Executive Office appointments by Donald Trump

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The core White House staff appointments, and most Executive Office of the President officials generally, are not required to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, with a handful of exceptions (e.g., the director of the Office of Management and Budget, the chair and members of the Council of Economic Advisers, and the United States trade representative). There are about 4,000 positions in the Executive Office of the President.

Color key

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  Denotes appointees awaiting Senate confirmation.

  Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.

  Denotes appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.

  Denotes nominees who were withdrawn prior to being confirmed or assuming office.

Appointments

Source:[1]

White House Office

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

White House Chief of Staff

Mark Meadows
March 31, 2020January 20, 2021

White House Deputy Chief of Staff (Operations)

Tony Ornato
December 7, 2019January 20, 2021

White House Deputy Chief of Staff (Policy Coordination)

Chris Liddell
March 19, 2018January 20, 2021

Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy White House Policy Coordinator
Nick ButterfieldTBAJanuary 20, 2021

White House Deputy Chief of Staff (Communications)

Dan Scavino
April 21, 2020January 20, 2021

White House Director of Social Media
January 22, 2017January 20, 2021

Counselor to the President

Hope Hicks
March 9, 2020January 12, 2021

Chief of Staff to the Senior Counselor
Hope Renee HudsonTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Senior Advisor to the President

Ivanka Trump[2]
March 29, 2017January 20, 2021

Jared Kushner[3]
January 22, 2017January 20, 2021

Director of the Office of American Innovation[4]
March 27, 2017January 20, 2021

Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations

Avi Berkowitz
November 1, 2019January 20, 2021

Senior Advisor to the President (Policy)

Stephen Miller[5]
January 20, 2017January 20, 2021

White House Director of Speechwriting
January 22, 2017January 20, 2021

White House Principal Deputy Chief of Staff

John Fleming
March 30, 2020January 20, 2021

Director of the Domestic Policy Council

Brooke Rollins
May 24, 2020January 20, 2021

Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council
Jennifer B. LichterMay 24, 2020January 20, 2021

Director of the National Economic Council

Larry Kudlow
April 2, 2018January 20, 2021

Deputy Director of the National Economic Council

Andrew Olmem[6]
June 2018January 20, 2021

Deputy Assistant to the President
(Economic Policy)
January 20, 2021

Deputy Director of the National Economic Council
Cletus R. Willems III[7]July 2018January 20, 2021

Chief Economist of the National Economic Council
Joseph LavorgnaJanuary 20, 2021

White House Cabinet Secretary
Kristan King NevinsSeptember 24, 2019January 20, 2021

Deputy Cabinet Secretary
Matthew J. FlynnJanuary 20, 2021

Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Organizational Structure
Kirk R. MarshallJanuary 20, 2021

White House Communications Director
Vacant

Deputy Director of Communications
Julie HahnJanuary 20, 2021

White House Director of Strategic Communications

Alyssa Farah
April 7, 2020December 4, 2020

Senior Advisor for Communications
Ben WilliamsonJanuary 20, 2021

White House Press Secretary

Kayleigh McEnany
April 7, 2020January 20, 2021

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary
Brian R. MorgensternJuly 20, 2020January 20, 2021

White House Deputy Press Secretary
Judd DeereJanuary 31, 2019January 20, 2021

White House Chief Digital Officer

Ory Rinat[8]
February 6, 2017June 20, 2020

White House Deputy Chief Digital Officer
Katlyn L. ParnitzkeTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Chief of Staff to the First Lady

Stephanie Grisham
April 7, 2020January 6, 2021

Press Secretary to the First Lady
April 7, 2020January 6, 2021

Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy for the First Lady
Emma DoyleJanuary 3, 2019April 21, 2020

Director of Policy for the Office of the First Lady
Arthur HardingTBAJanuary 20, 2021

White House Social Secretary
Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd[9]February 22, 2017
(Appointed by the First Lady)
January 6, 2021

Director of White House Information Technology
Roger L. StoneTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Deputy Director of White House Information Technology
David LambrechtTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Douglas HoelscherJune 2018January 20, 2021

Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
William F. CrozerTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Associate Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Zachery Tate MichaelTBAJanuary 20, 2021

White House Director of Legislative Affairs
Amy SwongerJune 5, 2020January 20, 2021

White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs
(House Liaison)

Joyce Meyer[10][11]
February 13, 2017January 20, 2021

White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs
(Senate Liaison)
Christopher CoxJanuary 20, 2021

White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs
Benjamin R. HowardTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Director of the Office of Administration
Monica J. BlockTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Deputy Director of the Office of Administration
Monica BlockTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Chief Financial Officer in the Office of Administration
Heather D. Martin[12]June 2019January 20, 2021

National Security Advisor

Robert O'Brien
September 18, 2019January 20, 2021

Deputy National Security Advisor

Matthew Pottinger
September 22, 2019January 7, 2021

Assistant to the President

Homeland Security Advisor

Julia Nesheiwat
February 21, 2020January 20, 2021

Executive Secretary of the National Security Council

Matthias Mitman[13]
October 2019January 20, 2021

Legal Advisor to the National Security Council
John Eisenberg[8]January 20, 2017January 20, 2021

White House Director of Political Affairs
Brian Jack[8]February 2, 2019January 20, 2021

White House Deputy Director of Political Affairs for Outreach
Alexander R. WilletteTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office

John McEntee
January 8, 2019January 20, 2021

Director of Operations of the Office of Presidential Personnel
James BaconTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Director of the Office of Public Liaison
Timothy PatakiFebruary 2, 2019

