After being elected president, Joe Biden pledged that his Cabinet would mirror America’s diversity.
“I’m going to keep my commitment that the administration, both in the White House and outside in the Cabinet, is going to look like the country,” Biden said in an interview on Dec. 3.
The Senate is now engaged in the confirmation process and is voting on Biden’s nominees. We will continue to update this page as the process continues. Below is the current status.
![Portrait of Gina Raimondo](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/gina_raimondo.png)
Raimondo
Commerce
![Portrait of Cecilia Rouse](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/cecilia_rouse.png)
Rouse
CEA
![Portrait of Miguel Cardona](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/miguel_cardona.png)
Cardona
Education
![Portrait of Jennifer Granholm](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/jennifer_granholm.png)
Granholm
Energy
![Portrait of Tom Vilsack](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/tom_vilsack.png)
Vilsack
Agriculture
![Portrait of Linda Thomas-Greenfield](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/linda_thomas-greenfield.png)
Thomas-Greenfield
UN
![Portrait of Denis McDonough](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/denis_mcdonough.png)
McDonough
VA
![Portrait of Alejandro Mayorkas](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/alejandro_mayorkas.png)
Mayorkas
DHS
![Portrait of Pete Buttigieg](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/pete_buttigieg.png)
Buttigieg
DOT
![Portrait of Antony Blinken](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/antony_blinken.png)
Blinken
State
![Portrait of Janet Yellen](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/Janet_Yellen.png)
Yellen
Treasury
![Portrait of Lloyd Austin](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/lloyd_austin.png)
Austin
Defense
![Portrait of Avril Haines](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/avril_haines.png)
Haines
Intelligence
![Portrait of Ron Klain](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/ron_klain.png)
Klain
Chief of Staff
![Portrait of Kamala Harris](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/kamala_harris.png)
Harris
VP
![Portrait of Eric Lander](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/eric_lander.png)
Lander
OSTP
![Portrait of Debra Haaland](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/deb_haaland.png)
Haaland
Interior
![Portrait of Katherine Tai](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/katherine_tai.png)
Tai
Trade
![Portrait of Xavier Becerra](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/xavier_becerra.png)
Becerra
HHS
![Portrait of Merrick Garland](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/merrick_garland.png)
Garland
AG
![Portrait of Marcia Fudge](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/marcia_fudge.png)
Fudge
HUD
![Portrait of Michael Regan](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/michael_regan.png)
Regan
EPA
![Portrait of Marty Walsh](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/marty_walsh.png)
Walsh
Labor
![Portrait of Isabella Guzman](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/isabel_guzman.png)
Guzman
SBA
![Portrait of Neera Tanden](https://www.gannett-cdn.com/experiments/storytelling-embed/master/biden-cabinet-2021/static/img/portraits/neera_tanden.png)
Tanden
OMB
A breakdown by gender of 23 members – excluding Vice President Kamala Harris and the replacement nominee for the Office of Management and Budget – shows 13 men and 10 women.
By ethnicity, 12 members are white, five are African American, four are Hispanic, one is Asian American/Pacific Islander and one is Native American, according to an analysis by inclusiveamerica.org. Neera Tanden, who withdrew her nomination for OMB on March 2, is Asian American/Pacific Islander.
The nominations have a number of firsts, including Lloyd Austin, the first Black secretary of Defense; Janet Yellen, the first woman to lead the Treasury Department; Debra Haaland, the first Native American to head…