# List of Department of State appointments by Joe Biden

Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of State by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. As of August 2, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 41 nominees have been confirmed, 15 nominees are being considered by the Senate, 5 positions do not have nominees, and 20 appointments have been made to positions that don't require Senate confirmation.
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## Color key

Denotes appointees awaiting Senate confirmation.
Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.
Denotes appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.

## Secretary & Deputy Secretaries

| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
| — Secretary of State | Antony Blinken | January 26, 2021 (Confirmed January 26, 2021, 78–22) | — |
| — Deputy Secretary of State | Kurt M. Campbell | February 12, 2024 (Confirmed February 6, 2024, 92–5) | – |
| — Deputy Secretary of State | Victoria Nuland | July 29, 2023 | February 12, 2024 |
| — Deputy Secretary of State | Wendy Sherman | April 14, 2021 (Confirmed April 13, 2021, 56–42) | July 28, 2023 |
| — Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources | Richard R. Verma | April 5, 2023 (Confirmed March 30, 2023, 67–26) | — |
| — Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources | John R. Bass | January 1, 2023 | April 4, 2023 |
| — Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources | Brian P. McKeon | March 19, 2021 (Confirmed March 18, 2021 by voice vote) | December 31, 2022 |

## Office of Political Affairs

| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
| — Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs |
| — Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs | John R. Bass | March 22, 2024 | – |
| — Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs | Victoria Nuland | May 3, 2021 (Confirmed April 29, 2021 by voice vote) | March 22, 2024 |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (African Affairs) | Mary Catherine Phee | September 30, 2021 (Confirmed September 28, 2021, 67–31) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs) | Daniel Kritenbrink | September 24, 2021 (Confirmed September 23, 2021, 72–14) | January 17, 2025 |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs) | James C. O'Brien | October 5, 2023 (Confirmed October 4, 2023, 67–31) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs) | Yuri Kim | July 10, 2023 | October 5, 2023 |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs) | Dereck J. Hogan | April 1, 2023 | July 10, 2023 |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs) | Karen Donfried | September 30, 2021 (Confirmed September 28, 2021, 73–26) | March 31, 2023 |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (International Organization Affairs) | Michele J. Sison | December 21, 2021 (Confirmed December 18, 2021 by voice vote) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs) | Barbara A. Leaf | May 31, 2022 (Confirmed May 18, 2022, 54–44) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (South and Central Asian Affairs) | Donald Lu | September 15, 2021 (Confirmed September 13, 2021 by voice vote) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs) | Brian A. Nichols | September 15, 2021 (Confirmed September 13, 2021 by voice vote) | December 31, 2024 |
| — Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism & Coordinator for Counterterrorism | Elizabeth H. Richard | December 29, 2023 (Confirmed December 19, 2023, 49–15) | — |

## Office of Arms Control and International Security

| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
| — Under Secretary of State (Arms Control and International Security Affairs) | Bonnie Jenkins | July 22, 2021 (Confirmed July 21, 2021, 52–48) | December 31, 2024 |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance) | Mallory Stewart | April 18, 2022 (Confirmed March 29, 2022 by voice vote) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (International Security and Nonproliferation) | C.S. Eliot Kang | March 31, 2022 (Confirmed March 29, 2022, 52–46) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs) |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs) | Stanley L. Brown | July 16, 2024 | – |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs) | Jessica Lewis | September 30, 2021 (Confirmed September 29, 2021, 70–27) | July 16, 2024 |

## Office of Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights

| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
| — Under Secretary of State (Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights) | Uzra Zeya | July 14, 2021 (Confirmed July 13, 2021, 73–24) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Conflict and Stabilization Operations) | Anne Witkowsky | January 10, 2022 (Confirmed January 5, 2022, 61–26) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor) | Dafna Hochman Rand | August 8, 2024 (Confirmed August 1, 2024 by voice vote) | — |
| — Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice | Beth Van Schaack | March 17, 2022 (Confirmed March 15, 2022 by voice vote) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs) | Todd D. Robinson | September 30, 2021 (Confirmed September 28, 2021, 53–41) | January 17, 2025 |
| — Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom | Rashad Hussain | January 24, 2022 (Confirmed December 16, 2021, 85–5) | — |
| — Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons | Cindy Dyer | January 4, 2023 (Confirmed December 20, 2022, by voice vote) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration) |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration) | Marta Costanzo Youth | October 7, 2024 | January 17, 2025 |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration) | Julieta Valls Noyes | March 31, 2022 (Confirmed March 24, 2022 by voice vote) | October 4, 2024 |

