Aysha Schomburg- most recently senior adviser at New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) – will oversee the roughly $10 billion U.S. Children’s Bureau, which regulates federal funding for the nation’s vast network of state- and county-run agencies responsible for foster care, child maltreatment investigations, and prevention services.

Dodd Terry, a senior manager at The Legal Aid Society, which represents most of the city’s foster youth in court, worked closely with Schomburg at the Administration for Children’s Services in the early 2000s, as reported by The Imprint.

“I’m assuming when the moment calls for a voice, she would be a very strong voice,” he said, describing her as especially frank.