11 Black Women To Know In Obama’s Cabinet
Nicole Isaac
Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs in the Office of the Vice President
Isaac serves as a liaison between members of Congress and the Office of the Vice President, assists with the implementation of the economic recovery plan and provides advice and counsel to Joe Biden on legislative issues that are pending in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Isaac was raised in a violent neighborhood in the Bronx by her mother, a Jamaican immigrant, who stressed to Isaac and her siblings the value of education. Her mother’s words did not fall on deaf ears as she went on to attend Brown University, U. Penn Law School, Columbia University and Oxford. Isaac has served in several capacities within the government for the past seven years.
