Executive Office appointments of the first Trump administration
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. There are about 4,000 positions in the Executive Office of the President.
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Denotes appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.
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Appointments
Source:White House Office
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
White House Chief of Staff | Mark Meadows | March 31, 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Deputy Chief of Staff | Tony Ornato | December 7, 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Deputy Chief of Staff | Chris Liddell | March 19, 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy White House Policy Coordinator | Nick Butterfield | January 20, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Deputy Chief of Staff | Dan Scavino | April 21, 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Director of Social Media | Dan Scavino | January 22, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Counselor to the President | Hope Hicks | March 9, 2020 | January 12, 2021 |
Chief of Staff to the Senior Counselor | Hope Renee Hudson | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Senior Advisor to the President | Ivanka Trump | March 29, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Senior Advisor to the President | Jared Kushner | January 22, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Director of the Office of American Innovation | Jared Kushner | March 27, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations | Avi Berkowitz | November 1, 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
Senior Advisor to the President | Stephen Miller | January 20, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Director of Speechwriting | Stephen Miller | January 22, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Principal Deputy Chief of Staff | John Fleming | March 30, 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
Director of the Domestic Policy Council | Brooke Rollins | May 24, 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council | Jennifer B. Lichter | May 24, 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
Director of the National Economic Council | Larry Kudlow | April 2, 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Director of the National Economic Council | Everett Eissenstat | June 2017 | July 2018 |
National Security Council | Everett Eissenstat | June 2017 | July 2018 |
Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs | Everett Eissenstat | June 2017 | July 2018 |
Deputy Director of the National Economic Council | Andrew Olmem | June 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Assistant to the President | Andrew Olmem | June 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Director of the National Economic Council | Cletus R. Willems III | July 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Chief Economist of the National Economic Council | Joseph Lavorgna | January 20, 2021 | |
White House Cabinet Secretary | Kristan King Nevins | September 24, 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Cabinet Secretary | Matthew J. Flynn | January 20, 2021 | |
Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Organizational Structure | Kirk R. Marshall | January 20, 2021 | |
White House Communications Director | Vacant | ||
Deputy Director of Communications | Julie Hahn | January 20, 2021 | |
White House Director of Strategic Communications | Alyssa Farah | April 7, 2020 | December 4, 2020 |
Senior Advisor for Communications | Ben Williamson | January 20, 2021 | |
White House Press Secretary | Kayleigh McEnany | April 7, 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary | Brian R. Morgenstern | July 20, 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Deputy Press Secretary | Judd Deere | January 31, 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Chief Digital Officer | Ory Rinat | February 6, 2017 | June 20, 2020 |
White House Deputy Chief Digital Officer | Katlyn L. Parnitzke | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Chief of Staff to the First Lady | Stephanie Grisham | April 7, 2020 | January 6, 2021 |
Press Secretary to the First Lady | Stephanie Grisham | April 7, 2020 | January 6, 2021 |
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy for the First Lady | Emma Doyle | January 3, 2019 | April 21, 2020 |
Director of Policy for the Office of the First Lady | Arthur Harding | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
White House Social Secretary | Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd | February 22, 2017 | January 6, 2021 |
Director of White House Information Technology | Roger L. Stone | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Director of White House Information Technology | David Lambrecht | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs | Douglas Hoelscher | June 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs | William F. Crozer | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Associate Director of Intergovernmental Affairs | Zachery Tate Michael | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
White House Director of Legislative Affairs | Amy Swonger | June 5, 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs | Joyce Meyer | February 13, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs | Christopher Cox | January 20, 2021 | |
White House Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs | Benjamin R. Howard | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Director of the Office of Administration | Monica J. Block | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Director of the Office of Administration | Monica Block | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Chief Financial Officer in the Office of Administration | Heather D. Martin | June 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
National Security Advisor | Robert O'Brien | September 18, 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
[Deputy National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor (United States)|Deputy National Security Advisor] | Matthew Pottinger | September 22, 2019 | January 7, 2021 |
Assistant to the President | Matthew Pottinger | September 22, 2019 | January 7, 2021 |
Homeland Security Advisor | Julia Nesheiwat | February 21, 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
Executive Secretary of the National Security Council | Matthias Mitman | October 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
Legal Advisor to the National Security Council | John Eisenberg | January 20, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Director of Political Affairs | Brian Jack | February 2, 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Deputy Director of Political Affairs for Outreach | Alexander R. Willette | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office | John McEntee | January 8, 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
Director of Operations of the Office of Presidential Personnel | James Bacon | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Director of the Office of Public Liaison | Timothy Pataki | February 2, 2019 | |
