White House
Obama Appointees
| Rahm Emanuel |
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| Position: Chief of Staff
Appointed: Dec. 9, 2008 |
| David Axelrod |
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| Position: Senior Adviser to the President
Appointed: Nov. 19, 2008 |
| Pete Rouse |
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| Position: Senior Adviser to the President
Appointed: Nov. 16, 2008 |
| Valerie B. Jarrett |
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| Position: Senior Adviser to the President; Assistant for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement
Appointed: Nov. 15, 2008 |
| Greg Craig |
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| Position: White House Counsel
Appointed: Nov. 19, 2008 |
| Melody C. Barnes |
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| Position: Director of the Domestic Policy Council
Appointed: Nov. 24, 2008 |
| Cecilia Munoz |
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| Position: Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Appointed: Dec. 26, 2008 |
| Heather A. Higginbottom |
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| Position: Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council
Appointed: Nov. 24, 2008 |
| Jon Favreau |
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| Position: Director of Speechwriting
Appointed: Nov. 26, 2008 |
| Phil Schiliro |
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| Position: Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Appointed: Nov. 15, 2008 |
| Jim Messina |
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| Position: Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff
Appointed: Nov. 16, 2008 |
| Mona Sutphen |
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| Position: Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff
Appointed: Nov. 16, 2008 |
| Patrick Gaspard |
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| Position: Director of the Office of Political Affairs
Appointed: Nov. 21, 2008 |
| Christopher P. Lu |
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| Position: Cabinet Secretary
Appointed: Nov. 19, 2008 |
| Lisa Brown |
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| Position: Staff Secretary
Appointed: Nov. 19, 2008 |
| Cynthia Hogan |
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| Position: Counsel to the Vice President
Appointed: Nov. 21, 2008 |
| Robert Gibbs |
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| Position: Press Secretary
Appointed: Nov. 22, 2008 |
| Dan Pfeiffer |
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| Position: Deputy Director of Communications
Appointed: Nov. 24, 2008 |
| Lawrence H. Summers |
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| Position: Director of the National Economic Council
Appointed: Nov. 24, 2008 |
| Ronald A. Klain |
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| Position: Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Appointed: Nov. 15, 2008 |
| Desiree Rogers |
|---|
| Position: Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary
Appointed: Nov. 24, 2008 |
| Michael C. Donilon |
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| Position: Counselor to the Vice President
Appointed: Nov. 30, 2008 |
| James L. Jones |
|---|
| Position: Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Appointed: Dec. 1, 2008 |
| Christina Tchen |
|---|
| Position: Director of Public Engagement
Appointed: Dec. 5, 2008 |
| Jeanne Lambrew |
|---|
| Position: Deputy Director of White House Office of Health Reform
Appointed: Dec. 11, 2008 |
| Heather Zichal |
|---|
| Position: Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Appointed: Dec. 15, 2008 |
| Thomas E. Donilon |
|---|
| Position: Deputy National Security Adviser
Appointed: Dec. 23, 2008 |
| Antony Blinken |
|---|
| Position: National Security Adviser to the Vice President
Appointed: Dec. 23, 2008 |
| Don Gips |
|---|
| Position: Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel
Appointed: Jan. 5, 2009 |
| Carol Browner |
|---|
| Position: Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Appointed: Dec. 15, 2008 |
| John Brennan |
|---|
| Position: Homeland Security Adviser
Appointed: Jan. 9, 2009 |
| Cassandra Butts |
|---|
| Position: Deputy Counsel to the President
Appointed: Dec. 23, 2008 |
| Alyssa Mastromonaco |
|---|
| Position: Deputy Assistant to the President for Scheduling, Advance
Appointed: Nov. 25, 2008 |
| Susan Sher |
|---|
| Position: Associate Counsel to the President
Appointed: Jan. 5, 2009 |
| Michael Strautmanis |
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| Position: Chief of staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Engagement
Appointed: Dec. 5, 2008 |
| Shawn Maher |
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| Position: Deputy director of legislative affairs for the U.S. Senate
Appointed: Dec. 23, 2008 |
| Jared Bernstein |
|---|
| Position: Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President
Appointed: Dec. 5, 2008 |
| Jay Carney |
|---|
| Position: Assistant to the President and Director of Communications
Appointed: Dec. 16, 2008 |
| Daniel Turton |
|---|
| Position: Deputy director of legislative affairs for the U.S. House
Appointed: Dec. 23, 2008 |
| Paul Volcker |
|---|
| Position: Chairman of the President's Economic Recovery Board
Appointed: Nov. 26, 2008 |
| Jackie Norris |
|---|
| Position: Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Appointed: Nov. 21, 2008 |
| Melissa E. Winter |
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| Position: Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Appointed: Nov. 24, 2008 |
| Adolfo Carrion Jr. |
|---|
| Position: Director, White House Office of Urban Affairs
Appointed: Feb. 19, 2009 |
| Joshua DuBois |
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| Position: Director of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Appointed: Feb. 5, 2009 |
| Matt Teper |
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| Position: Speechwriter for the Vice President
Appointed: March 23, 2009 |
| Moises V. Vela, Jr. |
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| Position: Director of Administration for the Vice President
Appointed: Nov. 24, 2008 |
Choices at a Glance
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