Biden Filling Top White House Team With Campaign Veterans
Huff PostLOADING ERROR LOADING ATLANTA — President-elect Joe Biden announced a raft of top White House staff positions on Tuesday, drawing from the senior ranks of his campaign and some of his closest confidants to fill out an increasingly diverse White House leadership team. Biden confirmed that former campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon will serve as a deputy chief of staff, while campaign co-chair Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond and campaign adviser Steve Ricchetti will play senior roles in the new administration. The president-elect also announced that Mike Donilon, a longtime Biden confidant, will serve as a senior advisor; Dana Remus, the campaign’s current general counsel, will be counselor to the president; Julie Chavez Rodriguez, who was one of Biden’s deputy campaign managers, will serve as director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs; and Annie Tomasini, who is currently Biden’s traveling chief of staff, will serve as the director of Oval Office operations. Former Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon will serve as the deputy chief of staff in Biden's White House. President-elect Joe Biden has selected Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond to serve as a senior adviser and the director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.