Deputy Director of the Office of Public Liaison
James GoyerTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Deputy Director of the Office of Public Liaison
Jennifer S. KornTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Director of Scheduling and Advance
Robert Peede Jr.TBAJanuary 20, 2021

Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Advance
Matthew PalmisanoTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Scheduling
VacantTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Deputy Director of the Office of American Innovation
Ja'Ron K. SmithTBAJanuary 20, 2021

White House Staff Secretary
Derek Lyons[8]June 6, 2018January 20, 2021

White House Deputy Staff Secretary

Catherine Bellah Keller[14]
June 9, 2018January 20, 2021

Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy

Peter Navarro[15]
April 29, 2017January 20, 2021

Special Assistant to the President for Trade and Manufacturing Policy

Alexander Gray[8]
January 20, 2017January 20, 2021

Deputy Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy
Catherine A. ColeTBAJanuary 20, 2021

White House Counsel

Pat Cipollone
December 10, 2018January 20, 2021

Deputy Counsel to the President
Patrick F. PhilbinTBAJanuary 20, 2021
Michael M. PurpuraJanuary 20, 2021
Kathryn C. ToddJanuary 20, 2021

Chief of Staff to the White House Counsel
Ann M. DonaldsonTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Director of Oval Office Operations
Nicholas F. LunaTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Executive Assistant to the President
Molly MichealTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Deputy Assistant to the President for Operations and Personal Aide to the President
Nicholas F. LunaFebruary 2, 2019. Previously Special Assistant to the President for Operations and Advance.January 20, 2021

Oval Office Operations Coordinator
Molly A. MichaelTBAJanuary 20, 2021

Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships

Mike Duncan[16]
May 2017January 20, 2021

Aldona Wos[16]
January 20, 2021
Lee H. Bienstock[16]January 20, 2021
Somers White Farkas[16]January 20, 2021
Marlyn McGrath[16]January 20, 2021
Damond R. Watkins[16]January 20, 2021

Ronald J. Zlatoper[17]
January 20, 2021
Richard Bagger[17]January 20, 2021
Kenneth R. Nahigian[18]June 2017January 20, 2021
Richard F. Hohlt[18]January 20, 2021
Paris Dennard[19]December 2017January 20, 2021

Linda M. Springer[19]
January 20, 2021
Robert J. Smullen[19]January 20, 2021
Daniel Caine[19]January 20, 2021
Lisa Nelson[20]April 2018January 20, 2021
Philip Montante[20]January 20, 2021
Justin Sayfie[20]January 20, 2021

Ryan E. Mackenzie[21]
October 2019January 20, 2021

John DeStefano[21]
January 20, 2021
Barrett Karr[21]January 20, 2021
David Bohigian[22]December 2019January 20, 2021
Justin Reilly Clark[23]February 2020January 20, 2021
Joshua Pitcock[23]January 20, 2021

Reinhold Priebus[23]
January 20, 2021

Sean Michael Spicer[23]

Deputy Assistant to the President

Keith Davids[24]
September 6, 2018

Director of the White House Military Office

Physician to the President

Sean Conley
May 4, 2018January 20, 2021

Chief Official White House Photographer

Shealah Craighead[25]
January 22, 2017January 20, 2021

White House Chief Usher
Timothy Harleth[26]June 23, 2017January 20, 2021

Council of Economic Advisers

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers

Tyler Goodspeed[27]
June 24, 2020January 7, 2021

Member of the Council of Economic Advisers
Vacant

Council on Environmental Quality

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality

Mary Neumayr[28]
January 10, 2019
(Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)
January 20, 2021

Member of the Council on Environmental Quality
Vacant
Vacant

President's Intelligence Advisory Board

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
Steve Feinberg[29]May 12, 2018

Vice Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
Samantha F. Ravich[30]August 2018

Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board

Saxby Chambliss[31]
November 2018
Jeremy Katz[31]
Jim Donovan[31]
Kevin E. Hulbert[31]
David Robertson[31]

Clifford Sobel[32]
January 2019
J. Tucker Bailey[33]March 2019

Office of Management and Budget

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Russell Vought[34]
January 2, 2019July 22, 2020
January 2, 2019
(Confirmed July 20, 2020, 51–45)
January 20, 2021

Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Derek Kan
July 30, 2020
(Confirmed July 30, 2020, 71–21)
December 2020

Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Management)

Margaret Weichert[35]
February 28, 2018
(Confirmed February 14, 2018, voice vote)
March 25, 2020

Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government
Vacant

General Counsel for the Office of Management and Budget

Mark Paoletta
January 2018January 20, 2021

Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator

Vishal Amin[36][37]
August 3, 2017
(Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote)

Controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management
David Mader

Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Paul J. RayJanuary 2020
(Confirmed January 9, 2020, 50–44)
Office of Federal Procurement Policy

Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy

Michael E. Wooten[38]
TBD
(Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote)

Office of National Drug Control Policy

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy

James W. Carroll[39]
February 9, 2018January 30, 2019
January 31, 2019
(Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)
January 20, 2021

Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Kendel Ehrlich[40]August 2019February 2020

Office of Science and Technology Policy

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

Kelvin Droegemeier[41]
February 11, 2019
(Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)
January 15, 2021

Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

Michael Kratsios[42]
August 2, 2019
(Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote)
January 20, 2021
Vacant
Vacant
Vacant

Office of the United States Trade Representative

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Trade Representative

Robert Lighthizer[43]
May 15, 2017
(Confirmed May 15, 2017, 82–14)
January 20, 2021

