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A Diverse Cabinet

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President Bill Clinton has appointed the most diverse cabinet and administration in history, naming more Asian Pacific Americans to serve in his administration and on the federal bench than any other president. Asian Pacific Americans make up 2 percent of the top positions requiring Senate confirmation, 3 percent of presidential appointments, 3 percent of the Schedule C positions, and 3 percent of the non-career senior executive service positions.

Last May, in commemoration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Clinton gathered with Asian American appointees for a group photograph on the steps leading up to the White House Blue Room balcony.

Front Row Left to Right: Eugenia Chough, Domestic Policy Counsel; Rose Ochi Director, Community Service Relations, Dept. of Justice; Jadine Nielson, Deputy to the Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Martha Watanabe, Department of Labor; Donna Tanoue, Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; President Clinton; Elizabeth Martinez, Department of Labor; Kendee Yamaguchi, Director, White House Internship Program; Laura Efurd, Deputy Director Office of Public Liaison, White House

Row #2 Left to Right: Lisa Kanemoto, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Shamina Singh, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Yvonne Lee, Commissioner, U.S. Commissioner on Civil Rights; Rhonda Binda White House Office of Public Liaison, Bill Lann Lee, Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Dept of Justice; Harold H. Koh, Assistant Secretary Human Rights, Labor & Democracy, Dept. of State; Samir Afridi, Speechwriter, White House

Row #3 Left to Right: Emmy Akiyama, Community Relations Service, Dept. of Justice; Irene Bueno, Domestic Policy Council, White House Ronald Lee, U.S. Dept of Justice; Jeanette Takamura, Assistant Secretary for Aging, Dept of Health and Human Services, Chung Seto, Press Secretary, Dept of Labor

Row #4 Left to Right: Rajen Anand, Director, Center for Nutrition Policy, Dept. of Agriculture; Priya Alagiri, U.S. Dept of Treasury; Stuart Ishimaru, Dept. of Civil Rights, Dept of Justice; Sunday Mezurashi; Administration on Aging, Dept of Health and Human Services

Row #5 Left to Right: Isi Siddiqui, U.S. Dept of Agriculture; Raynor Tsuneyoshi, U.S. Dept of Agriculture; Elizabeth Betsy Kim, Small Business Administration

Row #6 Left to Right: Amina Khan, Dept of Energy; Ana Ma, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Dept of Labor; Lenna Aoki, Director of Congressional Affairs, U.S. Dept of Interior; Robert Gee, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, U.S. Dept of Energy,; Felipe Floresca, U.S. Dept of Labor

Row #7 Left to Right: Audrey Choy, Chief of Staff, Council of Economic Advisors, White House; Mark Keam, Small Business Administration; Randall Yim, Deputy Undersecretary for Installations, Dept of Defense; Ed Thompson, Dept of Interior; (slightly behind) Sandra King, Dept of Interior

Row #8 Left to Right: Ruby Moy, Staff Director U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; Phu Huynh, Export Import Bank; Ferdinand Danny Aranza, Director, Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Dept of Interior; (slightly in front), Ashish Sen, Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Dept of Transportation David Yang, U.S. State Department

Row #9 Left to Right: Shirley Sagawa, Deputy Chief of Staff, First Lady’s Office, White House; Edward Fujimoto, U.S. Dept of Education; Les Jin, Broadcasting Board of Governors, Thomas Tamura, Dept of Energy; Bouy Te, Office of Bilingual and Minority Affairs, U.S. Dept of Education; (slightly behind) Tong Soo Chung, Dept of Commerce

Row 10 Left to Right: Martin Yueng, OMB; Theodore Nakata, NASA; Paul Igasaki, Vice Chairman EEOC; Byron Wong, Community Relations Services, U.S. Dept of Justice

Row 11 Left to Right: David Tseng, Staff Director and Senior Policy Advisor, National Economic council, White House; Edward Chow, Dept of Veterans Affairs; Daniel Sakura, Chief of Staff, Council on Environmental Quality, White House; Gerald Hane, Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House