US President-elect Joe Biden names Indian-American as Assistant Press Secretary
Born in India and raised in California, Vedant Patel is a graduate of the University of California-Riverside and the University of Florida.
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Updated: Dec 19, 2020, 01:36 PM IST
US President-elect Joe Biden's transition team has appointed Indian-American Vedant Patel as the Assistant President Secretary.
The announcement was made by the Biden-Harris transition team on Friday.
According to a post on the team's website, Patel previously served as Regional Communications Director on the Biden-Harris Campaign.
During Biden's primary campaign, Patel served as the Nevada and Western Primary-States Communications Director.