These people would make history as part of the Biden government

(CNN) – Many of the people selected by President-elect Joe Biden to fill top positions in the incoming administration would go down in history if confirmed by the US Senate for the positions.

Since winning the election, Biden has taken steps to deliver on the electoral promise to build a government that resembles the United States and reflects its diversity. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has already broken through a monumental barrier by becoming the first woman elected to that position.

Here are other people who would make history if confirmed:

First woman as Secretary of the Treasury in the Biden government

Janet Yellen

Yellen would go down in history as the first woman to serve as Secretary of the Treasury. Yellen has already made history as the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve, from 2014 to 2018. She previously served four years as a vice chairman of the board. And she was president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco for four years before then. Yellen also served as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers from 1997 to 1999.

First black undersecretary to the Treasury

Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo

Adeyemo is currently president of the Obama Foundation. Adeyemo served during the Obama administration as the President’s Senior International Economic Advisor. He was also Deputy National Security Advisor, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, First Chief of Staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff at the Treasury Department.

First Hispano-American Social Secretary of the White House with Biden

Carlos Elizondo

Elizondo was the special assistant to the president and social secretary of the Bidens during the eight years of the Obama administration. He will be the first Hispanic American designated for this position. During the Clinton administration, Elizondo served in both the White House and the Office of the Chief of Protocol in the United States.

The first woman to lead the American intelligence community

April Haines

Haines would become the first woman to serve as director of national intelligence. Haines was assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser to President Barack Obama. He chaired the Commission of Deputies of the National Security Council, responsible for formulating the administration’s foreign and national security policy. Haines previously served as Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. He was also legal advisor to the National Security Council. He served as senior deputy adviser to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee when Biden chaired it.

First Latino and immigrant as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security

Alejandro Mayorkas

Mayorkas would be the first Latin American and immigrant to serve as Secretary of the Homeland Security Department if confirmed by the Senate. He was Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security during the Obama administration and was director of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services for the Department of Homeland Security (USCIS). While at USCIS, Mayorkas oversaw the implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. DACA, as it is known by its acronym in English, was an executive action launched under the Obama administration that protected young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation. President Donald Trump decided to end the program in 2017, but was ultimately prevented by the Supreme Court.

First black woman to chair Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers

Cecilia Rouse

Rouse would be the first black woman to chair the Council of Economic Advisers if the Senate confirmed her. Rouse was Dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, as well as Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Previously, Rouse was a member of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers. He also served on the National Economic Council in the Clinton administration as a special assistant to the president.

First woman of color and first American of South Asian descent to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Neera Teeth

Tanden would be the first black woman and the first American of South Asian descent to become director of the management and budget office. She is executive director and president of the left-wing Center for Progress America and executive director of the Center for Progress America’s Action Fund. Tanden previously served in the Obama and Clinton administrations. She was a senior health reform consultant in the Department of Health and Human Services. And he also served as national policy director for the Obama campaign. She was the political director of Hillary Clinton’s first presidential campaign and served in the Clinton Senate office.