President-elect Joe Biden has appointed a Nigerian-American, Osaremen Okolo, as a member of his COVID-19 Response Team.
Okolo was among 100 names announced as additional members of the White House staff by the Biden transition team on Wednesday.
Biden, who takes office on January 20, had also named Nigerian-born Adewale Adeyemo as the Deputy Treasury Secretary.
Okolo, born to Nigerian parents, currently serves as a Senior Health Policy Advisor at the US House of Representatives.
She drafted, negotiated, and managed the Congresswoman’s legislation, oversight, and policy across comprehensive health care and public health agenda, most recently focusing almost exclusively on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Okolo, whose parents are reportedly from Edo State, was born and raised in Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard College.
What’s more, she graduated with honours from Harvard University in 2017 with degrees in medicine and African-American studies.
The Nigerian American will “work to quickly implement a comprehensive, whole-of-government COVID-19 response strategy to contain the pandemic, restore public trust, and protect all Americans”.