Deputy Trade Representative
Vacant

C.J. Mahoney[44]
March 13, 2018
(Confirmed March 1, 2018, voice vote)
2020
Michael Nemelka[45]September 8, 2020

Dennis Shea[46]
March 12, 2018
(Confirmed March 1, 2018, voice vote)

Chief Agricultural Negotiator

Gregg Doud[47]

General Counsel

Stephen Vaughn
March 2017

Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations
Dan DiMicco[48]December 4, 2017
Vincent Duvall[48]
Leslie B. Daniels[48]
Donald N. Bockoven Jr.[49]September 2018
Donald Smith[49]

Lee Styslinger III[49]

Kenneth R. Weinstein[49]

Charles Rivkin[49]

Victoria Espinel[49]
Robert T. DeMartini[49]

C. Fred Bergsten[50]
October 2018
Evan G. Greenberg[50]

James P. Hoffa[50]

Harold McGraw III[50]
Timothy P. Smucker[50]

Pete Ricketts[51]
December 2011

Office of the Vice President

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Chief of Staff to the Vice President

Marc Short
March 2019January 20, 2021

Senior Advisor to the Vice President
Thomas A. RoseJanuary 20, 2021

Deputy Assistant to the Vice President
Kara Brooks[52]January 25, 2017January 20, 2021

Communications Director for the Second Lady
January 20, 2021

Deputy Assistant to the Vice President
Sara Egeland[53]January 20, 2021

Policy Director for the Second Lady
January 20, 2021

Deputy Assistant to the Vice President (External Affairs)
Lani Czarnieck[52]January 20, 2021

Special Assistant to the Vice President
Zach Bauer[53]January 20, 2021

Director of Administration for the Vice President
Katherine PuruckeJanuary 20, 2021

Director of Domestic Policy for the Vice President
Daris MeeksJanuary 25, 2017January 20, 2021

Director of Legislative Affairs for the Vice President
Jonathan Hiler[53]January 20, 2021

Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Vice President
Sarah Makin[53]January 20, 2021

Deputy Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Vice President
Andeliz Castillo[53]January 20, 2021

Director of Scheduling for the Vice President
Meghan Patenaude[53]January 20, 2021

Director of Speechwriting for the Vice President
Stephen Ford[53]January 20, 2021

National Security Advisor to the Vice President

Keith Kellogg[54]
April 27, 2018January 20, 2021

Press Secretary to the Vice President

Katie Miller
October 1, 2019March 27, 2020

Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President
Josh Paciorek[55]March 2017January 20, 2021

Chief Counsel to the Vice President
Matt Morgan[53]January 8, 2018January 20, 2021

Chief of Staff to the Second Lady

Jana Toner[56]
January 2018January 20, 2021

Previous officeholders

OfficeNameTook officeLeft officeNotes

Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Josh PitcockJanuary 22, 2017July 28, 2017

Nick Ayers
July 28, 2017December 31, 2018Ayers tweeted on December 8 that he would be departing at the end of the year.

Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Jen PavlikJanuary 22, 2017September 2017

Director of Communications to the Vice President

Jarrod Agen
January 2017June 2019[57]

Press Secretary to the Vice President

Marc Lotter
January 22, 2017October 2017[58]

Alyssa Farah
October 2017August 31, 2019Resigned to become the Pentagon Press Secretary.[59]

Deputy Staff Secretary to the Vice President
Francis J. BrookeResigned to become Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy.

Associate Director of Domestic Policy for the Vice President

National Security Advisor to the Vice President

Andrea L. Thompson
January 26, 2017September 11, 2017

Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President
Joan Virginia O'Hara

Special Advisor to the Vice President on European and Russian Affairs

Jennifer Williams
April 2019February 3, 2020Williams returned to the State Dept. Her next assignment will be with CENTCOM.[60]

Special Advisor to the Vice President on Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Olivia Troye2018July 2020Troye is a member of the Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform.[61]

Miscellaneous

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation
Tadd M. Johnson[62]December 27, 2017
(Confirmed December 21, 2017, voice vote)

Lisa Johnson Billy[63]
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Scott Walker[64]
July 2019

Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Drew Maloney[33]
July 2019[64]
(Appointed Member of the Board March 2019)

Member of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office
Member of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
Greg Abbott
January 20, 2015

Ron DeSantis
January 8, 2019

John Bel Edwards
January 11, 2016

Kay Ivey
April 10, 2017

Tate Reeves
January 14, 2020

Member of the Council of Governors

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Member of the Council of Governors

Steve Bullock[65]
Reappointment
(Tenure began February 24, 2015)

Asa Hutchinson
July 12, 2018

Mike DeWine
February 22, 2019

Doug Ducey

David Ige

Ned Lamont

Mike Parson

J. B. Pritzker

Pete Ricketts

Tim Walz

Commission on Presidential Scholars

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Chairman of the Commission on Presidential Scholars
Eileen Lappin Weiser[66]

Member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars

Donald Wuerl[66]
Tina S. Holland[66]
Sally Atwater[66]
Darla Romfo[67]June 2018

The Alyce Spotted Bear and Wakter Soboleff Commission Native Children

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Member of the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children
Jesse Delmar[68]January 2018

President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Chairman of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Johnny C. Taylor Jr.[69]
February 2018

Member of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Aminta H. Breaux[70]
September 2018
James E. Clark[70]
Phyllis Dawkins[70]
Rodney A. Ellis[70]
Marshall C. Grigsby[70]
Billy Hawkins[70]
Jerry M. Hunter[70]

