Roberta Achtenberg is an American attorney and civil rights advocate who served as a commissioner on the United States Commission on Civil Rights. She was previously assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,becoming the first openly lesbian or gay public official in the United States whose appointment to a federal position was confirmed by the United States Senate. This confirmation hearing garnered a lot of publicity,opposition,and support.
The United States Senate Committee on Banking,Housing,and Urban Affairs,also known as the Senate Banking Committee,has jurisdiction over matters related to banks and banking,price controls,deposit insurance,export promotion and controls,federal monetary policy,financial aid to commerce and industry,issuance of redemption of notes,currency and coinage,public and private housing,urban development,mass transit and government contracts.
David Kemp Karnes was an American politician,businessman,and attorney. He was a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1987 to 1989,and was president and chief executive officer of The Fairmont Group Incorporated,a merchant banking/consulting company with offices in Omaha and the District of Columbia. Karnes also served in an "of counsel" capacity to the national law firm of Kutak Rock and practiced out of the firm's Omaha,Nebraska and Washington,D.C. offices. Karnes was also involved in numerous civic,educational,and charitable organizations both in Nebraska and nationally.
Keith Gottfried is a strategic advisor to public companies and their board of directors in the areas of shareholder activism preparedness and defense. Over the course of a career that spans more than 30 years,Gottfried has advised numerous public companies and their boards of directors on shareholder activism preparedness and defense,including in connection with high-profile proxy contests,special meeting demands,consent solicitations,and withhold vote/vote no campaigns,as well as unsolicited takeover offers and negotiated and contested M&A situations. Earlier in his career,Gottfried served as a senior official in the administration of President George W. Bush and was notably nominated by President Bush on July 29,2005,and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 7,2005,to serve as the 19th General Counsel for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)..
Executive Schedule is the system of salaries given to the highest-ranked appointed officials in the executive branch of the U.S. government. The president of the United States appoints individuals to these positions,most with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. They include members of the president's Cabinet,several top-ranking officials of each executive department,the directors of some of the more prominent departmental and independent agencies,and several members of the Executive Office of the President.
Diane Joyce Humetewa is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Humetewa is the first Native American woman and the first enrolled tribal member to serve as a U.S. federal judge. She previously served as the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona from 2007 to 2009. Humetewa is also a Professor of Practice at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law.
John David Trasviña is a human rights attorney. He is the former dean of the University of San Francisco School of Law. Previous to that,he was assistant secretary of the Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development,president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF),and special counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices at the U.S. Department of Justice. He was named principal legal advisor at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in January 2021.
Marcia Louise Fudge is an American attorney and politician serving as the 18th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,she served as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district from 2008 to 2021. The district includes most of the black-majority precincts between Cleveland and Akron.
Christopher Ashley Ford is an American lawyer and government official who served from January 2018 until January 2021 as Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation. He was nominated to that position by President Donald Trump,and confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate on December 21,2017. After October 21,2019,Ford also,by delegation from Secretary of State Michael Pompeo,performed the duties of the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security until his resignation from the Department of State on January 8,2021.
Thomas James Curry is an American government official who served as the 30th Comptroller of the Currency of the United States from April 9,2012,until May 5,2017. Prior to becoming Comptroller of the Currency,Curry served as a Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and as the chairman of the NeighborWorks America Board of Directors. He was born in Greenwich,Connecticut and raised in Stamford,Connecticut.
Adam Jacob Szubin is an American lawyer and former government official. Szubin served as the Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and the Acting Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. He served as the acting secretary from January to February 2017 after the resignation of Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Deputy Treasury Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin during the 2017 presidential transition. He previously served as the Director of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Kathryn Lynn Wheelbarger is an American attorney and government official,who served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 2018 to 2020.
The following is a timeline of the presidency of Jimmy Carter from his inauguration as the 39th president of the United States on January 20,1977,to December 31,1977.
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.
Joe Biden assumed office as President of the United States on January 20,2021. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
Brian Eddie Nelson is an American attorney and government official who is the current Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in the Biden administration.
Thibaut de Saint Phalle was an American investment banker,lawyer,and educator who served as a director of the Export–Import Bank of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
Paul M. Rosen is an American attorney and government official who is the current Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security.
Lynn Rogers Coleman was an American attorney who served as the third United States deputy secretary of energy from 1980 to 1981.
Greg Baer is an American public policy executive serving as president and CEO of the Bank Policy Institute (BPI). He previously served as Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury during the Clinton administration and as Managing Senior Counsel for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