## Office of Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment

| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
| — Under Secretary of State (Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment) | Jose W. Fernandez | August 6, 2021 (Confirmed August 5, 2021 by voice vote) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) | Amy Holman | June 28, 2024 | – |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs) | Ramin Toloui | January 24, 2022 (Confirmed December 16, 2021, 76–13) | June 28, 2024 |
| — Coordinator for Sanctions Established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 | James C. O'Brien | April 14, 2022 (Confirmed April 6, 2022, 71–26) | October 5, 2023 |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Energy Resources) | Geoffrey Pyatt | September 19, 2022 (Confirmed September 15, 2022 by voice vote) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Oceans and International, Environmental and Scientific Affairs) |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Oceans and International, Environmental and Scientific Affairs) | Jennifer R. Littlejohn | May 1, 2023 | – |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Oceans and International, Environmental and Scientific Affairs) | Monica Medina | September 28, 2021 (Confirmed September 28, 2021, 61–36) | April 28, 2023 |

## Office of Management

| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
| — Under Secretary of State (Management) | John R. Bass | December 29, 2021 (Confirmed December 18, 2021 by voice vote) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Administration) | Alaina B. Teplitz | December 6, 2021 | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs) | Rena Bitter | August 12, 2021 (Confirmed August 9, 2021 by voice vote) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Diplomatic Security) | Gentry O. Smith | August 12, 2021 (Confirmed August 9, 2021 by voice vote) | — |
| — Director General of the Foreign Service | Marcia Bernicat | June 6, 2022 (Confirmed May 26, 2022, 82–10) | — |
| — Director of the Office of Foreign Missions | Rebecca Gonzales | May 31, 2022 (Confirmed May 19, 2022 by voice vote) | — |

## Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
| — Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs |
| — Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs | Lee Satterfield | August 3, 2024 | – |
| — Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs | Elizabeth M. Allen | June 15, 2023 (Confirmed June 13, 2023, 66–33) | August 2, 2024 |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs) | Lee Satterfield | November 23, 2021 (Confirmed November 18, 2021 by voice vote) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Global Public Affairs) |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Global Public Affairs) | Stephanie C. Sutton | September 16, 2024 | – |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Global Public Affairs) | Kristin Kane | July 1, 2024 | September 16, 2024 |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Global Public Affairs) | William M. Russo | February 15, 2023 | April 6, 2024 |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Global Public Affairs) | Elizabeth Trudeau | April 4, 2022 | February 15, 2023 |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Global Public Affairs) | Elizabeth M. Allen | September 13, 2021 | April 4, 2022 |

### J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
| — Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board | Donna Brazile | June 15, 2022 | — |
| — Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board | James Costos | June 15, 2022 | — |
| — Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board | James R. Berman | August 19, 2022 | — |
| — Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board | Michael Trager | August 19, 2022 | — |
| — Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board | Carmen Estrada-Schaye | November 22, 2022 | — |
| — Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board | Bill Freeman | November 22, 2022 | — |
| — Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board | Jennifer Lin | November 22, 2022 | — |
| — Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board | Jill Nash | January 26, 2023 | — |
| — Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board | Jed Katz | September 15, 2023 | — |
| — Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board | David Price | November 15, 2023 | — |
| — Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board | Denise Grant | March 8, 2024 | — |
| — Member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board | Lynn Tincher-Ladner | March 8, 2024 | — |

