US President-elect Joe Biden announced key members of his economic team, including an Indian-American Neera Tanden as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Tanden currently serves as President and CEO of the Center for American Progress, an organization dedicated to advancing policies that increase the opportunity for every American. Tanden would be the first woman of colour and the first South Asian American to lead the OMB.
The other key members named in economic team include Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury; Neera Tanden, Director of the Office of Management and Budget; Wally Adeyemo, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Cecilia Rouse, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers; and Jared Bernstein and Heather Boushey, members of the Council of Economic Advisers.