Sixteen openly gay individuals earn presidential appointments
Mon, Jan 26th 2009, 14:36
So far, sixteen lesbian and gay individuals have received appointments from President Barack Obama. Many of these people applied for their positions through the Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute’s Presidential Appointments Project.
The appointees are:
- Anthony Bernal - Scheduler, Office of Dr. Jill Biden
- John Berry - Director-Designate, Office of Personnel Management
- Brian Bond - Deputy Director, White House Office of Public Liaison
- Ebs Burnough - Deputy Scheduler, Office of the First Lady
- Michael Camunez - Domestic Policy Cluster Head, Presidential Personnel
- Brook Colangelo - Chief Information Officer, White House Office of Administration
- Brad Kiley - Director, White House Office of Management and Administration
- Fred Hochberg - Director-Designate, U.S. Export-Import Bank
- Karine Jean-Pierre - White House Liaison, U.S. Department of Labor
- David Medina - Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the First Lady
- Dave Noble - White House Liaison, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mark Perriello - Director of Priority Placement, Presidential Personnel
- Nancy Sutley - White House Council on Environmental Quality
- Moe Vela - Director of Operations, Office of the Vice President
- Kei Koizumi - Assistant Director for Federal Research and Development, Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Alison Nathan - White House Counsels Office
