President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate the five individuals to serve in key roles, according to the White House release on Thursday.
Biden’s nominees are:
- Scott A. Nathan, Nominee for Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation
- Viquar Ahmad, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Administration and Chief Financial Officer, Department of Commerce
- Matthew Axelrod, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, Department of Commerce
- Robert Gordon, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources, Department of Health and Human Services
- Charles F. Sams, Nominee for Director of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior
The White House release provides a brief introduction of Biden’s nominees as below:
Scott A. Nathan served for nearly two decades, worked as a partner, management committee member, and the chief risk officer of The Baupost Group, a private investment partnership based in Boston. Nathan entered public service during the Obama-Biden Administration, first as the Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs at the Department of State, where he led a team of foreign service officers and civil servants focused on protecting U.S. economic interests abroad and advocating on behalf of American exports.
Viquar Ahmad has held multiple leadership roles in the U.S. government over the past two decades. He served as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. House of Representatives over the past four years. Ahmad has been recognized with excellence awards, including the U.S. Coast Guard’s Distinguished Public Service Medal.
Matt Axelrod is a longtime public servant with deep criminal and national security enforcement experience, having spent over thirteen years at the Department of Justice. During the Obama-Biden Administration, Axelrod served as the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General, where he advised on the Department’s criminal and national security enforcement matters, and supervised a staff of twenty-five attorneys.
Robert Gordon is senior counselor at the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities and senior advisor for Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan. He has worked in key government positions across three decades. Most recently, Gordon served as director of the Department of Health & Human Services for the State of Michigan, playing a central role in the state’s pandemic response, expanding access to health care, and addressing racial disparities. During the Obama-Biden Administration, Gordon served as an acting assistant secretary at the Department of Education, and as acting deputy director and executive associate director at the Office of Management & Budget.
Charles F. Sams III currently serves as a Council Member to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, as appointed by Oregon Governor Kate Brown. Sams has worked in state and tribal governments and the non- profit natural resource and conservation management fields for over 25 years. Charles F. Sams III currently serves as a Council Member to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, as appointed by Oregon Governor Kate Brown. Sams has worked in state and tribal governments and the non- profit natural resource and conservation management fields for over 25 years.
Read the full press release here.
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