Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm, secretary of the Department of Energy
A two-term governor of Michigan, Granholm is an expert in the policy and politics of energy, and at Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, she has taught classes in clean energy, policy innovation and communication.
“I’m so grateful to Berkeley and the Goldman School of Public Policy for giving me the ability to access great research talent and fabulous grad students passionate about clean energy,” said Granholm. “I will carry their hopes for a clean energy future with me to Washington, and if I’m confirmed, will focus with zeal on deploying clean energy in every pocket of the country, with an emphasis on communities that have been hardest hit by economic, racial and environmental injustice.”
Alejandro Mayorkas (Photo by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services)
Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Mayorkas, who immigrated with his family from Cuba, graduated from Berkeley in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He would be the first Latinx and immigrant leader of DHS, one of largest domains in the federal government.
He previously worked at DHS during the Obama administration as deputy secretary and also as director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. He also served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Central District of California, with a focus on white-collar crime.
Janet Yellen (Photo by U.S. Federal Reserve)
Janet Yellen, secretary of the Department of the Treasury
Yellen has been a trailblazing economist and an influential teacherbased in the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.
She would be the first woman ever to serve as Treasury secretary, and in the post would play a critical role in helping Biden guide the nation’s economic recovery from a pandemic that has left millions unemployed and financially at risk. She was the first woman to serve as chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, under President Bill Clinton, and the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo (Photo courtesy of Biden Harris Transition)
Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, deputy treasury secretary
Adeyemo was born in Gbongan, a large town in Nigeria’s Osun state, and was a baby when his parents emigrated with their three children to the U.S. He graduated from Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in political science in 2004, after serving as president of the Associated Students of the University of California.
Adeyemo ascended quickly to a series of influential appointments. He joined the Obama administration in 2010 as chief of staff for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Later, he would be named deputy chief of staff for the Treasury Department, assistant secretary for international markets and development at the Treasury, and deputy director of the National Economic Council. Most recently, he has been president of the Obama Foundation.
“Public service is about offering hope through the dark times and making sure that our economy works not just for the wealthy, but for the hard-working people who make it run,” Adeyemo wrote in a recent tweet.
Julie Chavez Rodriguez (Photo from Obama White House archives)
Julie Chavez Rodriguez, director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Chavez Rodriguez, born in Delano, California, graduated from Berkeley in 2000 with a degree in Latin American studies. She rose through a range of high-level political management and policy positions, and in the Obama White House led engagement with leaders in the LGBTQ, Asian American Pacific Islander, Latinx, veterans, youth, labor and other communities.
Most recently, she served as national political director and traveling chief of staff for Harris’ presidential campaign, and then as deputy campaign manager for the Biden-Harris campaign. She is the granddaughter of César Chávez, the iconic labor organizer and co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association.
Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo
Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo, associate counsel in the Office of White House Counsel
Born in Nigeria, Olorunnipa Badejo graduated from Berkeley Law in 2007. During the Obama administration, she worked in the U.S. Department of Justice and served as ethics counsel at the Office of White House Counsel.
She most recently has been general counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.
Caroline McKay
Caroline McKay, chief of staff to White House Counsel Dana Remus and deputy associate counsel
While at Berkeley Law, McKay served as a law clerk on the Democratic staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee. She received her law degree in 2020 and served as staff counsel for the Biden-Harris campaign. She previously was a member of the founding team of Protect Democracy and, in the Obama administration, was a legal assistant in the Office of White House Counsel.
Reema Dodin (Photo courtesy Biden Harris Transition)
Reema Dodin, deputy director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs
Dodin, the daughter of Palestinian immigrants, graduated from Berkeley in 2002 with a degree in political science and economics. She served most recently as deputy chief of staff and floor director for the office of U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Richard Durbin.
Dodin is the co-author of Inside Congress: A Guide for Navigating the Politics of the House and Senate Floors (Brookings Institution Press, 2017).
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