Nick Justice[70]
Ronald A. Johnson[70]

Harold L. Martin[70]
Bernard J. Milano[70]
Connie Rath[70]
Kevin Wilson Williams[70]

President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Member of the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Emily Colson[71]April 2018
Olegario D. Cantos VII[71]
Claudia Horn[71]
Stephanie Hubach[71]
Annette Liike[71]
Vijayalakshmi Appareddy[71]
Karen Moderow[71]
Christopher Glenn Neeley[71]

White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Co-chair of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Michelle Park Steel[72]
January 2019
Paul Hsu[72]
Member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Jennifer Carnahan[72]
David B. Cohen[72]
Grace Y. Lee[72]
George Leing[72]
Jan-Ie Low[72]
Herman Martir[72]
Prem Parameswaran[72]

Amata Coleman Radewagen[72]

Sean Reyes[72]
Chiling Tong[72]

Federal Service Impasses Panel

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office

Member of the Federal Service Impasses Panel

Mark A. Carter[73]
July 2017
(Five year term ending on January 10, 2022)
Andrea Fischer Newman[73]
David R. Osborne[73]

Karen Czarnecki[73]
Donald Todd[73]
Jonathan Riches[73]
Vincent Vernuccio[73]

National Women's Business Council

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office
Chairperson of the National Women's Business CouncilLiz Sara[74]July 2018

United States Government Activities to Combat Malaria Globally

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office
Member of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship FoundationTerrence BergDecember 2017
Diane S. Sykes
Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat Malaria GloballyKenneth William Staley[75]

Previous officeholders

OfficeNameTook officeLeft officeNotes

White House Chief of Staff

Reince Priebus
January 20, 2017July 31, 2017His tenure may be considered the shortest in the office's history, excluding interim appointments, if James Baker's separate tenures as Chief of Staff under two different presidents (Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush) are combined (Baker served only 150 days as Bush's Chief of Staff).[76]

John F. Kelly
July 31, 2017January 2, 2019President Trump announced that General Kelly would be leaving at the end of 2018.[77]

Kelly commented, "The vast majority of people who worked in the White House were decent people who were doing the best they could to serve the nation. They’ve unfortunately paid quite a price for that in reputation and future employment. They don’t deserve that. They deserve better than that, because they kept the train from careening off the tracks. The climate—the work environment—is always set by the boss. And people, generally speaking, endured it as long as they could. Until they couldn’t."[78]


Mick Mulvaney
January 2, 2019March 30, 2020After leaving his role as White House Chief of Staff,[79] Mulvaney served as Special Envoy for Northern Ireland beginning on May 1, 2020. He called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the evening of January 6, 2021, to inform him of his resignation from the role of Special Envoy.[80][81]

Director of the Office of Management and Budget
February 16, 2017March 31, 2020

Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Russell Vought
March 14, 2018July 22, 2020Vought performed the functions of OMB Director while Mulvaney was Acting Chief of Staff, and continued as acting director thereafter. The Senate confirmed Vought as OMB Director on July 20, 2020.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff (Implementation)

Katie Walsh
January 20, 2017March 30, 2017Moving to "Trump's outside political group" America First Policies.[82]

White House Principal Deputy Chief of Staff

Kirstjen Nielsen
September 6, 2017December 6, 2017Left to become United States Secretary of Homeland Security.[83]

James W. Carroll
December 6, 2017February 9, 2018Left to become acting director of the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Zachary Fuentes
June 6, 2018January 2, 2019[84]

White House Deputy Chief of Staff
(Operations)

Joe Hagin
January 20, 2017July 6, 2018
Daniel WalshJuly 6, 2018November 26, 2019[85]

Director of the White House Military Office
September 6, 2017July 2018

White House Deputy Chief of Staff (Policy)
Rick DearbornJanuary 20, 2017March 16, 2018Formerly the executive director of Trump's presidential transition team, he was a Deputy Chief of Staff until resigning in March 2018,[86] reportedly to seek a job in the private sector.[87]

Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff

Carrie Bock
January 2017April 2017

Associate Director of Presidential Personnel
May 1, 2017September 2018

Director of the Office of Chief of Staff
Michael AmbrosiniJanuary 22, 2017September 2017
Emily MallonAugust 2017March 2019

Senior Counselor to the President

Steve Bannon
January 20, 2017August 18, 2017Returned to Breitbart News. Per some sources, White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly asked for his immediate resignation on August 18.[88] Bannon said he submitted a two-week resignation notice on August 4.[89]

White House Chief Strategist

Counselor to the President

Kellyanne Conway
January 20, 2017August 31, 2020Also, Conway's husband George Conway left the Lincoln Project.[90]

Johnny DeStefano
February 9, 2018May 24, 2019Oversaw the Offices of Intergovernmental Affairs, Presidential Personnel, Political Affairs, and Public Liaison. Became a consultant for Juul.[91]

Director of the Office of Public Liaison
September 25, 2017February 9, 2018
February 9, 2018March 18, 2018

White House Director of Presidential Personnel
January 20, 2017January 2018
Sean DooceyJanuary 2018February 2020

Advisor to the President (Domestic Policy)
Kara McKeeJanuary 20, 2017August 1, 2018

Special Advisor to the President (COVID-19)

Scott Atlas
August 10, 2020November 30, 2020In September 2020, 78 of Atlas's former colleagues at the Stanford Medical School signed an open letter criticizing Atlas, writing that he had made "falsehoods and misrepresentations of science" that "run counter to established science" and "undermine public health authorities and the credible science that guides effective public health policy."[92] Atlas resigned days before the end of the maximum 130-day period in which he could serve with "special government employee" status.[93]

Assistant to the President and Director of the Domestic Policy Council

Andrew Bremberg
January 20, 2017February 2, 2019Became Representative of the United States to the European Office of the United Nations.

