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 Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is an agency of the United States federal government responsible for developing and promoting American trade policy. Part of the Executive Office of the President,it is headed by the U.S. Trade Representative,a Cabinet-level position that serves as the U.S. President's primary advisor,negotiator,and spokesperson on trade matters. USTR has more than two hundred employees,with offices in Geneva,Switzerland,and Brussels,Belgium.
Joe Biden,President of the United States,served as Vice President from 2009 to 2017 and in the United States Senate from 1973 until 2009. A member of the Democratic Party,he made his second presidential run in 2008,later being announced as Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's running mate in 2008. He was elected vice president in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. In April 2019,Biden announced his 2020 presidential campaign. He became the presumptive Democratic nominee in April 2020,was formally nominated by the Democratic Party in August 2020,and defeated Republican incumbent Donald Trump in the November 2020 election.
Bruce Reed is an American political advisor and non-profit administrator who was the president of the Broad Foundation. Prior to assuming that role in December 2013,he served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and as CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). On December 22,2020,it was announced that Reed would serve as a White House deputy chief of staff in the Biden administration,along with Jen O'Malley Dillon.
Catherine Mary Russell is an American attorney and political adviser who is the Executive Director of UNICEF as of 2022. Russell previously served as Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office,United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues,and Chief of Staff to then-Second Lady of the United States Jill Biden.
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.
The Chief Agricultural Negotiator is an ambassador of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) responsible for conducting and overseeing international negotiations related to trade in agricultural products. The Chief Agricultural Negotiator is compensated at the rate payable for Level III of the Executive Schedule.
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.
Heather Renée Zichal(last name pronounced with long 'i') is an American executive,consultant,and political advisor who specializes in climate change and environmental policy.
Robert Emmet Lighthizer is an American attorney and government official who was the United States Trade Representative in the Donald Trump administration from 2017 to 2021.
María Luisa Pagán is an American attorney who is serving as the U.S. deputy trade representative in the Geneva office. Pagan was formerly the Deputy General Counsel of the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR),giving legal advice about trade negotiations,agreements,and regulations.
Jennifer Brigid O'Malley Dillon is an American political strategist and campaign manager serving as a top leader of President Joe Biden's 2024 presidential campaign. She was a White House deputy chief of staff during Biden's first three years as president,after managing his 2020 presidential campaign. She was the manager of Beto O'Rourke's presidential campaign of the same year. She is the first female presidential campaign manager for a winning Democratic ticket.
Mary Valerie Biden Owens is an American political strategist,campaign manager and former educator. She is the younger sister of Joe Biden,the 46th and current president of the United States. In 2016,President Barack Obama nominated her as alternate representative of the United States to the 71st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
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 Trump administration did not recognize Biden as the "apparent winner" until November 23.
Katherine Chi Tai is an American attorney serving as the 19th United States Trade Representative since March 18,2021. The daughter of mainland Chinese immigrants (waishengren) from Taiwan,she is the first Asian American to serve in the position. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served as the chief trade counsel for the United States House Committee on Ways and Means.
Alexandra Nicole Baker,known as Sasha Baker,is an American policy advisor who served as deputy under secretary of defense for policy at the Department of Defense.
Jayme Ray White is an American public official who served as deputy United States trade representative (USTR).
