WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following five individuals to serve in key roles:
Amanda Howe, Nominee for Assistant Administrator for Mission Support, Environmental Protection Agency
Guy Kiyokawa, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Enterprise Integration, Department of Veterans Affairs
Damon Smith, Nominee for General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development
William Eugene Holloway, Nominee for Member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences
Javier Ramirez, Nominee for Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Amanda Howe, Nominee for Assistant Administrator for Mission Support, Environmental Protection Agency
Amanda Howe is a career public servant, helping lead progressive change in government, politics, and the non-profit sector. She served in the role of Chief Operating Officer for the Kamala Harris For The People presidential campaign in 2019 and for the Democratic National Committee before, during, after President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. In the past year, she’s been a senior advisor to the President of Everytown for Gun Safety and for the Maya Wiley for Mayor campaign in New York City. Howe served as Deputy and then Acting Chief of Staff to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and after, as a consultant to the city, helped plan the first-ever ticker tape parade for a women’s team for the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team World Cup win and for the official visit of Pope Francis and his procession through Central Park. She served as Vice President of the non-profit American Council on Renewable Energy in Washington, D.C. In Virginia, Howe served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Trade for then-Governor Mark R. Warner and led the planning for then-Governor Tim Kaine of the Virginia portion of the most recent official visit to the U.S. of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip in 2007. Howe holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia.