Read more about Joe Biden nominates Shalanda Young to lead White House budget office on Business Standard. Coloretti would join the administration from the Urban Institute think tank, where she is a senior vice president
President announced Wednesday that he is nominating Shalanda Young to lead the budget office and Nani Coloretti to serve as Young’s deputy. If confirmed by the Senate, Young would be the first Black woman to lead the Office of Management and Budget while Coloretti, who is Filipino American, would become one of the highest-ranking Asian Americans in the Biden administration. It would also be the first time that two women of colour will lead the agency, which helps the president develop an annual budget and monitors how tax dollars are spent.