Deputy Director of the Office of Public Liaison | James Goyer | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Director of the Office of Public Liaison | Jennifer S. Korn | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Director of Scheduling and Advance | Robert Peede Jr. | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Advance | Matthew Palmisano | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Scheduling | Vacant | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Director of the Office of American Innovation | Ja'Ron K. Smith | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
White House Staff Secretary | Derek Lyons | June 6, 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Deputy Staff Secretary | Catherine Bellah Keller | June 9, 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy | Peter Navarro | April 29, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Special Assistant to the President for Trade and Manufacturing Policy | Alexander Gray | January 20, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy | Catherine A. Cole | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
White House Counsel | Pat Cipollone | December 10, 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Counsel to the President | Patrick F. Philbin | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Counsel to the President | Michael M. Purpura | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Counsel to the President | Kathryn C. Todd | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Chief of Staff to the White House Counsel | Ann M. Donaldson | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Director of Oval Office Operations | Nicholas F. Luna | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Executive Assistant to the President | Molly A. Michael | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Assistant to the President for Operations and Personal Aide to the President | Nicholas F. Luna | February 2, 2019. Previously Special Assistant to the President for Operations and Advance. | January 20, 2021 |
Oval Office Operations Coordinator | Molly A. Michael | TBA | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Mike Duncan | May 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Aldona Wos | May 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Lee H. Bienstock | May 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Somers White Farkas | May 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Marlyn McGrath | May 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Damond R. Watkins | May 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Ronald J. Zlatoper | May 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Richard Bagger | May 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Kenneth R. Nahigian | June 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Richard F. Hohlt | June 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Paris Dennard | December 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Linda M. Springer | December 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Robert J. Smullen | December 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Daniel Caine | December 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Lisa Nelson | April 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Philip Montante | April 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Justin Sayfie | April 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Ryan E. Mackenzie | October 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | John DeStefano | October 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Barrett Karr | October 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | David Bohigian | December 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Justin Reilly Clark | February 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Joshua Pitcock | February 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Reinhold Priebus | February 2020 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | Sean Michael Spicer | February 2020 | |
Deputy Assistant to the President | Keith Davids | September 6, 2018 | |
Director of the White House Military Office | Keith Davids | September 6, 2018 | |
Physician to the President | Sean Conley | May 4, 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Chief Official White House Photographer | Shealah Craighead | January 22, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
White House Chief Usher | Timothy Harleth | June 23, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Council of Economic Advisers
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers | Tyler Goodspeed | June 24, 2020 | January 7, 2021 |
Member of the Council of Economic Advisers | Vacant |
Council on Environmental Quality
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality | Mary Neumayr | January 10, 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the Council on Environmental Quality | Vacant | ||
Member of the Council on Environmental Quality | Vacant |
President's Intelligence Advisory Board
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board | Steve Feinberg | May 12, 2018 | |
Vice Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board | Samantha F. Ravich | August 2018 | |
Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board | Saxby Chambliss | November 2018 | |
Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board | Jeremy Katz | November 2018 | |
Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board | Jim Donovan | November 2018 | |
Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board | Kevin E. Hulbert | November 2018 | |
Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board | David Robertson | November 2018 | |
Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board | Clifford Sobel | January 2019 | |
Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board | J. Tucker Bailey | March 2019 |
Office of National Drug Control Policy
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy | James W. Carroll | February 9, 2018 | January 30, 2019 |
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy | James W. Carroll | January 31, 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy | Kendel Ehrlich | August 2019 | February 2020 |
Office of Science and Technology Policy
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | Kelvin Droegemeier | February 11, 2019 | January 15, 2021 |
Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | Michael Kratsios | August 2, 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | Vacant | ||
Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | Vacant | ||
Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | Vacant |
Office of the United States Trade Representative
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
Trade Representative | Robert Lighthizer | May 15, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Trade Representative | Vacant | ||
Deputy Trade Representative | C.J. Mahoney | March 13, 2018 | 2020 |
Deputy Trade Representative | Michael Nemelka | September 8, 2020 | |
