Antony J. Blinken is the 71st US secretary of state. He was nominated by President Biden on November 23, 2020; confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 26, 2021; and sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris the following day.
Ambassador Hachigian is the first Deputy Mayor of International Affairs for the City of Los Angeles, and the only one in the United States.
Patrick Springer served as a program associate for the Migration, Remittances, and Development program as well as program assistant for Think Tank Haiti.
Brian A. Nichols became assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs on September 15, 2021. Assistant Secretary Nichols previously served as the US Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe from 2018 to 2021. In that role, he promoted democracy, rule of law and human rights in Zimbabwe while managing multi-dimensional humanitarian crises brought on by corruption, climate change, and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Patrick Gaspard is the president and chief executive officer of the Center for American Progress and the chief executive officer of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
Andrew Levin is a union organizer, human rights activist, workforce policy expert and green energy entrepreneur that represents Michigan’s ninth congressional district in the US House of Representatives
Adrean Elisabeth Scheid brings to her practice extensive corporate affairs and global public policy experience, providing strategic counsel across a range of policy, trade and investment, and commercial issues.
Santiago A. Canton is the former director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program at the Inter-American Dialogue and is currently a non-resident senior fellow in the same program.
Andrew Light is the principal deputy assistant secretary for international affairs (acting assistant secretary) at the US Department of Energy.
Gregory W. Meeks represents New York’s 5th congressional district in the US House of Representatives. He is the current chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and a senior member of the House Financial Services Committee.
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