PRESIDENT DONALD J.

TRUMP
WHITE HOUSE STAFF
Chief of Staff - Reince Priebus - head of the RNC
Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser to the Chief of Staff - Sean
Cairncross - Republican National Committee Chief Operating Officer and Deputy
Executive Director and General Counsel to the National Republican Senatorial Committee
for two cycles (2009-2012)
Director of the Office of Chief of Staff - Michael Ambrosini
Special Assistant to the President and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff Mallory Hunter
Deputy Chief of Staff - Katie Walsh - Chief of Staff at the Republican National Committee
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations - Joe Hagin - Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations in the
George W. Bush White House
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy - Rick Dearborn former top aide to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
and nominee for Attorney General
Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President - Stephen K. Bannon - Executive Chairman of
Breitbart News Network
Senior White House Advisor - Jared Kushner Son-in-law; CEO of Kushner Companies and publisher
of the New York Observer
Special Assistant to the President and Assistant to the Senior Advisor - Avrahm
(Avi) Berkowitz
Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the President for Policy - Stephen Miller Responsible for directing White House policy staff, managing speechwriting functions, and
working to ensure the enactment of the Presidents policy agenda. Served throughout as the
campaigns chief speechwriter, and is currently the policy director for the President-elects
Transition Team; served as a key advisor to several members of Congress, including U.S.
Senator from Alabama Jeff Sessions, and served in senior leadership roles on both the Senate
Budget Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee.
o Office of the Senior Advisor to the President for Policy, Staff Announcements:
Director of Policy and Interagency Coordination- Carlos Diaz-Rosillo - has
been serving on the President-elects Transition Team as Policy Implementation
Executive Authority Advisor and White House Lead. He has been a member of
the faculty of government at Harvard University for more than eight years.
Advisor for Policy, Strategy and Speechwriting- Vince Haley - longtime
associate of former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich. He served as policy
director and later campaign manager of Gingrichs 2012 presidential campaign.
During the President-elects campaign, Mr. Haley developed ethics reform
policies.
Advisor for Policy, Strategy and Speechwriting- Ross Worthington - longtime
aide to former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich. He served as research
director for Gingrich, deputy communications director for Gingrichs 2012
presidential campaign and later as Gingrichs primary writer. During the
campaign, Mr. Worthington, together with Mr. Vince Haley, worked to formulate
and communicate policies that advanced the Trump agenda.
Advisor for Policy Development and Speechwriting- Ryan Jarmula - served
as a member of Vice President-elect Mike Pences staff for a number of years.
As a member of then-Congressman Pences Capitol Hill office, he handled a
variety of issues including foreign affairs, and later served Pence in his capacity