Joe Grogan
February 2, 2019May 24, 2020[94]

Special Advisor for Human Trafficking
Heather C. FischerJune 8, 2020September 31, 2020[95]

Senior Counselor to the President
(Economic Initiatives)

Dina Powell
January 22, 2017January 12, 2018

Deputy National Security Advisor (Strategy)
March 15, 2017
Nadia SchadlowJanuary 21, 2018April 27, 2018

White House Cabinet Secretary
Bill McGinleyJanuary 20, 2017July 2019[96]

White House Deputy Cabinet Secretary
John Mashburnmid-April 2018[8][97]Became a senior advisor to secretary of the Department of Energy Rick Perry.[97]

Special Advisor to the President on Regulatory Reform
Carl IcahnAugust 18, 2017Left amid concerns of conflicts of interest.[98][99][100]

Assistant to the President
(Intergovernmental and Technology Initiatives)

Reed Cordish
February 16, 2018Stated he never planned to stay with the administration for more than a year and that his policy role was complete.[101]

Deputy Assistant to the President

Sebastian Gorka
August 25, 2017Failed to obtain the security clearance necessary for work on national security issues.[102][103]

Carlos Díaz-Rosillo
June 19, 2018Left to work at the National Endowment for the Humanities as Senior Deputy Chairman.[104][105]

Sean Cairncross
June 2019
Ira GreensteinFebruary 1, 2017March 30, 2018

Deputy Assistant to the President
(Domestic Policy)

Lance Leggitt
February 9, 2018

Deputy Assistant to the President
(Strategic Communications)

Michael Anton
February 8, 2017April 8, 2018

Special Assistant to the President
Andrew SurabianJanuary 2017September 5, 2017[106]

Reagan Thompson
January 2018
(Appointed by Melania Trump)
July 2018[107]

Director of Policy for the First Lady

Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Lindsay ReynoldsFebruary 1, 2017April 2020Resigned to spend time with her family.[108]

Stephanie Grisham
April 7, 2020January 6, 2021Resigned following the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.[109][81]

Special Assistant to the President
Chris HerndonJanuary 23, 2017December 2018[110]

White House Director of Information Technology

Special Assistant to the President
(Agriculture, Trade and Food Assistance)

Ray Starling
February 2017May 2018Left to become USDA Chief of Staff.[111][112]

Special Assistant to the President
(Domestic Energy and Environmental Policy)
Michael CatanzaroApril 2018[113]

Special Assistant to the President
(International Energy and Environment Policy)
George David BanksFebruary 14, 2018Resigned after learning he would not be able to obtain a security clearance due to past marijuana use.[114]

Special Assistant to the President (Legislative Affairs)
Ben HowardJanuary 2017January 2018[115]
Cindy SimmsFebruary 2017March 2018

Special Assistant to the President
(Office of Communications)
Cliff SimsJanuary 2017May 2018[116]
Kelly SadlerMay 2017June 2018Mocked Senator John McCain in a May 2018 closed-door meeting in front of two dozen other staffers.[117]

Special Assistant to the President
(Technology, Telecom, and Cyber-Security Policy)
Grace KohFebruary 23, 2017March 2018Left to join the private law firm DLA Piper.[118][119][120]

National Security Advisor

Michael Flynn
January 20, 2017February 13, 2017Resigned after misleading Vice President Mike Pence about the nature and content of his communications with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.[121][122] His tenure was the shortest in the office's history.[123][124]

H. R. McMaster
February 20, 2017April 9, 2018McMaster was criticized in August 2017 after he fired several National Security Council staff members,[125][126] but Trump affirmed his confidence in McMaster.[127][128] On March 15, 2018, it was reported that Trump had decided to dismiss McMaster at a later, unspecified date.[129] McMaster resigned as National Security Advisor on March 22, 2018, effective April 9.[130][131]

John Bolton
April 9, 2018September 10, 2019Resigned amid disagreements within the Trump administration on Korea, Iran and Afghanistan policy.

Deputy National Security Advisor

K. T. McFarland
February 20, 2017May 19, 2017Reported not to be a good fit at the NSC,[132][133] she resigned after less than four months. Trump nominated her to be United States Ambassador to Singapore, but her nomination stalled and was withdrawn.[134]

Ricky L. Waddell
May 19, 2017May 15, 2018

Mira Ricardel
May 15, 2018November 14, 2018Left after reported disputes with Defense Secretary James Mattis and First Lady Melania Trump.[135]

Charles Kupperman
January 11, 2019September 22, 2019Acting National Security Advisor from September 10, 2019, until the appointment of Robert O'Brien on September 18, 2019.

