President Barack Obama has appointed a gay man to serve as the White House liaison to the National Endowment for the Humanities. Jeremy Bernard will serve as the primary point person between the White House and the NEH, a governmental organization ght provides grants to research and programs in the humanities, according to The Washington Blade.

The paper reports:

Bernard worked with his partner, Rufus Gifford, to raise millions of dollars through their company, B&G Associates, for Obama’s campaign in California. Last month, Gifford was tapped to become the new finance director for the Democratic National Committee.

Bernard, a Los Angeles resident, also helped in fundraising efforts for freshman U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.).

A superdelegate at the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August, Bernard was pledged to Obama.

Bernard worked for Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign and in 1999, then-President Clinton appointed Bernard to serve on a presidential advisory committee at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.