Indian-American Neera Tanden is New Domestic Policy Adviser of US President

Indian-American Neera Tanden will be the new Domestic Policy Advisor to US President Joe Biden. She was selected by Biden following former Ambassador Susan Rice’s exit from that post.

Tanden, who currently serves as Senior Advisor to President Biden and Staff Secretary, will be the first Asian-American to lead any of the three major White House policy councils in history.

In the past, she has served in both the Obama and Clinton administrations. Tanden was the President and CEO of the Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

“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,” Biden said in a statement released by the White House.

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 recognized 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.