Biden to Tap Crebo-Rediker, Nelson as Treasury Undersecretaries
- Lawyer Brian Nelson to head sanctions unit under Janet Yellen
- Economist Crebo-Rediker to lead international affairs unit
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President Joe Biden is set to nominate economist Heidi Crebo-Rediker to serve as the Treasury Department’s top diplomat and attorney Brian Nelson as the agency’s top sanctions official, filling out Secretary Janet Yellen’s leadership team, according to people familiar with the matter.
Nelson, who previously worked for Vice President Kamala Harris when she was California’s attorney general, will be nominated for undersecretary of the Terrorism and Financial Intelligence office, or TFI, the people said. A graduate of Yale Law School, Nelson has recently been working as a senior official with Los Angeles’s 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games planning.