US President-elect appoints another Nigerian into his cabinet

The United States President-elect, Joe Biden has appointed another Nigerian, Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo into his cabinet.

The President-elect made the announcement on the Biden-Harris transition website when he named additional 20 members of the office of the White House counsel.

Badejo is a lawyer and an alumna of Berkeley Law College in the US and served as ethics counsel in the same office toward the end of the President Barrack Obama administration.

Congratulations to @BerkeleyLaw alum Funmi Olorunnipa Badejo on her appointment to the Office of the White House Counsel!https://t.co/rjzm2FdEBn pic.twitter.com/dza08AfrLf

— Berkeley Law Careers (@BerkeleyLawCDO) January 12, 2021

Brief History

She was General Counsel of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, chaired by House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn.

Her prior government service includes serving as Counsel for Policy to the Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Ethics Counsel at the White House Counsel’s Office and Attorney Advisor at the Administrative Conference of the United States during the Obama-Biden administration.

Olorunnipa Badejo began her legal career as an associate with the law firm of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP and was Legal Counsel at Palantir Technologies Inc.

She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and the University of Florida. Originally from Florida, Olorunnipa Badejo lives in Washington D.C. with her husband and son.