
Profile, Biden’s Cabinet: U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen
On Dec. 1, 2020, Janet Yellen was nominated by Joe Biden to join the Presidential Cabinet as the United States Secretary of the Treasury. The Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously to nominate her on Jan. 22, 2021, and she was confirmed by the Senate on Jan. 26, 2021. She was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris the next day. Yellen is the first woman to hold the position of Secretary of the Treasury and the first person in the U.S. to serve as the leader in all three