New Delhi: Celebrations broke out at Srinagar in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday with the appointment of Indian-American Sameera Fazili by President-elect Joe Biden to a key White House position related to the American economy.
The Joe Biden-Kamala Harris team will be inaugurated on January 20.
Fazili will work as Deputy Director, National Economic Council (NEC) at the White House, the Biden-Harris Transition Team announced, media reports said.
The NEC coordinates the economic policy-making process and provides economic policy advice to the US President.
At present, she heads the Economic Agency on the Biden-Harris Transition. She had earlier worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta as the Director of Engagement for Community and Economic Development.
Fazili is the second Kashmiri-origin Indian-American appointed to a key position in the incoming Biden administration. In December, Aisha Shah was named as Partnerships Manager at the White House Office of Digital Strategy.
In the earlier Obama-Biden administration, Fazili had served as a Senior Policy Advisor on the NEC and as a Senior Advisor at the US Treasury Department in both Domestic Finance and International Affairs.
Originally from Buffalo, she now lives in Georgia with her husband and three children. Fazili is a graduate of Yale Law School and Harvard College.
Before her time in government, she worked as a clinical lecturer at Yale Law School. Her work in finance spanned consumer, housing, small business, and microfinance.
She received her law degree from Yale Law School and her bachelor of arts in social studies from Harvard College.
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