as Governor of the State of Indiana as Policy Director for Veterans Affairs and
most recently as Speechwriter. During the campaign, Mr. Jarmula worked on
Stephen Millers staff and had an active role in policy development.
Advisor for Policy - Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and the
Empowerment of Women - Dina Powell, a Goldman Sachs partner, and
previously served as the chief of the personnel office in the White House under
President George W. Bush.[1]
Special Assistant to the Senior Advisor- Robert Gabriel - served as policy
advisor on the President-elects campaign and assisted the National Policy
Director in policy development, speechwriting functions, and staff management.
Director of Strategic Initiatives - Chris Liddell - previously a CFO at Microsoft
and General Motors, as well as the executive director of Mitt Romneys 2012
transition planning team.[2]
Domestic Policy Council
Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council- Andrew Bromberg worked at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2001 to
2009, including serving as the Chief of Staff for the Office of Public Health and
Science. He later served as Policy Advisor and Counsel on Nominations for
Senator Mitch McConnell. He worked as the Policy Director for the 2016
Republican Party Platform. He now works in a lead policy and administrative role
on the Presidential Transition Team.
Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council and Director of Budget
Policy - Paul Winfree - Director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic
Policy Studies, the Center for Data Analysis and the Richard F. Aster Research
Fellow, all at The Heritage Foundation. Prior to joining Heritage, Mr. Winfree was
the Director of Income Security on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget.
Healthcare Policy- Katy Talento - an infectious disease epidemiologist with
nearly 20 years of experience in public health and health policy, as well as
government oversight and investigations and program evaluation, served on the
campaign since July 2016. Ms. Talento has spent 12 years in the U.S. Senate,
working for five Senators and two committees.
Urban Affairs and Revitalization- JaRon K. Smith - served as a Congressional
staff member for nearly a decade. Smith served the House Republican
Conference legislative staff under then-Chairman Mike Pence prior to joining the
Republican Study Committee to serve on the professional policy staff under
Congressman Jim Jordan. He later served as Economic Advisor to Senator Tim
Scott and currently works as the Director of External Affairs for Generation
Opportunity.
Education Policy- Rob Goad - currently serves on the Presidential Transition as
the education lead for the implementation of the President-elects education
policy agenda. Prior to developing education policy for the President-elects
successful campaign, Mr. Goad served as a Senior Policy Advisor to House
Policy Committee Chair Luke Messer focusing on education issues. He also
played a pivotal role advancing school choice policies as Director of the
Congressional School Choice Caucus.
Justice and Homeland Security Policy- John Zadrozny - worked for the past
six years on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Senate Committee on the
Judiciary for Senator Ted Cruz. Prior to working on Capitol Hill, he served in the
Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Department of State.

Regulatory Reform, Legal and Immigration Policy- Zina Bash - currently

serves as the Executive Vice President of Operations and Business
Development at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance.. Her previous positions
include Deputy Director of Policy and Communications for Senator Ted Cruzs
presidential campaign and Senior Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee in
Senator John Cornyns office. Ms. Bash also practiced law as an appellate
attorney at international law firm Gibson Dunn, & Crutcher LLP. Ms. Bash also
served as a law clerk to Justice Samuel Alito of the U.S.. Supreme Court and
Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Senior Policy Analyst- Peter White -has worked at the Federal Trade
Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. Most recently, Mr.
White served as Legislative Counsel for Congressman Mo Brooks. Licensed to
practice law in the District of Columbia, Mr. White is an active member of the
Federalist Society and performs pro bono legal for the Washington Legal Clinic
for the Homeless.
Assistant to the President and White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn - Partner at Jones
Day in Washington, DC, and has specialized in political law, including government ethics; served
as a member of the FEC five years, during which he served as both chairman and vice chairman)
Counselor to the President - Kellyanne Conway - founder and owner of The Polling Company,
inc./WomanTrend, a polling and research firm that for 21 years has served leading political
figures, nonprofits and companies.
Assistant to the President and Director of Legislative Affairs - Marc Short - Previously
worked as a top operative running the expansive political network of billionaire brothers Charles
and David Koch, is a longtime adviser to Pence. He was chief of staff to Sen. Kay Bailey
Hutchison of Texas and Pence, when he was in the House. During the 2016 campaign, Short
worked as an adviser for Sen. Marco Rubio during the primaries and later as a senior adviser for
Pence during the general election.
o Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs - Alexander Angelson
Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel - John DeStefano Longtime political aide to former House Speaker John Boehner who helped the RNC build a 2016
voter file and political database.
Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison
- Omarosa Manigault - Contestant on The Apprentice, and worked in the office of Vice President
Al Gore during the Clinton administration.
Assistant to the President for Intragovernmental and Technology Initiatives - Reed Cordish
- principal and partner of the Cordish Companies and president of Entertainment Consulting
International.[3]
Assistant to President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President - Josh Pitcock - Long-time
aide who most recently served as Indianas lobbyist in Washington.
Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary - Rob Porter - Utah Sen. Orrin Hatchs chief of
staff.
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Oval Office Operations - Keith Schiller Trump's security chief for the last 16 years and a retired NYPD detective.
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Advance - George Gigicos - He was
Donald Trumps director of advance operations. Founded and became president of Telion Corp.
The company associated with political and religious entities, associations, corporations and with
the government to successfully assist in the management of their conferences, meetings,
incentive programs and special events. The companys expertise in communication strategies,
crisis management, VIP and political advance operations and logistical support further assists
their clients in being relevant.

