About Us
About Us
Our Work
The Joe and Jill Biden Foundation is where their work in public service continues. Programming through partnerships with organizations at home and around the world carries forward the commitments that have shaped the Bidens’ lives: strengthening democracy, advancing women’s health and cancer prevention, investing in community, and teaching the next generation. We are building the Center, its programs, and the partnerships that will make this work possible.
About the Bidens
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. served as the 46th president of the United States, capping more than half a century of public service that began on the New Castle County Council and included 36 years in the U.S. Senate and eight years as Vice President of the United States. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the first of four children of Catherine Eugenia Finnegan Biden and Joseph Robinette Biden, Sr. In 1953, the family moved to Claymont, Delaware, where he and his siblings attended local Catholic schools. He graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse University College of Law.
About the Bidens
Jill Biden, Ed.D, served as First Lady of the United States from 2021-2025. She also served as Second Lady of the United States from 2009-2017. She worked as a full-time community college professor as Second and First Lady, making her the first presidential spouse to maintain a career while living in the White House. As First Lady, she advocated for military families, the Biden Cancer Moonshot, community colleges, and women’s health research. Today, she chairs the Milken Institute’s Women’s Health Network, advocates for cancer prevention and early detection, and teaches writing and literature in the women’s prison in Delaware. A mother and grandmother—and now great-grandmother—she lives with her husband, former President Joe Biden, in Wilmington, Delaware, with their cat, Willow, and puppies, Scout and Boo.
Our Leadership
We’ve brought together leaders from across public life, all united in their commitment to preserving President and Dr. Biden’s legacies and vision for the future.
Rufus Gifford
Board Chair
Rufus Gifford is a former U.S. Ambassador, senior aide to President Biden, President Obama, and Vice President Harris, and a civic leader, public speaker, and advocate for Democratic causes. Most recently, Gifford served as Finance Chair of the Biden-Harris and Harris-Walz campaigns, amassing a record $2.2 billion for those efforts.
Elizabeth E. Alexander
Board Member
Elizabeth E. Alexander is a Partner at Bully Pulpit International, where she leads the agency’s litigation communications, oversight, and regulatory risk offering. Armed with experience at the highest levels of the public and private sectors, Alexander brings a rare blend of legal acumen and communications expertise to guide clients through complex, highly scrutinized situations.
Antony J. Blinken
Board Member
As the 71st Secretary of State under President Biden, Antony J. Blinken led U.S. diplomacy through an era of seismic geopolitical shifts. From confronting rising authoritarianism, supporting Ukraine’s defense and contending with conflict in the Middle East, to rebuilding relationships with allies and forging stronger ties in the Indo-Pacific, he helped reposition American leadership to meet a new generation of global challenges.
David L. Cohen
Board Member
David L. Cohen served as the United States Ambassador to Canada from 2021 to 2025. Before his tenure in the State Department, Cohen served as Senior Advisor to the CEO and Senior Executive Vice President of Comcast NBCUniversal.
Tatiana Copeland
Board Member
Tatiana Copeland has a diverse international background. Most recently, she is the Proprietor and Chairman of Bouchaine Vineyards in Napa Valley, California, and is involved with several boards and non-profits, including the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington’s Grand Opera House, the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and Festival Napa Valley.
Jack Markell
Board Member
Jack Markell has had a distinguished career in public service, serving as both a U.S. governor and ambassador, following a career in business.
Scott Miller
Board Member
As Co-Chair of the Gill Foundation’s board of directors, Scott Miller helps guide the giving strategies of one of the nation’s largest private philanthropic commitments to equality and equal opportunity.
Jeffrey Peck
Board Member
Jeffrey Peck is President of JJP Strategies LLC, a consulting firm in Annapolis, Maryland. He was previously an owner and the Managing Partner of the Tiber Creek Group (formerly Peck Madigan Jones), a leading government affairs firm in Washington, DC, between May 2001 and December 2020.
Julissa Reynoso
Board Member
Julissa Reynoso is a multilingual partner at Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, where she advises global clients on investigations preparedness, crisis management, and regulatory enforcement across U.S. and international jurisdictions. Drawing on her experience as a senior White House official, U.S. Ambassador under two administrations, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, she brings a rare, full-spectrum perspective on how oversight is built, prioritized, and conducted.
Steve Ricchetti
Board Member
As Senior Advisor and Strategist to three American presidents — most recently, Counselor to President Biden and Chairman of his successful 2020 campaign — Steve Ricchetti, alongside President Biden, was an architect of one of the most successful legislative records of any president in U.S. history.
Cedric L. Richmond
Board Member
Cedric L. Richmond brings decades of leadership at the highest levels of government, law, and public engagement. A native of New Orleans, he served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Louisiana’s Second Congressional District.
Fred C. Sears
Board Member
Fred C. Sears II is a longtime Delaware business and civic leader who has held various positions in local and state government. Sears had a 38-year career with four different banks in Wilmington, which concluded with serving as Regional President for Commerce Bank Delaware.
Martin J. Walsh
Board Member
Marty Walsh has spent his life fighting for working people as a labor leader, as a public official, and as a private citizen. He started out by following in his father’s footsteps as a union construction worker, rising to become president of Laborers Local 223 in Boston and eventually head of the Greater Boston Building Trades Council, representing roughly 35,000 blue-collar workers on major construction projects across the region.
Shalanda D. Young
Board Member
Shalanda D. Young led the U.S. Office of Management and Budget from 2021-2025 after being confirmed twice by the United States Senate with bipartisan support. As a member of President Joe Biden’s cabinet, she managed the federal government’s annual $7 trillion budget, covering expenditures ranging from Medicare to national security.
Co-Executive Director
Anthony R. Bernal is a Co-Executive Director and Treasurer of the Joe and Jill Biden Foundation. Bernal has served as a trusted advisor to President Biden and Dr. Biden for nearly two decades.
Co-Executive Director
Annie Tomasini is Co-Executive Director and Secretary of the Joe and Jill Biden Foundation. She is a longtime aide to President Joe Biden, having served in senior roles throughout his Senate career, vice presidency, presidential campaigns, and White House administration.