The People Behind a More Representative Government

Here are some of the people inside our government working to make it more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. ( * next to name indicates members of the DEIA Initiative ; Grayscale photos indicate outgoing members. )

Office of Presidential Personnel

Gautam Raghavan
Director
Katie Petrelius
Deputy Director

Domestic Policy Council

Neera Tanden
Director
Jenny Yang
Deputy Director for Racial Justice & Equity
Anna Perng
Director of Disability Policy
Donald Sherman
Special Assistant to the President for Racial and Economic Justice

Office of Management and Budget

Shalanda Young
Director
Jason Miller*
Deputy Director
Loren DeJonge Schulman
Associate Director Performance & Personnel Management
Clare Mortana
Chief Information Officer

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Charlotte Burrows
Chair of the EEOC
Jocelyn Samuels
Vice Chair of the EEOC
Janet Dhillon
Commissioner

Office of Personnel Management

Kiran Ahuja*
Director
Janice Underwood
Director of the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
Kemba Hendrix
DEIA Policy Advisor 

Office of Science and Technology Policy

Alondra Nelson
Deputy Director

Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officers

Man smiling
Michael Leech
CDIO, White House
Conny Mayer
CDIO, Department of State
Bishop Garrison
CDIO, Department of Defense
Alaysia Hackett
CDIO, Department of Labor
Junish Arora
CDIO, Department of Commerce
Karen Comfort
CDIO, Department of Health and Human Services
Charles Barber
CDIO, National Science Foundation
Andrea O’Neal
CDIO, General Services Administration
Scott McMillon
CDIO, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rita Sampson
CDIO, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Stephanie La Rue
CDIO, Intelligence Community

Faith & Neighborhood Partnerships

Melissa Rogers
Executive Director, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Domestic Policy Council
Shelley Greenspan
Liaison to the American Jewish Community, Domestic Policy Council
Mazen Basrawi
Liaison to the Muslim Community, Domestic Policy Council
Marcus Coleman
Director, Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Department of Homeland Security
Derrick Harkins
Director, Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Maggie Siddiqi
Director, Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Department of Education
Andres Chong-Qui Torres
Director, Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Department of Commerce
Samantha Joseph
Director, Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Department of Agriculture
Que English
Director, Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Department of Health and Human Services
Conrad Washington
Director, Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Department of Veterans Affairs
Adam Nicholas Phillips
Director, Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Agency for International Development

Gender Policy Council (GPC)

Jennifer Klein*

Chief Human Capital Officers

Margot Conrad
Executive Director

Office of the Chief of Staff

Erika L. Moritsugu
Deputy Assistant to the President and AAPI Senior Liaison