Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINTON, 8th May. Peresident Joe Biden on Saturday picked Indian American Neera Tanden as the new domestic policy adviser, according toa statement issued by the White House.
Biden has named Neera Tanden to serve as Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor, after former Ambassador Susan Rice’s leaving from that post, it said.
Ms. Tanden serves as Senior Advisor to President Biden and Staff Secretary is the first Asian-American to lead any of the three major White House policy councils in history.
Biden said “I am pleased to announce that Neera Tanden will continue to drive the formulation and implementation of my domestic policy, from economic mobility and racial equity to health care, immigration and education,”.
Tanden was nominated by Biden to head the Office of Management and Budget but her nomination was withdrawn earlier this year.
She served both the Obama and Clinton administrations, as well as presidential campaigns and think tanks.
Sjhe was the President and CEO of the Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Biden said in a statement issued by the White House “As Senior Advisor and Staff Secretary, Neera oversaw decision-making processes across my domestic, economic and national security teams. She has 25 years of experience in public policy, has served three Presidents, and led one of the largest think tanks in the country for nearly a decade.”
Tanden has served as senior advisor for health reform at the Department of Health and Human Services, working on President Barack Obama’s health reform team in the White House.
She was the director of domestic policy for the Obama-Biden presidential campaign, and served as policy director for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.
Tanden was a key architect of the Affordable Care Act and helped drive key domestic policies that became part of Biden’s agenda, including clean energy subsidies and sensible gun reform.
Biden stated “While growing up, Neera relied on some of the critical programs that she will oversee as Domestic Policy Advisor, and I know those insights will serve my Administration and the American people well. I look forward to continuing to work closely with Neera in her new role,”.
She served as senior advisor to the Chancellor of the New York City Schools and served as Associate Director for Domestic Policy in the Clinton White House and Senior Policy Advisor to the First Lady.
Ms. Tanden was named one of the “Most Influential Women in Washington” by National Journal and received the India Abroad Publisher’s Award for Excellence in 2011.
She was recognised as one of Fortune magazine’s “Most Powerful Women in Politics”, and received her bachelor of science from UCLA and her law degree from Yale Law School, according to her bio released by the White House.
