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Before that, Rodriguez worked as the California state director in Harris’ Senate office.

In the Biden White House, Rodriguez will oversee the administration’s outreach efforts to state, county, local and tribal governments. After four years of limited interaction under Trump between the White House and state and local governments, Biden has made delivering financial aid to state and local governments a cornerstone of his plan to combat the coronavirus.

As a result, Rodriguez will likely occupy a more visible role in the White House than her predecessor, Douglas Hoelscher, did.

Annie Tomasini, a longtime member of Biden’s inner circle and his traveling chief of staff on the campaign, will serve as director of Oval Office operations. The particulars of this role have often shifted based on who is in office at any given time, but what remains the same is that it’s a powerful gatekeeper position with influence over the president’s daily activities.

When Trump first took office in 2017, he named his longtime bodyguard Keith Schiller to be his director of Oval Office operations. Schiller left the administration just eight months later, but starting shortly after he left the White House, Schiller began collecting $15,000 a month, every month, from the Republican National Committee. As of August 2020, campaign finance records showed the RNC had paid Schiller over $500,000 for unspecified “security services.”

The Biden-Harris transition team also made two announcements about incoming first lady Jill Biden’s office on Tuesday.

Jill Biden’s chief of staff will be Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon, a former ambassador to Uruguay during the Obama administration and a partner at law firm Winston & Strawn.

Jill Biden’s longtime aide Anthony Bernal will become her senior advisor. Bernal first worked with Jill Biden during Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign and later joined her staff in the White House. Most recently, Bernal served as chief of staff in Jill Biden’s campaign office.

When Joe Biden takes office in January, Jill Biden is expected to become the only first lady ever to keep her day job, as an English teacher at a northern Virginia community college.

“I am proud to announce additional members of my senior team who will help us build back better than before,” Biden said in a statement Tuesday about the senior staffing decisions.

“America faces great challenges, and they bring diverse perspectives and a shared commitment to tackling these challenges and emerging on the other side a stronger, more united nation,” he said.