Joe Biden's Cabinet Picks Include John Kerry, Alejandro Mayorkas, Avril Haines .<br />The president-elect's transition team <br />shared his picks on Monday.<br />Mayorkas, who served as deputy Homeland Security secretary from 2013 to 2016.<br />would be the first Latino — and immigrant — to run the Homeland Security Department.<br />Haines, who has worked with Biden for over a decade, <br />served as principal deputy national security adviser <br />under President Obama from 2015 to 2017.<br />She's been tapped to become the highest-ranking <br />woman to serve in the intelligence community <br />as Director of National Intelligence.<br />Former Secretary of State John Kerry <br />is set to fill the role of special presidential <br />envoy for climate and have a seat on <br />the National Security Council.<br />These individuals are <br />equally as experienced <br />and crisis-tested as they are innovative and imaginative. , President-elect Joe Biden, via statement.<br />Their accomplishments in diplomacy are unmatched, but they also reflect the idea that we cannot meet the profound challenges of this new moment with old thinking and unchanged habits — , President-elect Joe Biden, via statement.<br />— or without diversity of background and perspective. It’s why I’ve selected them, President-elect Joe Biden, via statement.<br />Biden's picks will first require Senate approval to serve in their respective posts.<br />Reema Dodin and Shuwanza Goff were also announced as deputy directors of the <br />White House legislative affairs office
