
An intellectual property lawyer, Kessler has worked for the United States Senate Committee on Aging Invariant Government Relations, a lobbying agency and the Pew Charitable Trusts working on food safety policy. The fourth appointee, Ben Kessler, will become director of congressional Affairs.Tower is also a classically trained mezzo-soprano specializing in Byzantine and Russian liturgical music.


Most recently she was the national co-chair for Arts for Biden-Harris. Among her previous positions are arts program officer for a community foundation, a municipal arts director, and vice president of development and special initiatives for Americans for the Arts. Sonia Chala Tower, who has spent more than 25 years working in cultural development and arts policy, will fill the role of director of strategic communications and public affairs.In 2016, she took a six-month sabbatical to work on the Hillary Clinton campaign. Chang also spent over a decade working at Google, during which time she also earned a master's degree in viola performance from The Juilliard School. Before working on the appointments team with the Biden-Harris transition, she consulted on performing arts and education issues. Jennifer Chang will serve as White House liaison and senior advisor to Mr.Representative Jan Schakowsky from 2001 to 2007, he specialized in appropriations, community development, education, youth development, and the arts. Ra Joy will become chief of staff and previously served as executive director for CHANGE Illinois, a nonpartisan coalition for government reform, and from 2007 to 2015 as executive director of the statewide arts advocacy organization Arts Alliance Illinois.National Endowment for the Arts appointments for the Biden-Harris Administration include the following:
