We told you to be ready! Check out this esteemed list of 122 African-American Obama appointees that are serving as our mentors. Thank you to all who are setting aside time to chat with a next-gen leader. Students, sign ups close today at 12pm! Hurry! Read all the mentor names after the jump! AND…JUST LOOK at those titles from all sectors of government…black excellence indeed!
Adaeze Enekwechi - Associate Director, Health Programs, White House Office of Management and Budget
Addie Whisenant - Head of African-American Media, Office of Communications, The White House
Alise Marshall - Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the Deputy Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Education
Angela Tennison - Usher (Manager) at the Executive Residence, The White House
Angella Reid - Director of Executive Residence and Chief Usher, The White House
Anton Gunn - Director of External Affairs, US Department of Health & Human Services and Regional Director for Region IV, US Department of Health & Human Services
Antonio White - Senior Advisor, Office of Business Affairs/Public Affairs, US Department of the Treasury
Arika Trim - Press Assistant, US Department of Agriculture
Ashlee Davis - Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, USDA; White House Liaison, USDA; Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President for Energy & Environment, The White House
Ashleigh Axios - Creative Director, Office of Digital Strategy, The White House
Ashley Etienne - Special Assistant to the President and Communications Director for the Cabinet, The White House
Ashley Tate-Gilmore - Director, White House Travel Office
Ashley Williams - Senior Assistant to Dr. Jill Biden, The White House; Special Advisor and Director of Special Projects, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, U.S. State Department
Awenate Cobbina - Special Assistant to the President and Policy Advisor, Office of the White House Chief of Staff
Bo Machayo - Principal Deputy Associate Director of Public Engagement, The White House Council on Environmental Quality
Breanna Zwart - Special Assistant, Department of Treasury
Brittany Packnett Cunningham - President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing, Vice President, Teach For America
Carri Twigg - Special Assistant to the President and Director of Public Engagement for Vice President Biden, The White House
Charmion Kinder - Associate for the Press Office of First Lady Michelle Obama & Assistant Press Secretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Chezia T. Cager - Special Assistant, Department of Health & Human Services
Chimene Okere - Special Advisor, US Small Business Administration
Christa Bowers - Confidential Assistant to the Associate Director for National Security Programs, Office of Management and Budget
Christian Peele - Deputy Director for White House Operations
Christina Cue - Director of Scheduling, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Chynna Clayton - Trip Director and Special Assistant to First Lady Michelle Obama, The White House
Clarence J. Fluker - Deputy Associate Director for National Parks and Youth Engagement, The White House Council on Environmental Quality
Claudia Gordon - Senior Policy Advisor at Department of Homeland Security
Crystal Brown - Senior Director, Office of Cabinet Affairs, The White House
Crystal Carson - Chief of Staff, Communications Office, White House
Daniel Roberts - Legislative Analyst, Communications and Legislative Affairs, OMB
Derrick Robinson - White House Communications Office
Danielle Crutchfield White - Assistant to the President and Director of Scheduling & Advance, The White House
Darienne Page - Director of Veterans Outreach, White House Office of Public Engagement
David Adeleye - Policy Specialist, White House; Special Assistant to the Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security
David Johns - Executive Director, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans
Deesha A. Dyer - Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary
Deilia Jackson Darby - Deputy Associate Director, Office of First Lady Michelle Obama
Denise Horn - Assistant Press Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
Desiree Barnes - Office of Communications, White House
Dexter L. McCoy - Special Assistant, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
Dru Ealons - Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator, Office of Public Engagement, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Elise Nelson Leary - Executive Office to the Administrator, International Relations Advisor, NASA
Elizabeth (Lyzz) Ogunwo - Leadership Development Director, White House Office Presidential Personal; White House Liaison, Peace Corps; Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of Energy, Department of Energy
Erica Williams - Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel, White House
Gabe Amo - Staff Assistant, White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
Georgette Lewis - Former Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Glorie Chiza - Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement, The White House
Gregory Joseph, II - Special Assistant to the Executive Secretariat and White House Liaison, Department of Energy; Intern, White House Domestic Policy Council
Gregory Lorjuste - Director of White House Scheduling
Heather Foster, Advisor - White House Office of Public Engagement, Policy Advisor, Department of Education
James Cole, Jr. - Delegated Deputy Secretary, Department of Education
Jamia Jowers - Special Assistant for African Affairs, National Security Council, The White House
Jannelle Watson - Special Assistant for the Executive Director of Community Solutions
Jesse Moore - Associate Director of Public Engagement, The White House
Jessica Wright - Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Scheduling, The White House
Jocelyn Frye - Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Policy and Special Projects for the First Lady, The White House
Joiselle Cunningham - Special Advisor, U.S. Department of Education
Jonta Williams - Director for Boards & Commissions Appointments, The White House; White House Liaison, USDA; Deputy Director Africa Ebola Unit, USAID
Jordan Thomas - U.S. Department of Labor & White House Intern (Office of Cabinet Affairs)
