Category: U.S. Cabinet Member

Madeleine Albright
Madeleine K Albright


Madeleine Korbel Albright served as U.S. secretary of state from January 23, 1997, to January 20, 2001, the first women to hold that position. Albright was born May 15, 1937, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her father, Josef, was a member of the Czechoslovak Foreign Service and served as press attaché in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and later became ambassador to Yugoslavia. The family immigrated to Denver, Colorado, after the communist coup in 1948, with Albright becoming a U.S. citizen in 1957. She received a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Wellesley College […]
Charlene Barshefsky
Charlene Barshefsky


Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky served as the U.S. trade representative—the chief trade negotiator and principal trade policymaker for the United States—from 1997 to 2001, and acting and deputy USTR from 1993 to 1996. Barshefsky was born on August 11, 1950. She received her Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Wisconsin in 1972 and her law degree from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1975. Prior to serving as the U.S. trade representative, Barshefsky was the deputy U.S. trade representative from 1993 to 1997. Before […]
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi


Pam Bondi assumed office as U.S. attorney general on February 4, 2025. Previously, she served as Florida's attorney general from 2011-2019, the first woman to serve in this role. Bondi was born on November 17, 1965 in Tampa, Florida. She earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Florida in 1987 and graduated from Stetson University College of Law with a J.D. in 1990. Upon passing the Florida bar, Bondi worked as a prosecutor from 1991-2009. In 2010, Bondi was elected as Florida's attorney general and was […]
Elaine Chao
Elaine L Chao


Elaine L. Chao served as the U. S. secretary of transportation for the Trump administration from 2017-2021. She also served as U.S. secretary of labor from 2001-2009, the first Asian American woman appointed to a U.S. cabinet position. Her husband is Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Born March 26, 1953, in Taiwan, Chao immigrated to the United States at the age of eight. She earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Mount Holyoke College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Before entering politics, Chao was vice president of syndications […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton


Hillary Rodham Clinton was the 2016 Democratic nominee for president of the United States, the first women to be nominated for U.S. president on a major party ticket. She served as United States secretary of state from January 2009 to February 2013, United States senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, first lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001, and first lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992. She is the only U.S. first lady to hold elective office and to serve in […]
Elizabeth "Betsy" DeVos
Elizabeth "Betsy" DeVos


Elizabeth "Betsy" DeVos served as the U. S. secretary of education for the Trump administration from 2017-2021. She was confirmed by the Senate by a 51–50 margin, the first time in U.S. history that a Cabinet nominee's confirmation was decided by a vice president's tie-breaking vote DeVos was born January 8, 1958, in Holland, Michigan. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business economics from Calvin College in 1979. Prior to her confirmation as secretary of education, DeVos served as chairman of The Windquest Group, an enterprise and investment […]
Marcia L Fudge
Marcia L Fudge


Marcia L. Fudge served as U.S. secretary of housing and urban development from March 10, 2021-March 22, 2024. Previously, she represented Ohio's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives from 2008-2021. Fudge was born October 29, 1952. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in business administration at The Ohio State University in 1975, and in 1983, she received her law degree from Cleveland State University. From 2000-2008, Fudge served as the mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, becoming the city's first female and first African American elected as […]
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard


Tulsi Gabbard is the director of national intelligence for the Trump administration. She previously served as the representative for Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District from 2013-2021, the first American Samoan Congresswoman and first practicing Hindu member of Congress. In February 2019, she announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, the first female combat veteran to run for U.S. president. She suspended her presidential campaign on March 19, 2020. Gabbard was born on April 12, 1981, in Leloaloa, American Samoa. She received a bachelor's degree in […]
Jennifer M Granholm
Jennifer M Granholm


Jennifer Granholm served as U.S. secretary of energy from 2021-2025. Granholm was the first female governor of Michigan, serving from 2003-2011. She was also Michigan's first female attorney general, serving from 1999-2003. Granholm was born February 5, 1959, in Canada. Her family moved to California when she was four years old; she became a U.S. citizen in 1980. She graduated with honors from the University of California-Berkeley in 1984 with a bachelor of arts degree in political science and French. She then graduated with honors from Harvard Law School with […]
Debra Haaland
Debra Haaland


Debra Haaland served as U.S. secretary of the interior from 2021-2025. Haaland is a member of the Laguna Pueblo people and is the first Native American Cabinet member in U.S. history. Previously, Haaland served as U.S. representative for New Mexico's 1st Congressional District from 2019-2021. Haaland and Sharice Davids were the first Native American women elected to the U.S. Congress. Haaland was born on December 2, 1960, in Winslow, Arizona. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of New Mexico in 1994 and a Juris Doctor […]