## Office of the Secretary & Deputy Secretaries

| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
| — Legal Adviser of the Department of State | Margaret L. Taylor | September 24, 2024 (Confirmed September 18, 2024, 50-44) | — |
| — Chief of Protocol |
| — Chief of Protocol | Ethan Rosenzweig | August 1, 2023 | – |
| — Chief of Protocol | Rufus Gifford | January 3, 2022 (Confirmed December 18, 2021 by voice vote) | July 28, 2023 |
| — Ambassador-at-Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy | Nate Fick | September 21, 2022 (Confirmed September 15, 2022 by voice vote) | — |
| — Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy | Stephan A. Lang | June 28, 2024 (Confirmed May 14, 2024 by voice vote) | — |
| — Ambassador-at-Large for Global Health Diplomacy and Global AIDS Coordinator | John Nkengasong | June 13, 2022 (Confirmed May 5, 2022 by voice vote) | — |
| — Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues | Geeta Rao Gupta | May 18, 2023 (Confirmed May 10, 2023, 51–47) | — |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Intelligence and Research) |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Intelligence and Research) | Lisa D. Kenna | July 5, 2024 | – |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Intelligence and Research) | Brett M. Holmgren | September 15, 2021 (Confirmed September 13, 2021 by voice vote) | July 5, 2024 |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs) | Naz Durakoğlu | July 22, 2022 (Confirmed June 16, 2022 by voice vote) | December 20, 2024 |
| — Inspector General of the Department of State | Cardell K. Richardson | May 20, 2024 (Confirmed May 2, 2024 by voice vote) | — |
| — Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State | Suzy George | January 20, 2021 | — |
| — Counselor of the Department of State | Tom Sullivan | July 22, 2024 | — |
| — Counselor of the Department of State | Derek Chollet | January 20, 2021 | July 19, 2024 |
| — Director of Policy Planning | Salman Ahmed | January 20, 2021 | — |
| — Spokesperson for the Department of State | Matthew Miller | April 24, 2023 | — |
| — Spokesperson for the Department of State | Ned Price | January 20, 2021 | March 17, 2023 |
| — Deputy Spokesperson for the Department of State | Vedant Patel | June 6, 2022 | — |
| — Deputy Spokesperson for the Department of State | Jalina Porter | January 20, 2021 | June 3, 2022 |

## United States Mission to the United Nations

This list contains the non-ambassadorial appointments made within the scope of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
| — Deputy to the Ambassador to the United Nations | Ned Price | February 29, 2024 | – |
| — Deputy to the Ambassador to the United Nations | Jeffrey Prescott | January 20, 2021 | February 25, 2024 |
| — Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Linda Thomas-Greenfield | February 23, 2021 (Confirmed February 23, 2021, 78–21) | — |
| — Alternate Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Lisa Carty | April 8, 2022 (Confirmed March 29, 2022 by voice vote) | — |
| — Alternate Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Robert A. Wood | October 6, 2022 (Confirmed September 21, 2022 by voice vote) | — |
| — Representative to the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Patrick Leahy | September 15, 2022 (Confirmed September 15, 2022 by voice vote) | September 27, 2022 |
| — Representative to the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Jim Risch | September 15, 2022 (Confirmed September 15, 2022 by voice vote) | September 27, 2022 |

## Withdrawn nominations

| Office | Nominee | Announced | Withdrawn |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor) | Sarah Margon | April 23, 2021 | January 3, 2023 |
| — Legal Adviser of the Department of State | Sarah H. Cleveland | August 10, 2021 | January 3, 2023 |
| — Representative to the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Barbara Lee | September 13, 2021 | January 3, 2023 |
| — Representative to the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | French Hill | September 13, 2021 | January 3, 2023 |
| — Representative to the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Sim Farar | September 13, 2021 | January 3, 2023 |
| — Representative to the 76th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Tom Carnahan | September 13, 2021 | January 3, 2023 |
| — Member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy | Janet Keller | March 11, 2022 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy | Jay T. Snyder | July 29, 2022 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Representative to the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | S. Douglas Bunch | September 6, 2022 | January 3, 2023 |
| — Representative to the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Carol Leslie Hamilton | September 6, 2022 | January 3, 2023 |
| — Representative to the 77th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Andrew Weinstein | September 6, 2022 | January 3, 2023 |
| — Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Dorothy Shea | January 3, 2023 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy | James J. Blanchard | March 20, 2023 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy | Elliott Abrams | July 3, 2023 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Representative to the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Calvin Smyre | September 3, 2023 | January 3, 2024 |
| — Representative to the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Barbara Lee | September 3, 2023 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Representative to the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | French Hill | September 3, 2023 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Representative to the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Janet Keller | September 3, 2023 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Representative to the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Jeffrey Worthe | September 3, 2023 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Coordinator for Sanctions Established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 | Erik Woodhouse | September 5, 2023 | July 11, 2024 |
| — Ambassador-at-Large for Global Health Security and Diplomacy | John Nkengasong | September 28, 2023 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Assistant Secretary of State (Oceans and International, Environmental and Scientific Affairs) | Kris Sarri | November 30, 2023 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy | Rebeccah Heinrichs | May 23, 2024 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs | Julianne Smith | June 5, 2024 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Representative to the 79th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Ben Cardin | September 9, 2024 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Representative to the 79th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Dan Sullivan | September 9, 2024 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Representative to the 79th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Tanya Leigh Flores | September 9, 2024 | January 3, 2025 |
| — Representative to the 79th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations | Michael Trager | September 9, 2024 | January 3, 2025 |