Joshua DuBois - Executive Director, White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Justin Tanner - Associate Director, Office of Legislative, Education & Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce
Kalisha Dessources Figures - Policy Advisor to the White House Council on Women and Girls
Kamau Marshall - Communications Advisor and Speechwriter, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Karen Evans - Assistant director and policy adviser, Office of Cabinet Affairs, White House
Karen Richardson - Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Public Affairs at the U.S. State Department
Karine Jean-Pierre - Regional Political Director, White House Office of Political Affairs
Karis Gutter - Deputy Undersecretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, USDA
Kayla Daniels - Executive Assistant to the Social Secretary, The White House
Kenny Thompson - Special Assistant to the Vice President, The White House
Keren Johnson - Special Assistant, USAID
Kimberly Morton - Special Assistant, Office of Communications and Outreach, U. S. Department of Education
Kimberlyn Leary - Advisor, White House Council on Women and Girls and Advisor, Health Division, Public Health and Medicare branches
Kirby Bumpus - Associate Director for Policy, Let’s Move!, The White House
Kirstin L. Jones - Special Assistant, Office of the Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration; Associate, Presidential Personnel Office
Dr. Knatokie Ford - Senior Policy Advisor, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Kristen Jarvis West - Deputy Senior Advisor and Director of External Relations to the First Lady, The White House
Kristin Jones - Personal Aide to the First Lady + Director of Special Projects to the First Lady, The White House
Kristina Broadie Jeter - Deputy Associate Director - Office of the Social Secretary, The White House
Lawrence Mason III - Analyst, Domestic Policy - Office of Presidential Correspondence
Maria Anderson - Assistant, White House Operations, Management and Administration
Marisa Renee Lee - Deputy Director of Private Sector Engagement, The White House
Mekell Mikell - Acting Director, U.S. Department of Energy
Meki Bracken - Director of Scheduling & Advance, Office of the Attorney General, US Department of Justice
Melvin Washington II - Special Assistant; Research, Education, and Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Michael Davis - Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of Labor
Michael Hornsby - Chief of Staff, Office of Administration, The White House
Michael Smith - Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director of Cabinet Affairs, My Brother's Keeper, The White House
Michelle Millben - Special Assistant to the President and House Liaison, Office of Legislative Affairs, The White House
Monae White - Special Projects Manager, U.S. Department of Education
N. Malik Walker - Senior Advisor, Congressional & Legislative Affairs, US Office of Personnel Management
Nkechi (Payton) Iheme - Senior Policy Advisor, The White House
Paul Monteiro - Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement, White House
Quintin Haynes - Associate Director for Finance, The White House & Special Assistant to the Secretary, US Department of Commerce
Rachael Johnson - Senior writer and Creative communications advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior
Rashan Prailow - Associate, Presidential Personnel Office, The White House
Rochelle Briscoe - Special Assistant to the President, Presidential Personnel Office, The White House
Rod Owens - Senior Analyst, Office of Presidential Correspondence, White House Defense Fellow/OSD Legislative Affairs
Roy Austin - Deputy Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs, Justice and Opportunity, White House, Domestic Policy Council & Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
Russell Smith - Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce Department
Russella L. Davis-Rogers - Chief of Staff, Strategic Partnerships, U.S. Department of Education
Sabrina Curtis - White House Liaison, National Endowment for the Humanities; Director of Scheduling/Advance Lead, U.S. Attorney General's Office, U.S. Department of Justice
Sarah Rutherford - Press and Media Operations Assistant, The White House
Shaniqua McClendon - Office of Presidential Correspondence, The White House
Sherice Perry - Director of Broadcast and Speciality Media, Office of Assistant Secretary for Public Affair, Department of Health and Human Services
Simone Hardeman-Jones - Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Legislative and Congressional Affairs, Education Department
Solianna Meaza - Special Advisor to the Associate Administrator of USAID
Stephanie Gaither - Special Assistant to the Deputy Director of Office of Management and Budget
Stephanie L. Young - Senior Advisor, Office of Public Engagement, The White House
Stephanie Owens - Deputy Director of First Lady Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Initiative
Susan Rice - National Security Advisor, US Ambassador to the United Nations
Tanya Bradsher - Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Department of Homeland Security, Office of Public Engagement - The White House
Teisha Garrett - White House Liaison, US Environmental Protection Agency
Tenicka Boyd - Special Assistant, Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Tequia Hicks Delgado - Sr. Advisor for Congressional Engagement & Legislative Relations in the Office of Legislative Affairs, The White House
Tramaine Brown - Associate Director of Scheduling and Advance, Office of the First Lady, The White House
Trista Allen - Senior Advisor to the Regional Administrator, General Services Administration
Trooper Sanders - Deputy Director of Policy to the First Lady, The White House
Tyrik McKeiver - Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of State
Valerie Jarrett - Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to President Obama, Director of the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, White House Council on Women and Girls
Wintta Woldemariam - Ethics Counsel, Office of the White House
Yasmin Salina Rana - Coordinator, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Youshea Berry - Division Chief for Senate Affairs, Bureau for Legislative & Public Affairs, US Agency for International Development