Matthew Pottinger
September 22, 2019January 6, 2021Resigned following the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.[136][81]

Senior Director for Asian Affairs of the National Security Council
January 20, 2017September 22, 2019Became Deputy National Security Advisor.[137]

Deputy National Security Advisor for Middle East and North African Affairs
Victoria CoatesOctober 10, 2019February 20, 2020Reassigned to Energy Department after rumors that she was the author of an anonymous op-ed criticizing Trump.[138]

Homeland Security Advisor

Tom Bossert
January 20, 2017April 10, 2018His resignation came after John R. Bolton was announced as National Security Adviser, indicating Bolton's intentions to name his own people to supporting positions. Bossert had previously expressed interest in becoming involved in policy issues such as counterterrorism and cyberwarfare, but had spent much of his time as Homeland Security Advisor as the administration's face in dealing with hurricanes that affected Texas and Florida.[139]

Doug Fears
June 1, 2018July 12, 2019[140]
Peter J. BrownJuly 12, 2019February 7, 2020Named Special Representative for Puerto Rico's Disaster Recovery.[141]

Deputy Homeland Security Advisor

Rob Joyce
October 13, 2017April 10, 2018

National Security Advisor

Keith Kellogg
February 13, 2017February 20, 2017

Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the National Security Council
January 20, 2017April 27, 2018

Fred Fleitz
April 27, 2018October 15, 2018[142]

Executive Secretary of the National Security Council

Joan Virginia O'Hara
November 19, 2018October 11, 2019[143]

Director of Strategic Planning of the National Security Council
Rich HigginsJanuary 20, 2017July 21, 2017[144]

Deputy Chief of Staff for the National Security Council
Tera DahlJanuary 20, 2017July 6, 2017[145]

Senior Director for Strategic Communications and Spokesperson for the National Security Council
Garrett MarquisMay 29, 2018September 11, 2019[146]

Senior Director for Intelligence Programs of the National Security Council
Ezra Cohen-WatnickJanuary 2017August 2, 2017[147]
Michael BarryOctober 2017July 2018[148]
Michael EllisMarch 2, 2020November 2020Ellis reviewed the book The Room Where It Happened by John Bolton before its publication. On January 19, 2021, Ellis became NSA General Counsel, a career position that could continue into the Biden administration. On January 20, he was put on administrative leave pending a review of his appointment.

Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs of the National Security Council
Craig DeareJanuary 20, 2017February 18, 2017[149]
Juan CruzMay 11, 2017August 2018[150]

Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs of the National Security Council

Fiona Hill
April 2017June 2019Both Hill[151] and Morrison[152] were witnesses in the impeachment inquiry.

Tim Morrison
August 2019October 31, 2019
Andrew PeekNovember 1, 2019January 19, 2020Was placed on administrative leave following a security-related investigation and did not return to the role.[153]
Tom WilliamsJanuary 20, 2020June 18, 2020[154]
Ryan TullyJanuary 6, 2021Resigned following the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.[155]

Director for European Affairs of the National Security Council

Alexander Vindman
July 2018February 7, 2020Vindman and his twin brother Yevgeny, also an Army Lieutenant Colonel and an ethics lawyer, were removed from the NSC two days after Trump's impeachment acquittal.[156]

Senior Director for Middle East and North African Affairs of the National Security Council

Derek Harvey
January 27, 2017July 27, 2017[157]
Rob GreenwayMay 2017January 7, 2021Resigned following the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.[155]

Senior Director for African Affairs of the National Security Council
Robin TownleyJanuary 20, 2017February 10, 2017Denied a critical security clearance by the CIA.[158]
Cyril SartorAugust 3, 2017June 2019[159]
Erin WalshJuly 2019January 7, 2021Resigned following the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.[160]

Senior Director for Gulf Affairs of the National Security Council
Kirsten FontenroseMarch 15, 2018November 16, 2018[161]

Senior Director for Global Health Security and Biodefense of the National Security Council
Tim ZiemerApril 2017May 8, 2018Ziemer was the White House's point man on global health crises. His duties were taken over by the Senior Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction and Biodefense.[162]

Senior Director for International Organizations and Alliances of the National Security Council
Jennifer ArangioJanuary 2017July 14, 2018[163]

Senior Director for Counterterrorism of the National Security Council
Kash PatelAugust 6, 2019February 19, 2020Moved to be a senior advisor at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence upon Richard Grenell becoming acting DNI.[164]

Senior Director for Defense Policy and Strategy of the National Security Council
Earl MatthewsJuly 14, 2018November 7, 2019[165]
Mark VandroffMarch 2020January 7, 2021Resigned following the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.[160]

Senior Director for Emerging Technologies of the National Security Council

William Happer
September 2018September 11, 2019[166]

Director for Medical and Biodefense Preparedness Policy of the National Security Council

Luciana Borio
July 2017May 2018

Senior Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction of the National Security Council

Anthony RuggieroJuly 2, 2018January 7, 2021Resigned following the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.[160]

White House Staff Secretary
Rob PorterJanuary 20, 2017February 7, 2018Resigned his position as White House Staff Secretary after domestic abuse allegations from both of his former wives came to public attention.[167]

White House Personal Secretary

Madeleine Westerhout
January 20, 2017February 2, 2019

Director of Oval Office Operations
February 2, 2019August 29, 2019Fired after sharing details of Trump family matters and Oval Office operations with reporters.[168]

White House Press Secretary

Sean Spicer
January 20, 2017July 21, 2017Announced his resignation July 21, 2017, although he remained at the White House in an unspecified capacity until August 31.[169][170] His tenure was the sixth-shortest in the office's history.[a][171]

White House Director of Communications
January 20, 2017March 6, 2017
June 2, 2017July 21, 2017

Michael Dubke
March 6, 2017June 2, 2017His tenure was the fourth-shortest in the office's history, excluding interim appointments.

Anthony Scaramucci
July 25, 2017July 31, 2017His tenure was the shortest in the office's history, breaking the former record held by Jack Koehler.[172] Scaramucci is a member of the Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform.

