WASHINGTON – Today, President Biden announced his intention to nominate the following individuals to serve as key leaders in his administration:
- Amy L. Solomon, Nomination for Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
- Milansi Harris, Nominee for Deputy Secretary of Defense for Security and Intelligence, US Department of Defense
- Joey R. Hood, nominated Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Tunisia
- Jonathan Henick, nominated Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Uzbekistan
- Richard Glick, nominated member and chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Amy L. Solomon, Nomination for Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
Amy L. Solomon currently serves as Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Office of Justice (OJP) Department of Justice (DOJ), overseeing approximately $ 5 billion annually in grants to support state and local justice efforts. . Solomon brings to this role more than three decades of experience in government, think tank and philanthropy, and a deep commitment to social justice, racial justice, and the improvement of the criminal justice system.
Before returning to the Department of Justice in 2021, Solomon spent nearly four years as vice president of criminal justice at Arnold Ventures, where he launched portfolios to reform adjustments and expand the economic opportunities for the justice-affected population. Solomon spent seven years in the Obama-Biden administration, serving as policy director and senior adviser to the OJP. Solomon also serves as executive director of the Federal Interdepartmental Re-Entry Council, a cabinet-level body responsible for overseeing the federal box ban rule, the Fair Housing Guidelines, the Second Chance Pell Initiative, and the Medicaid Guidelines for the Justice Engagement.
Solomon spent 10 years at the Urban Institute, leading projects for the return of prisoners and public safety. She also works at the National Institute of Justice, runs a community service program, develops re-entry strategies for the correctional unit, and works with juveniles on probation, at home halfway, and at school. Solomon holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.
Milansi Harris, Nominee for Deputy Secretary of Defense for Security and Intelligence, US Department of Defense
Milansi Harris is currently the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Irregular War and Counterterrorism at the US Department of Defense. Prior to this role, she worked on the Biden-Harris Transition Intelligence Review Team. Harris joined the intelligence community in 2004 as an analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. Harris previously served as a senior analyst and staff at the National Counterterrorism Center and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence until 2019. She was also Director of Counterterrorism in National Security Council staff from 2015-2017. government, its work focuses on the problems of technology management and content moderation.
Originally from Wisconsin, Harris holds a bachelor’s degree from Market University and a master’s degree from George Washington University.
Joey R. Hood, nominated Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Tunisia
Joey R. Hood is a professional member of the Senior Foreign Office, a class adviser. Hood was Assistant Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Middle East Affairs, U.S. Department of State, and was Acting Assistant Secretary of State from January to September 2021. Prior to that, Hood held senior positions abroad as interim case manager and deputy – Head of the US Embassy Mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Kuwait City, Kuwait, and Chief of Staff of the US Consulate General in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Hood’s other responsibilities include serving as Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Office of Iranian Affairs in the State Department’s Bureau of Middle East Affairs, as Public Relations Officer at the US Embassy in Doha, Qatar, and as Chief of Political and Economic Affairs. Department of the US Embassy in Sana’a, Yemen. Hood earned a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and a master’s degree from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Hood speaks French and Arabic.
Jonathan Henick, nominated Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Uzbekistan
Jonathan Henick, a senior foreign minister with the rank of prime minister, currently serves as chairman of the US State Department at the College of Information and Cyberspace at the National University of Defense. Prior to that, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau for South and Central Asia, where he was responsible for Central Asian countries, as well as for public diplomacy and the press for all of South and Central Asia. He previously served as Deputy Coordinator of the Global Center for Engagement, where he helped lead and coordinate US efforts to counter disinformation from Russia, China and Iran. Henick was the Chief Deputy Coordinator and Acting Coordinator of the Bureau for International Information Programs. His other duties include serving as Minister of Public Affairs in Turkey, Deputy Head of Mission in East Timor, and other positions in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Portugal and Uzbekistan. Henick has served as a fellow and visiting professor at George Washington University and as a resident diplomat at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. He received the award for achievements of the Association of Alumni of Public Diplomacy. A native of New York, he speaks Russian, Portuguese, Turkish and Azerbaijani and holds a doctorate. in Political Science from the University of Hawaii, a master’s degree in international relations from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree from Columbia College, Columbia University.
Richard Glick, nominated member and chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
President Richard Glick was appointed by President Biden as Chairman of the Federal Regulatory Commission on January 21, 2021, and is serving on the Commission, which expires on June 30, 2022. Glick was nominated to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by President Donald J. Trump in August 2017 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 2, 2017. Prior to joining the Commission, he was a senior adviser to Democrat members on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, serving as senior political adviser on a number of issues, including electricity and renewable energy sources.
He previously served as Vice President of Government Affairs for Iberdrola’s Renewable Energy, Electricity and Gas and Natural Gas Storage business in the United States. Glick previously served as Director of Government for PPM Energy and previously as Director of Government for PacifiCorp. Glick served as senior political adviser to US Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson, and was previously legislative director and chief adviser to US Senator Dale Bumpers (D-AR). From 1988 to 1992, President Glick was an associate in the law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand. He graduated from George Washington University and law in Georgetown.
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