The Women’s Foreign Policy Group works to ensure that women’s voices are heard on national security and foreign policy issues.  We believe in supporting leadership and participation of women at all levels of policy-making, and ensuring that they have seats at the table. 

In support of our mission, WFPG launched to an effort in August 2020 to populate a database of diverse and qualified women who are ready to serve in non-Senate-confirmed presidentially appointed positions in either a Trump or a Biden Administration. This is a bipartisan effort aimed at providing both the Trump Administration and the Biden Transition Team with a list of women candidates from a variety of backgrounds willing to serve in their administrations. This effort was conducted in partnership with the Leadership Council for Women in National Security (LCWINS), who has been actively advocating for gender parity in Senate-confirmed national security political appointments.

Through the nominations of our members and partners, we populated a bipartisan database of over 1,000 qualified women ready to serve at all levels in the next administration, 44% of whom self-identify as women of color, 9% of whom are members of the LGBTQ community, and 18% of whom are first generation Americans

Thank you to many international affairs professionals who sent in nominations and added their support to this initiative by lifting up qualified women on both sides of the aisle and building a diverse pipeline of future leaders. With your help, we can make the case that there are ample numbers of qualified women ready to serve and that there is no excuse for leaving women out of the decision-making process.  


Resources

Nominations for WFPG's database closed in September. We encourage all candidates interested in serving in the Biden Administration to submit their resumes directly at buildbackbetter.com/join-usLearn more about the process and available foreign policy and national security positions through the links below. 

What is the process like?

Ready to Serve | The Partnership for Public Service
A complete overview of the political appointment process from what to consider beforehand to what the process looks like

Overview of Appointments in an Incoming Administration | Center for Presidential Transition

Webinar Series | LC-WINS
LCWINS hosted a series of six webinars to demystify the political appointments process. 

What positions are available?

Non-Senate-Confirmed Presidentially Appointed Positions
This lists many of the non-Senate-confirmed presidentially appointed positions, non-career Senior Executive Service positions, and Schedule C excepted appointments related to foreign policy and national security that were listed in the most recent Plum Book (2016)
 
Published every four years, this lists every politically appointed position in all agencies in the last administration
 
Federal Position Descriptions | The Partnership for Public Service
Includes important information such as the primary responsibility of each position, the experience and competencies required and the level of pay 
 
For women interested in serving in the Trump Administration, you can apply directly to the White House in addition to adding your name to our database.
 

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