US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday appointed an Indian-American, Mala Adiga, as the policy director of his wife Jill Biden, who will be the first lady. Adiga has served as a senior advisor to Jill and a senior policy advisor on the Biden-Kamala Harris campaign. Previously, Adiga was director for Higher Education and Military Families at the Biden Foundation. Biden made the announcement of her appointment as he announced the names of four new members of his White House senior staff. Cathy Russell, Vice-Chair of the Biden-Harris campaign, has been named as the director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.

Source: dna November 20, 2020 18:56 UTC