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Lady Gaga appointed co-chair of Biden’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

Lady Gaga is a woman of many talents. She’s a Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer, an actress, a philanthropist — and now she’s bringing her talents to the White House.

Thursday that President Joe Biden will appoint Lady Gaga, 37, as co-chair of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities along with Oscar-winning producer Bruce Cohen.

Members of the committee include Jon Batiste, Constance M. Carroll, George Clooney, Philip J. Deloria, M. Angélica Garcia, Jennifer Garner, Nora Halpern, Steve Israel, Marta Kauffman, Ricky Kirshner, Troy Kotsur, Katie McGrath, Laura Penn, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, Arnold Rampersad, Shonda Rhimes, Kimbe𝄹rly Richter Shirley, Horacio Sierra, Anna Deavere Smith, Joe Walsh, Kerry Washington and Pauline Yu.

“Welcome newly appointed members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, led by @BruceCohen83 and @ladygaga!” . “We look forward to partnering to positively impact the arts, libraries, museums and humanities work across the country.”

Gaga retweeted the news and , “Thank you @POTUS @PCAHgov.”

Joe Biden and Lady Gaga greet college students at Schenley Park on November 2, 2020, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Lady Gaga sings the National Anthem at the inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20, 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Lady Gaga performs in support of Joe Biden during a drive-in campaign rally on November 2, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

The PCAH was founded in 1982 by executive order during Ronald Reagan’s administration to “advise the President on cultural policy” and advises the president “on policy, philanthropic and private sector engagement and other efforts to enhance federal support for the arts, humanities and museum and library services,” according to the release.

The Obama-era members of the committee resigned in 2017 following former President Donald Trump’s reaction to the Charlottesville riots, and Trump did not renew the order to keep the committee. Biden revived the committee by Executive Order in September.

Lady Gaga has several ties to Biden, including performing at his inauguration and traveling with him to support the “It’s On Us” initiative that addressed campus sexual assault.