Building the New Administration
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Cabinet
Date of Formal Announcement     ...through Jan. 20, 2009
Nov. 6
White House Chief of Staff
Rahm Emanuel
Nov. 15
Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison
Valerie Jarrett

Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Phil Schiliro

Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Ron Klain
Nov. 16
Senior Advisor
Pete Rouse

Deputy Chief of Staff
Mona Sutpen

Deputy Chief of Staff
Jim Messina
Nov. 19
Senior Advisor to the President
David Axelrod

Staff Secretary
Lisa Brown

White House Counsel
Greg Craig

Cabinet Secretary
Chris Lu
Nov. 21
Director of the Office of Political Affairs
Patrick Gaspard

Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Jackie Norris

Chief of Staff for Dr. Jill Biden
Catherine (Cathy) M. Russell

Counsel to the Vice President
Cynthia Hogan

Director of Administration for the Office of the Vice President
Moises (Moe) V. Vela, Jr.
Nov. 22
Director of Communications
Ellen Moran

Press Secretary
Robert Gibbs

Deputy Director of Communications
Dan Pfeiffer
Nov. 24
Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary
Desirée Rogers

Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Melissa Winter

Secretary of the Treasury
Timothy Geithner

Director of the National Economic Council Lawrence Summers

Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors Christina Romer

Director of the Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes

Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council
Heather A. Higginbottom
Nov. 25
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Peter Orszag

Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Rob Nabors

Counselor to the Vice President Mike Donilon

Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President
Terrell McSweeny

Assistant to the Vice President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison
Evan Ryan

Director of Scheduling and Advance
Alyssa Mastromonaco
Nov. 26
Chairman of Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Paul Volcker

Staff Director and Chief Economist of the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board & Member of the Council of Economic Advisers
Austan Goolsbee

Director of Speechwriting
Jonathan Favreau

Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Cecilia Muñoz
Dec. 1
Secretary of State
Sen. Hillary Clinton

Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates

Attorney General
Eric Holder

Secretary of Homeland Security
Gov. Janet Napolitano

Ambassador to the United Nations
Susan Rice

National Security Advisor
General Jim Jones, USMC (Ret)
Dec. 2
Director of the White House Military Office
Louis Caldera
Dec. 3
Secretary of Commerce
Gov. Bill Richardson (01/04/09)
Dec. 6
Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to the Vice President
Jared Bernstein

Director of Public Liaison
Christina M. Tchen

Chief of Staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison
Michael Strautmanis
Dec. 7
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
General Eric Shinseki
Dec. 11
Secretary of Health and Human Services and Director of White House Office of Health Reform
former Sen. Tom Daschle (02/03/09)

Deputy Director of White House Office of Health Reform
Dr. Jeanne Lambrew
Dec. 13
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Shaun Donovan
Dec. 15
Secretary of Energy
Dr. Steven Chu

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
Lisa Jackson

Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality
Nancy Sutley

Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Carol Browner

Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Heather Zichal
Dec. 16
Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Communications
Jay Carney

Press Secretary to the Vice President
Elizabeth Alexander

Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President
Annie Tomasini

Secretary of Education
Arnie Duncan
Dec. 17
Secretary of Agriculture
former Gov. Tom Vilsack

Secretary of the Interior
Sen. Ken Salazar
Dec. 18
Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Mary Schapiro

Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Gary Gensler

Governor of the Federal Reserve Board
Dan Tarullo
Dec. 19
Secretary of Labor
Rep. Hilda Solis

Secretary of Transportation
Rep. Ray LaHood

U.S. Trade Representative
former Mayor Ron Kirk

Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Karen G. Mills
Dec. 20
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Dr. John Holdren

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator
Dr. Jane Lubchenco

Co-Chair, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
Dr. Eric Lander

Co-Chair, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
Dr. Harold Varmus
Dec. 21
    White House Task Force on Working Families >
[Vice President Joe Biden, chair]
Dec. 23
Deputy White House Counsel
Cassandra Butts

Deputy Cabinet Secretary
Elizabeth Sears Smith

Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for the United States Senate
Shawn Maher

Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for the United States House
Dan Turton

Director of Communications for Michelle Obama
Camille Johnston

Press Secretary for Michelle Obama
Katie McCormick Lelyveld

Deputy Press Secretary for Michelle Obama
Semonti Mustaphi

Deputy Secretary of State
James B. Steinberg

Deputy Secretary of State
Jacob Lew

Deputy National Security Advisor
Thomas E. Donilon

National Security Advisor to the Vice President
Antony “Tony” Blinken
Dec. 30
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Alan Hoffman

Director of Legislative Affairs to the Vice President
Sudafi Henry
Jan. 5a Deputy Attorney General
David Ogden

Soliciter General
Elena Kagan

Associate Attorney General
Tom Perrelli

Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
Dawn Johnsen
Jan. 5b
White House Director of Presidential Personnel
Don Gips

Director of the Office of Management and Administration
Bradley J. Kiley

Associate Counsel to the President
Susan Sher

Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President
Brian McKeon

Communications Director for Dr. Jill Biden
Courtney O'Donnell

Residence Manager and Social Secretary for the Vice President and Dr. Jill Biden
Carlos E. Elizondo

Chief White House Photographer
Pete Souza
Jan. 7
Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management at OMB
Nancy Killefer (02/03/09)
Jan. 8a
Director of Scheduling for the Vice President
Elizabeth Hire

Director of Advance for the Vice President
Pete Selfridge

Director of Scheduling for Dr. Jill Biden
Anthony Bernal

Trip Director for the Vice President
Sam Myers Sr.
Jan. 8b
Deputy Secretary of Defense
William J. Lynn III

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
Robert F. Hale

Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
Michèle Flournoy
Jan. 9
Director of National Intelligence
Admiral Dennis Blair

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Leon Panetta
Jan. 13
Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
William Corr
(Jan. 13
White House decorator
Michael S. Smith) +
Jan. 15
Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs
Lisa Konwinski

Legislative Affairs staff
Jay Heimbach, Christopher Kang, Sean Kennedy, Jim Oleske, Jim Papa, Alejandro Pérez, Jonathan Samuels,  Shelly O’Neill Stoneman, Louisa Terrell, Denise Wilson
Jan. 16a
Director of Scheduling for the President
Danielle Crutchfield

Trip Director for the President
Marvin Nicholson

Director of Advance
Emmett Beliveau

Deputy Director of Political Affairs
Patrick Dillon
Jan. 16b
    First Lady's Office:


Deputy Chief of Staff
David Medina

Director of Policy and Projects
Jocelyn Frye

Deputy Director of Policy and Projects
Trooper Sanders

Director of Scheduling and Advance
Franny Starkey Sanguin

Deputy Director of Scheduling and Events
Jennifer Goodman

Personal Aide
Dana M. Lewis

Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide
Kristen Jarvis

Director of Correspondence
Tyler Lechtenberg

Deputy Social Secretary
Ebs Burnough

Deputy Social Secretary
Joe Reinstein

Staff Assistant to the Social Secretary
Sally Armbruster

Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff
Joe Boswell

Staff Assistant
Natalie Bookey
Jan. 19
     Office of Management and Budget:


Executive Associate Director Jeffrey Liebman

Associate Director for Defense and International Affairs Steve Kosiak

Associate Director for Education, Income Maintenance and Labor Robert Gordon

Associate Director for General Government Programs Xavier de Souza Briggs

OMB General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor Preeta Bansal

Associate Director for Communications and Strategic Planning Kenneth Baer

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