Hope Hicks
August 16, 2017March 29, 2018On February 27, 2018, Hicks told a Congressional committee that she had told "white lies" on Trump's behalf.[173][174][175] The next day Hicks announced her intention to resign,[176][177] effective March 29.[178]

White House Director of Strategic Communications
January 20, 2017September 12, 2017

Mercedes Schlapp
September 12, 2017July 1, 2019Pres. Trump tweeted that Schlapp would be joining his 2020 presidential campaign.

Alyssa Farah
April 7, 2020December 4, 2020Resigned; "plans to start a consulting firm[;] ... had initially planned to leave before the election" per an anonymous source[179]

White House Deputy Chief of Staff (Communications)
Bill ShineJuly 5, 2018March 8, 2019Resigned to work for the Trump 2020 presidential campaign.[180]

White House Director of Communications

Stephanie Grisham
July 1, 2019April 7, 2020Grisham was the First Lady's Press Secretary and Communications Director. New Chief of Staff Mark Meadows removed her, and she returned to the East Wing to be the First Lady's Chief of Staff.[108]

White House Press Secretary

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
July 26, 2017June 30, 2019

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary
January 22, 2017July 26, 2017Became White House Press Secretary.

Deputy Press Secretary

Lindsay Walters
April 13, 2019
Hogan GidleyOctober 11, 2017January 31, 2019
Sarah MatthewsJune 2019[181]January 6, 2021Resigned following the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.[182][183][184][81]

White House Deputy Director of Communications and Research

Raj Shah
January 20, 2017September 12, 2017

White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary
September 12, 2017January 14, 2019[185]

White House Deputy Director of Communications
Jessica DittoJanuary 20, 2017March 2019[108]

Assistant Communications Director for Surrogate Operations
Boris EpshteynJanuary 22, 2017March 25, 2017

Deputy White House Communications Director
Josh RaffelJanuary 20, 2017February 28, 2018Resigned in order to move back to New York City because of "family obligations".[186]
Adam KennedyNovember 2018March 6, 2020Kennedy held several staff positions from the start of the Trump administration through March 2020.[187]

Senior White House Assistant Press Secretary
Michael ShortJanuary 20, 2017July 25, 2017White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci stated his intent to fire Short in an interview with Politico on July 25, 2017. Short resigned later that day.[188][189]

White House Director of Media Affairs

Helen Aguirre Ferré
January 23, 2017August 2018Resigned to become Director for Strategic Communications and Public Affairs for the National Endowment for the Arts.

White House Director of Advance
George GigicosJanuary 22, 2017July 31, 2017

Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council
Paul WinfreeDecember 2017

White House Director of Budget Policy

White House Director of Legislative Affairs

Marc Short
July 20, 2018[190]February 2019: Returned to White House as chief of staff for Vice President Mike Pence.[191]
Shahira KnightJuly 2018June 17, 2019Decided to depart as cooperation with Congress had taken a back seat to election politics.[192]

Special Assistant to the President (Economic Policy)
January 20, 2017July 2018

White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs of Nominations

Mary Elizabeth Taylor
January 20, 2017October 1, 2018Became Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs.

Director of the National Economic Council

Gary Cohn
January 20, 2017March 13, 2018Announcement followed Trump's proposal to impose import tariffs on steel and aluminum, and Trump's cancellation of a meeting with end-users of steel and aluminium that Cohn had arranged in an attempt to dissuade the president from the planned tariffs.[193]

Deputy Director of the National Economic Council for Economic Policy
(Domestic Policy)
Jeremy KatzJanuary 22, 2017January 2018[194]
Andrew OlmemJuly 2, 2018June 19, 2020[195]

Deputy Director of the National Economic Council (International Policy)

Kenneth Juster
January 20, 2017June 8, 2017Became U.S. Ambassador to India.

Everett Eissenstat

June 8, 2017July 2, 2018
Clete WillemsJuly 2, 2018March 22, 2019[196]
Kelly Ann ShawMarch 22, 2019October 25, 2019[197]

Director of the National Trade Council

Peter Navarro
January 22, 2017April 29, 2017

Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

Justin R. Clark
January 20, 2017March 13, 2018

Director of the Office of Public Liaison

George Sifakis
March 6, 2017September 25, 2017Left after less than seven months.[198]

Justin R. Clark
March 18, 2018December 7, 2018

Steve Munisteri
December 7, 2018February 2, 2019

Deputy Director of the Office of Public Liaison
February 14, 2017February 2, 2019

Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison

Omarosa
January 20, 2017January 20, 2018Resignation was announced December 13, 2017.[199][200] It was reported that White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly fired Newman,[201][202] but Newman disputed the account, stating that she resigned.[203][204]

Director of Oval Office Operations

Keith Schiller
January 20, 2017September 20, 2017Left reportedly after White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly told him he needed permission to speak to the president and to provide written reports of those conversations.[205][206][207]

White House Director of Political Affairs
Bill Stepien[208]January 21, 2017December 7, 2018

White House Counsel

Don McGahn
January 20, 2017October 17, 2018[209]President Trump tweeted in August 2018 that McGahn would leave after the Kavanaugh confirmation vote.[210]
Emmet FloodOctober 17, 2018December 10, 2018

White House Deputy Counsel

Makan Delrahim
January 20, 2017September 28, 2017Left to become United States Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Antitrust Division.

