Monday, December 01, 2008

Presidential Appointment List - No Senate Confirmation Required

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The following is a list of Presidential Appointed positions to the Executive Branch. These positions do not require Senate approval. You can find our Presidential Appointment list requiring Senate confirmation here. Information has been gathered from the Plum Book, the Transition Team as well as several other government sites. The list is not finished yet. We will add additional positions as quickly as possible.

White House Office

PositionNomineeDate
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel 11/6/08
Deputy White House Chief of Staff Mona Sutphen 11/16/08
Deputy White House Chief of StaffJim Messina 11/16/08
Counsel to the President Greg Craig 11/15/08
Counselor to the President TBA
Asst to the President for Presidential Personnel Don Gips 1/5/09
Asst to the President for National Security Affairs Jim Jones 12/1/08
Asst. to the President for Economic Policy and Director, National Economic Council Larry Summers 11/24/08
Asst. to the President for Strategic Initiatives & External Affairs TBA
Chief of Staff to the First Lady Jackie Norris 11/20/08
Deputy Chief of Staff to the First LadyMelissa Winter 11/24/08
Asst. to the President for Legislative Affairs Phil Schiliro 11/15/08
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs 11/6/08
Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton
12/24/08
Deputy National Security AdvisorThomas Donilon12/22/08
Director of CommunicationsEllen Moran 11/22/08
Deputy Director of CommunicationsDan Pfeiffer 11/22/08
Director of Speechwriting Jon Favreau 11/26/08
Asst to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism TBA
Staff Secretary Lisa Brown 11/19/08
Director of the Domestic Policy Council Melody Barnes 11/24/08
Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council Heather Higginbottom 11/24/08
Director of Scheduling & Advance Alyssa Mastromonaco 11/25/08
Asst to the President & White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers 11/24/08
Special Counsel to the President TBA
Deputy Asst to the President for Legislative Affairs TBA
Senior Advisor David Axelrod 11/6/08
Senior AdvisorPete Rouse 11/16/08
Director of Intergovernmental AffairsCecilia Munoz 11/26/08
Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison Valerie Jarrett 11/15/08
Cabinet Secretary Chris Lu 11/19/08
Director of Political Affairs Patrick Gaspard 11/21/08
Director of Public Liason
Christina Tchen
12/5/08
Chief of Staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public LiaisonMichael Strautmanis12/5/08
Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Carol Browner12/15/08
Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Heather Zichal
12/15/08
Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for the United States Senate
Shawn Maher12/23/08
Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for the United States House
Dan Turton
12/23/08
Deputy White House Counsel
Cassandra Butts12/23/08
Deputy Cabinet SecretaryElizabeth Sears Smith
12/23/08
Director of Communications for the First Lady Camille Johnston
12/23/08
Press Secretary for the First Lady
Katie McCormick Lelyveld
12/23/08
Deputy Press Secretary for the First Lady
Semonti Mustaphi
12/23/08
White House Photographer
Pete Souza
1/5/09
Associate Counsel to the President
Susan Sher
1/5/09
Director of the Office of Management
and Administration
Bradley Kiley
1/5/09
Chief Performance Officer
Nancy Killefer
1/6/09
Last updated: 1/6/09

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Office of Policy Development
PositionNomineeDate
Deputy Asst to the President for Economic Policy and Deputy Director
Deputy Asst to the President for Domestic Policy
Special Asst to the President for Domestic Policy
Special Asst to the President for Economic Policy
Special Asst to the President for Economic Policy
Acting Director of the Office of Faith Based and Community Initiatives
Acting Director of USA Freedom Corps
Special Asst to the President for Domestic Policy
Last updated: 11/17/08

Office of Administration
PositionNomineeDate
Director, Office of Administration
Last updated: 11/17/08

National Security Council
Position Nominee Date
Executive Secretary
Last updated: 11/17/08

Office of the Vice-President
Position NomineeDate
Chief of Staff Ron Klain 11/15/08
Counsel Cynthia Hogan 11/21/08
Director of Administration Moises Vela, Jr. 11/21/08
Counselor Mike Donilon 11/25/08
Domestic Policy Advisor Terrell McSweeny 11/25/08
Asst to the VP for Intergovernmental Affairs & Public Liasion Evan Ryan 11/25/08
Chief of Staff for Dr. Jill Biden Catherine Russell 11/21/08
Assistant to the Vice President and Director of CommunicationsJay Carney12/20/08
Press Secretary to the VPElizabeth Alexander12/20/08
Deputy Press Secretary to the VPAnnie Tomasini 12/20/08
National Security Advisor to the VPAntony Blinken 12/22/08
Chief Economist and Economic Policy Director to the VPJared Bernstein 12/24/08
Deputy Chief of StaffAlan Hoffman 12/30/08
Director of Legislative AffairsSudafi Henry 12/30/08
Deputy National Security Advisor to the VP
Brian McKeon
1/5/09
Communications Director for Jill Biden
Courtney O'Donnell1/5/09
Residence Manager and Social Secretary for the VP and Dr. Jill BidenCarlos Elizondo
1/5/09
Last updated: 1/5/09