Deputy Trade Representative | Dennis Shea | March 12, 2018 | |
Chief Agricultural Negotiator | Gregg Doud | March 12, 2018 | |
General Counsel | Stephen Vaughn | March 2017 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | Dan DiMicco | December 4, 2017 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | Vincent Duvall | December 4, 2017 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | Leslie B. Daniels | December 4, 2017 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | Donald N. Bockoven Jr. | September 2018 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | Donald Smith | September 2018 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | Lee Styslinger III | September 2018 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | Kenneth R. Weinstein | September 2018 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | Charles Rivkin | September 2018 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | Victoria Espinel | September 2018 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | Robert T. DeMartini | September 2018 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | C. Fred Bergsten | October 2018 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | Evan G. Greenberg | October 2018 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | James P. Hoffa | October 2018 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | Harold McGraw III | October 2018 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | Timothy P. Smucker | October 2018 | |
Member of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations | Pete Ricketts | December 2011 |
Office of the Vice President
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
Chief of Staff to the Vice President | Marc Short | March 2019 | January 20, 2021 |
Senior Advisor to the Vice President | Thomas A. Rose | January 20, 2021 | |
Deputy Assistant to the Vice President | Kara Brooks | January 25, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Communications Director for the Second Lady | Kara Brooks | January 25, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Assistant to the Vice President | Sara Egeland | January 25, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Policy Director for the Second Lady | Sara Egeland | January 25, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Assistant to the Vice President | Lani Czarnieck | January 25, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Special Assistant to the Vice President | Zach Bauer | January 25, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Director of Administration for the Vice President | Katherine Purucke | January 20, 2021 | |
Director of Domestic Policy for the Vice President | Daris Meeks | January 25, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Director of Legislative Affairs for the Vice President | Jonathan Hiler | January 25, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Vice President | Sarah Makin | January 25, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Deputy Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Vice President | Andeliz Castillo | January 25, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Director of Scheduling for the Vice President | Meghan Patenaude | January 25, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Director of Speechwriting for the Vice President | Stephen Ford | January 25, 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
National Security Advisor to the Vice President | Keith Kellogg | April 27, 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Press Secretary to the Vice President | Katie Miller | October 1, 2019 | March 27, 2020 |
Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President | Josh Paciorek | March 2017 | January 20, 2021 |
Chief Counsel to the Vice President | Matt Morgan | January 8, 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Chief of Staff to the Second Lady | Jana Toner | January 2018 | January 20, 2021 |
Member of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
| Member of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council | Greg Abbott | January 20, 2015 | |
| Member of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council | Ron DeSantis | January 8, 2019 | |
| Member of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council | John Bel Edwards | January 11, 2016 | |
| Member of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council | Kay Ivey | April 10, 2017 | |
| Member of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council | Tate Reeves | January 14, 2020 |
Member of the Council of Governors
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
Member of the Council of Governors | Steve Bullock | Reappointment | |
Member of the Council of Governors | Asa Hutchinson | July 12, 2018 | |
Member of the Council of Governors | Mike DeWine | February 22, 2019 | |
Member of the Council of Governors | Doug Ducey | February 22, 2019 | |
Member of the Council of Governors | David Ige | February 22, 2019 | |
Member of the Council of Governors | Ned Lamont | February 22, 2019 | |
Member of the Council of Governors | Mike Parson | February 22, 2019 | |
Member of the Council of Governors | J. B. Pritzker | February 22, 2019 | |
Member of the Council of Governors | Pete Ricketts | February 22, 2019 | |
Member of the Council of Governors | Tim Walz | February 22, 2019 |
Commission on Presidential Scholars
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
Chairman of the Commission on Presidential Scholars | Eileen Lappin Weiser | - | |
Member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars | Donald Wuerl | - | |
Member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars | Tina S. Holland | - | |
Member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars | Sally Atwater | - | |
Member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars | Darla Romfo | June 2018 |
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
| Office | Nominee | Assumed office | Left office |
Co-chair of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | Michelle Steel | January 2019 | |
Co-chair of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | Paul Hsu | January 2019 | |
| Member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | Jennifer Carnahan | January 2019 | |
| Member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | David B. Cohen | January 2019 | |
| Member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | Grace Y. Lee | January 2019 | |
| Member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | George Leing | January 2019 | |
| Member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | Jan-Ie Low | January 2019 | |
| Member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | Herman Martir | January 2019 | |
| Member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | Prem Parameswaran | January 2019 | |
| Member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | Amata Coleman Radewagen | January 2019 | |
| Member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | Sean Reyes | January 2019 | |
| Member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | Chiling Tong | January 2019 |