Gregory G. Katsas

January 22, 2017December 8, 2017Left to become a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Stefan PassantinoJanuary 20, 2017August 2018
Annie DonaldsonFebruary 2017December 2018

White House Special Counsel
Ty CobbJuly 2017May 2018Cobb commented, "I believed then and now I worked for the country. I didn’t really have any difficulty with that. People's reactions were frequently hostile when they found out what I was doing. How hypocritical is it to think that the Democrats deserve the best people and Republicans don’t? I have served both. It’s the same country."[78]

White House Associate Counsel

Stacy Cline Amin

January 2017

Rene Augustine

January 2018

John Bash
December 2017Left to become United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas.
James BurnhamOctober 2017Resigned to become a United States Assistant Attorney General.
Michael EllisFebruary 6, 2017March 2, 2020Ellis reportedly revealed classified intelligence reports to Devin Nunes, for whom he formerly worked. He was involved in the Trump–Ukraine scandal and refused to testify in the House Intelligence Committee's impeachment investigation.

Became senior director for intelligence on the National Security Council.

Chris GriecoJanuary 2017August 2018
Brian RabbittNovember 2017
Jim SchultzJanuary 20, 2017November 24, 2017
Steven MenashiSeptember 2018November 14, 2019Left to become a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

White House Deputy Associate Counsel
Stuart McCommasJanuary 2017April 2018

Personal attorney for President Trump
John M. DowdJune 2017March 22, 2018Dowd cited Trump's repeatedly ignoring advice, clashing over legal strategy, and the recent hire of attorney Joseph diGenova to the legal team as justification for his resignation,[211][212] while Trump cited his lack of confidence in Dowd to handle the investigation.[212]

Legal Advisor to the President
Marc KasowitzMay 24, 2017July 20, 2017

White House speechwriter
David SorensenJanuary 20, 2017February 9, 2018Resigned after his ex-wife Jessica Corbett detailed allegations of physical and emotional abuse during their two-and-a-half year marriage. Sorensen denied the allegations,[213] alleged that she had been abusive towards him and submitted his resignation.[214]

White House speechwriter and Policy Aide to the President
Darren BeattieAugust 19, 2018[215]

Personal Aide to the President
John McEnteeJanuary 20, 2017March 13, 2018
Jordan KaremMarch 13, 2018January 2019

Director of Oval Office Operations
June 6, 2018

Physician to the President

Ronny Jackson
July 25, 2013March 28, 2018

Chairman of the Strategic and Policy Forum

Stephen A. SchwarzmanJanuary 22, 2017August 16, 2017[216]

Chair of the Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission

Chris Christie
March 29, 2017November 1, 2017

Member of the Opioid and Drug Abuse Commission

Charlie Baker

Roy Cooper

Patrick J. Kennedy
Bertha Madras

Pam Bondi

Vice Chair of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity

Kris Kobach
May 11, 2017January 3, 2018

Co-chair of the Council of Governors

Mary Fallin
May 2017January 14, 2019

Dannel Malloy
Reappointment
(Tenure began February 4, 2010)
January 9, 2019

Member of the Council of Governors

Terry Branstad
March 9, 2011May 24, 2017

Matt Mead
May 1, 2017

Brian Sandoval
February 21, 2013

Terry McAuliffe
February 24, 2015

Rick Snyder

Eric Greitens
May 2017June 1, 2018

Bill Haslam
Reappointment
(Tenure began in 2014)
January 19, 2019

Mark Dayton[217]
Reappointment
(Tenure began February 24, 2015)
January 7, 2019

Rick Scott
May 1, 2017January 7, 2019

Bill Walker
December 3, 2018

Charlie Baker
Reappointment
(Tenure began in 2016)
February 22, 2019

John Bel Edwards

Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget

Margaret Weichert
February 28, 2018March 2020Became a managing director at Accenture.

Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Neomi Rao
July 18, 2017March 18, 2019Left to become a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

United States Chief Information Officer

Suzette Kent
January 29, 2018July 2020[218]

Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Kemp ChesterJanuary 20, 2017March 27, 2017
Richard J. BaumMarch 28, 2017February 9, 2018

Deputy Chief of Staff for the Office of National Drug Control Policy and White House Liaison
Taylor WeyenethJanuary 23, 2017January 24, 2018Formerly White House Liaison at the Office of National Drug Control Policy as a political appointee and Deputy White House Liaison/Special Assistant at the Department of Treasury, Weyeneth was the Deputy Chief of Staff until resigning on January 24, 2018.[219] Hired by HUD in March 2018 on opioid policy, he said in January he was "unfairly criticized".[220]

Trade Representative

Maria PaganJanuary 20, 2017March 2, 2017

Stephen Vaughn
March 2, 2017May 15, 2017

Senior Advisor to the President
(Economic Affairs)

Kevin Hassett
April 15, 2020July 2020[221]

Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
September 13, 2017June 28, 2019[222]

Tomas J. Philipson
June 28, 2019June 24, 2020[223]

Tyler Goodspeed
June 23, 2020January 6, 2021Resigned following the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.[155][81]

Special Representative for International Negotiations

Jason Greenblatt
January 20, 2017October 31, 2019Greenblatt left before the release of the peace plan that he worked on for over two years.

Special Chairman of Federal Salary Council
Ron SandersDecember 2017October 26, 2020Resigned in protest to a recent Executive Order stripping federal protections from key federal workers.[224]

White House Social Secretary

Rickie NicetaFebruary 8, 2017January 6, 2021Resigned following the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.[109][81]

See also

Notes

References