Former Vice President Kamala Harris has signed with the Creative Arts Agency in one of her first public moves since leaving the White House.
Harris follows former President Joe Biden, who also signed with the agency just two weeks after leaving office. The Los Angeles-based agency boasts several other A-list names, including former President Barack Obama, Beyoncé, Brad Pitt, Ariana Grande and NBA star Devin Booker.
The agency says it will “work closely with Harris on her post-White House initiatives” and “expand her platform in support of the issues she has championed throughout her decades-long career in public service,” according to a statement shared with The Hill.
They will also work with Harris “in all areas, focusing on speaking engagements and publishing.”
Harris is set to be honored with the Chairman’s Award at the NAACP Image Awards later this week. The award honors those who “excel in public service and leverage their unique platforms to ignite and drive meaningful change.” It will be her first TV appearance since leaving office.
The former Vice President’s post-White House plans aren’t entirely clear yet, but Harris reportedly told her advisers to keep her options open for either another presidential bid or a gubernatorial run in California after losing the election.
Harris would likely be the frontrunner if she makes a bid to lead California in 2026 as Governor Gavin Newsom’s term limit approaches, according to a poll from Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics/The Hill released last week.
Some 57 percent of Democratic respondents said they would support her bid, streets ahead of former Representative Katie Porter who was backed by nine percent of those asked.
But Harris hasn’t confirmed any plans to run for office again, deflecting questions about it when asked earlier this year.
“I have been home for two weeks and three days,” Harris told reporters while visiting California communities impacted by the recent wildfires. “My plans are to be in touch with my community, to be in touch with the leaders and figure out what I can do to support them.”
When Biden re-signed with the agency after working with them from 2017 to 2020, CAA co-chairman Richard Lovett said the team is “profoundly honored to partner with him again.”
“President Biden is one of America’s most respected and influential voices in national and global affairs,” Lovett said in a statement.
“His lifelong commitment to public service is one of unity, optimism, dignity, and possibility,” he added.
The agency worked with Biden as he published Promise Me, Dad, a 2017 bestseller recounting the loss of his son Beau Biden to cancer.
President Donald Trump mocked his predecessor when asked for his reaction to the news earlier this month.
“You got to be kidding,” Trump said, adding that Biden has “much bigger problems than that.”
