Washington: US President Joe Biden promoted Indian American Gautam Raghavan to head the Office of the President’s Personnel at the White House. Prior to Raghavan, Kathy Russell was the head of the Office of the President’s Personnel in the White House. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Kathy Russell as the next Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Biden said that the White House PPO under Kathy’s leadership broke records of diversity and rapidity in hiring and worked relentlessly to ensure that the nation’s federal government reflected America’s.
“I am delighted that Gautam Raghavan, who has been working closely with Kathy from day one, will be the new director of PPO and this transition will enable us to build a skilled, effective, reliable, and diverse federal workforce,” he said in a statement. .’
Born in India, Raghavan was raised in Seattle. He graduated from Stanford University. He is the editor of West Wingers: Stories from the Dream Chasers, Change Makers, and Hope Creators Inside the Obama White House. She is gay and lives in Washington DC with her husband and a daughter.
