Washington: Sameera Fazili has been named as Deputy Director, National Economic Council at the White House, the Biden-Harris Transition announced on Friday.

The appointment of Kashmir-origin Sameera Fazili by President-elect Joe Biden sparked off celebrations amongst her extended family in Srinagar, Kashmir.

Daughter of a Kashmir-born doctor couple, Muhammad Yusuf Fazili and Rafiqa Fazili, Ms. Sameera Fazili started her career as a clinical lecturer at Yale Law School’s community and economic development clinic.

Fazili was earlier work for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta where she served as the Director of Engagement for Community and Economic Development.

Fazili is the second Kashmiri-origin Indian American appointed to a key position in the incoming Biden administration after Aisha Shah.

In the Obama-Biden administration, Fazili served as a senior policy advisor on the White House’s National Economic Council and as a senior advisor at the US Treasury Department in both Domestic Finance and International Affairs.

Earlier in December, Aisha Shah (Kashmiri origin) was named as Partnerships Manager at the White House Office of Digital Strategy.

Aisha Shah has been named as Partnerships Manager at the White House Office of Digital Strategy, which would be headed by Rob Flaherty, Director of Digital Strategy, according to an announcement by the Biden transition team.

Raised in Louisiana, Shah previously served as digital partnerships manager in the Biden-Harris Campaign. She currently serves as an advancement specialist for the Smithsonian Institution.

Prior to this role, Shah worked as an assistant manager on the Corporate Fund of the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, supporting the first-ever expansion of a presidential memorial.

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