Who is Radha Iyengar Plumb, Joe Biden's Indian-American nominee for top Pentagon post
- Michelle Jenner
- Jun 16, 2022
- 1 min read
The White House on June 15 announced five nominees to top leadership posts in President Joe Biden’s administration. Among them is Indian-American official Radha Iyengar Plumb, who has been nominated to a key Pentagon position -- deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment.
Radha Iyengar Plumb presently serves as the chief of staff to Kathleen H Hicks, who is the US deputy secretary of defense.
She has extensive experience working in industry, academia and government and is skilled in policy research and trust and safety matters.
Before joining the Department of Defense, Plumb worked with Google as its director of research and insights for trust
She has also served as Facebook’s global head of policy analysis. Her areas of focus were high risk/high harm safety and critical international security issues
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