Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Rachel Levine has been nominated to become secretary of health. (File photo courtesy of the Office of Governor Tom Wolf) Chris Johnson | Washington BladeCourtesy of the National LGBT Media Association Rachel Levine, who Pennsylvania secretary of health guided her state through the coronavirus, has been tapped to become assistant secretary for health under the Biden administration, setting her up to become the first openly transgender U.S.
Senate-confirmed federal official. The Biden transition team on Tuesday, the day before Joe Biden’s inauguration as president, announced in a statement Levine was chosen for the senior health role, which is the No.