Part I, State through Defense
Part II, Justice through HHS
Part III, HUD through Homeland Security
Part IV, [selected] independent agencies
As President Obama and his department and agency heads have nominated and appointed officials over the last few months, I have been compiling them into a single document. In Part V, the final part, we'll look at the White House staff, most of which is formally part of the Executive Office of the President.
Other people can probably make more use of this document than I can, and can certainly format it more prettily than I have. The only claim to originality I make is that I have never found a list this complete -- a sort of proto-Plum Book of the Obama Administration -- anywhere on the internet, and I have searched for it. Indeed, it was the Plum Book that served as my inspiration. At any rate, with my second daughter, seven weeks old, quite rightly demanding a healthy share of our attention, and with plenty of work to do at my solo law practice, I need to pass it on to you all to do with as you will.
It bears emphasis that this is a rough document meant more as a starting point for data than an authoritative reference. I have included actual, verifiable nominees and appointees alongside expected and even rumored ones. I have mixed and matched current job titles with prior job titles. I have gone very far down the organizational hierarchy in some spots and barely past the top level in others. Some people or groups are undoubtedly misplaced in their respective chains of command. I have not included any links because it is all I can do to find the time to post this.
Some final notes on convention: I have omitted professional titles and military ranks, and have generally used officials' nicknames rather than given names when known. I tend to use the title of the office or bureau rather than the title of the position (lots of omitted "assistant to the President"s). And so forth.
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Executive Office of the President
Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel
Deputy Mona Sutphen
Deputy Jim Messina
Senior Advisor David Axelrod
(aide) Eric Lesser
Senior Advisor, Intergovernmental Relations and Public Valerie Jarrett
Liaison
Chief of Staff Michael Strautmanis
Senior Advisor Pete Rouse
White House Counsel Greg Craig
Principal Deputy Daniel Meltzer
Deputy (with a focus on domestic policy and ethics) Cassandra Butts
Special Counsel for Ethics and Government Reform Norman Eisen
Deputy for National Security Affairs Mary DeRosa
Special Counsel Jeffrey Bleich
National Security Council
National Security Advisor Jim Jones
Chief of Staff Mark Lippert
Deputy Tom Donilon
Deputy (for counterterrorism and natural disasters) John Brennan
Deputy for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman
Iraq and Afghanistan Coordinator Douglas Lute (holdover)
Senior Director on Nonproliferation Gary Samore
Director (Iran and Syria nuclear issues) Rexon Ryu
Senior Director on Asia Jeffrey Bader
Senior Director on Russia Michael McFaul
Senior Director for European Affairs Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
Senior Director on Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf Puneet Talwar
Senior Director on the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro
Senior Director for South Asia Paul Camp
(Latin American issues) Dan Restrepo
Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs Samantha Power
Senior Director on Development and Sustainable Security Gayle Smith
(nuclear terrorism czar/WMD coordinator) Graham Allison
Legal Adviser Mary DeRosa
Homeland Security Advisor John Brennan
National Economic Council
Chair Lawrence Summers
Deputy Diana Farrell
Deputy Jason Furman
Deputy Michael Froman
Deputy Jeremy Stein
Deputy David Lipton
Legislative Affairs Phil Schiliro
Deputy for the Senate Shawn Maher
Deputy for the House Dan Turton
Deputy Director Lisa Konwinski
Special Assistant Dana Singiser
Intergovernmental Affairs Cecilia Muñoz
Deputy David Agnew
Deputy Shaun McGrath
Deputy Associate Jodi Archambault Gillette
Deputy Associate Nicholas Rathod
Deputy Associate Michael Blake
Energy and Climate Change Carol Browner
Deputy Heather Zichal
Office of Health Reform Nancy-Ann DeParle
Deputy Jeanne Lambrew
Office of National AIDS Policy Jeffrey Crowley
Office of Urban Affairs Adolfo Carrión
Special Assistant Derek Douglas
Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Josh DuBois
Special Assistant for Disability Policy Kareem Dale
Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers Ed Montgomery
Domestic Policy Council
Director Melody Barnes
Deputy Heather Higginbottom
Special Assistant Tino Cuellar
Political Affairs Patrick Gaspard
Deputy Patrick Dillon
Associate (labor movement liaison) Nate Tamarin
Cabinet Secretary Chris Lu
Deputy Liz Sears Smith
(Department of Labor liaison) Karine Jean-Pierre
(NASA liaison) Dave Noble
Staff Secretary Lisa Brown
Presidential Personnel Don Gips
Management and Administration Brad Kiley
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
Deputy Bill Burton
Deputy Jen Psaki
Deputy (operations) Josh Earnest
Assistant Tommy Vietor
Assistant Ben LaBolt
Assistant Reid Cherlin
Assistant Nick Shapiro
Communications Ellen Moran
Deputy Daniel Pfeiffer
Photographer Pete Souza
Research Director Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean
Director of Message Events Danielle Gibbs Ledger
Deputy Katherine Lyons
Deputy Joelle Terry
Director of New Media Macon Phillips
Deputy Cammie Croft
Deputy for Video Jason Djang
Online Programs Director Jesse Lee
Director of Citizen Participation Katie Stanton
Director of Media Affairs Christina Reynolds
Director of Broadcast Media Dag Vega
Director of African American Media and Corey Ealons
Coordinator of Special Projects
Director of Hispanic Media Luis Miranda
Director of Specialty Media Shin Inouye
Regional Communications Director Amy Brundage
Regional Communications Director Moira Mack Muntz
Regional Communications Director Gannet Tseggai
Speechwriting Jon Favreau
Public Liaison Christina Tchen
Deputy Brian Bond
Scheduling and Advance Alyssa Mastromonaco
Director of Scheduling Danielle Crutchfield
Trip Director Marvin Nicholson
Director of Advance Emmett Beliveau
Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra
(cybersecurity tsarina) Melissa Hathaway
President’s Malaria Initiative Timothy Ziemer
White House Military Office, Director Louis Caldera
Personal Secretary Katie Johnson
Personal Aide Reggie Love
Office of the Vice President
Chief of Staff Ron Klain
Deputy Alan Hoffman
Counsel to the Vice President Cynthia Hogan
Associate Counsel Katherine Oyama
Director, Office of Adminisration for the Vice President Moe Vela
Counselor to the Vice President Mike Donilon
Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President Terrell McSweeny
Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison Evan Ryan
Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor Jared Bernstein
to the Vice President
Special Advisor to the President, Assistant to the Edward DeSeve
Vice President, and Special Advisor to the
OMB Director for Implementation of the Recovery Act
National Security Advisor to the Vice President Tony Blinken
Deputy Brian McKeon
Special Advisor for Nonproliferation Jon Wolfsthal
Special Advisor for the Middle East and South Asia Herro Mustafa
Director of Legislative Affairs for the Vice President Sudafi Henry
Communications Director to the Vice President Jay Carney
Press Secretary to the Vice President Elizabeth Alexander
Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President Annie Tomasini
Speechwriter Matt Teper
Director of Scheduling for the Vice President Elisabeth Hire
Director of Advance to the Vice President Pete Selfridge
Trip Director to the Vice President Sam Myers
Residence Manager and Social Secretary Carlos Elizondo
Office of the First Lady
Chief of Staff Jackie Norris
Deputy Melissa Winter
Deputy David Medina
Director of Policy and Projects Jocelyn Frye
Deputy Trooper Sanders
Counsel Susan Sher
Press Secretary Katie McCormick Lelyveld
Deputy Semonti Mustaphi
Director of Communications Camille Johnston
Director of Correspondence Tyler Lechtenberg
Director of Scheduling and Events Franny Starkey Sanguin
Deputy Jennifer Goodman
Special Assistant for Scheduling and Traveling Aide Kristen Jarvis
Personal Aide Dana Lewis
Office of Dr. Jill Biden
Chief of Staff Cathy Russell
Policy Director Kirsten White
Communications Director Courtney O’Donnell
Director of Scheduling Anthony Bernal
Social Secretary Jessica Rogers
Deputy Ebs Burnough
Deputy Joe Reinstein
Assistant Samantha Tubman
Office of Management and Budget
Director Peter Orszag
Deputy for Budget Rob Nabors
Deputy for Management
Executive Associate Director Jeffrey Liebman
Associate Director, Defense and International Affairs Steve Kosiak
Associate Director, Education, Income Maintenance and Labor Robert Gordon
Associate Director, General Government Programs Xavier de Souza Briggs
Associate Director, Natural Resource Programs
Associate Director, Communications and Strategic Planning Kenneth Baer
General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor Preeta Bansal
Administrator, Federal Procurement Policy
Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs Cass Sunstein
Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management
Counsel of Economic Advisors
Chair Christina Romer
Member Austan Goolsbee
Member Cecilia Rouse
Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Chair Paul Volcker
Staff Director and Chief Economist Austan Goolsbee
Counsel on Environmental Quality
Chair Nancy Sutley
Special Advisor on Green Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation Van Jones
United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk
Chief of Staff Julianna Smoot
Senior Counsel Peter Cowhey
Deputy Demetrios Marantis
Deputy Miriam Sapiro
General Counsel and Chief Enforcement Officer Tim Reif
Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs and Manager Lisa Garcia
of the U.S. Trade Advisory System
Assistant for Congressional Affairs Daniel Sepulveda
Deputy Luis Jimenez
Assistant for Public and Media Affairs Carol Guthrie
Office of Science and Technology Policy
Director John Holdren
Associate Director, Technology
Associate Director, Science
Associate Director, Environment Shere Abbott
Assistant Director, Federal Research and Development Kei Kozumi
Chief of Staff and General Counsel
President’s Counsel of Advisors on Science and Technology
Co-Chair John Holdren
Co-Chair Harold Varmus
Co-Chair Eric Lander
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Director Gil Kerlikowske
Deputy Thomas McClellan
Deputy for Demand Reduction
Deputy for State, Local, and Tribal Affairs
Deputy for Supply Reduction