administrative Services for the City of Seattle,and a former politician. He was the youngest member to ever serve in the Washington State Legislature representing Puyallup at 22 years old.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Bill Clinton from his inauguration as the 42nd president of the United States on January 20,1993,to December 31,1993.
Donet Dominic Graves,Jr. is an American political advisor and government official who is the current Deputy Secretary of Commerce in the Biden Administration. Graves formerly led the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot and served in multiple roles within the Obama Administration,including as an advisor to then-Vice President Joe Biden.