Deputy Assistant to the President and Political Director - Bill Stepien - Former deputy chief
of staff to Gov. Christie during the George Washington Bridge scandal.. He later became national
field director for Trumps presidential campaign.
Deputy Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary - Bill McGinley - A partner at law
firm Jones Day.
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs - Justin Clark Deputy national political director of Donald J. Trumps presidential campaign
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President - Jen
Pavlik - Worked as an aide to Pence during his time in Congress and as Indianas governor.
Special Assistant to the President and Personal Aide to the President - John McEntee - A
production assistant at Fox News before joining the Trump campaign in 2015. He served as
campaign trip director, overseeing preparations for campaign events.
Executive Assistant to the President - Madeleine Westerhout Assistant to the Chief of Staff
at the Republican National Committee
Chief Digital Officer - Gerrit Lansing - Chief Digital Officer at the Republican National
Committee.

Press Secretary/Communications Director - Sean Spicer - Communications director of the Republican

National Committee since 2011, and chief strategist since February 2015.
Deputy Press Secretary and Adviser to the Press Secretary - Lindsay Walters
Deputy Press Secretary - Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who managed her father Mike Huckabees
presidential bid
Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary - Stephanie Grisham spokeswoman for the Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives; prior to that,
she worked as the spokeswoman for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne.
Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary and Advisor to the Press
Secretary - Lindsay Walters - Republican National Committee spokeswoman.
Strategic Communications Director - Hope Hicks - Began working for the public relations firm
Zeno Group. She then moved to Hiltzik Strategies in New York City. While at Hiltzik, she "began
working on accounts related to Trumps vast real estate, hospitality and fashion ventures." She
then moved to the Trump Organization in 2014.
Social Media Director - Dan Scavino - Director of Social Media, Donald J. Trump for
President,
Inc. June 2015 Present; Director Of Development, Joe Torre September 2013
April 2015; Executive Vice President / General Manager The Trump Organization. January 2003
March 2013.
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Communications Director - Jessica Ditto Trump campaign's deputy communications director. Former communications director for
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin.
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Communications Director and Research
Director - Raj Shah - Currently the Research Director and Deputy Communications Director at
the Republican National Committee and also the Managing Director of America Rising, a
company that provides research to candidates.
Assistant Communications Director for Surrogate Operations - Boris Epshteyn - spokesman
for the inauguration planning effort; communications aide with the McCain-Palin campaign. While
at the campaign, he was a key part of a rapid response task force which concentrated on issues
related to the Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
Special Assistant to the President and Assistant Communications Director - Steven
Cheung,
Special Assistant to the President and Director of Media Affairs - Helen Aguirre Ferre spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee.

Special Assistant to the President and Assistant Communications Director for White
House Message Strategy - Cliff Sims - founder and CEO of Yellowhammer, Alabamas
conservative news website; previously served as a communications advisor for the Trump
campaign.

National Security Advisor -- Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, US Army, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
(2012 - 2014)
Deputy National Security Advisor - Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland - Fox News' national
security analyst and contributor, host of FOXNews.com's DEFCON and FOXNews.com Opinions
page columnist.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence Director Former Senator Dan Coats (R-IN) - Served
for years on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and previously on the Senate Armed Services
Committee.
National Security Council
Chief of Staff and Executive Secretary - Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, USA (Ret.) - Director,
Command, Control, Communications and Computers for U.S. forces under the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
Senior Director of Strategic Communications - Dr. Monica Crowley - Foreign affairs and
political analyst for the Fox News Channel. (Withdrew on January 16, 2017)
Homeland Security Advisor - Thomas Bossert - Currently a fellow at the Atlantic Council's Cyber
Statecraft Initiative;" deputy homeland security adviser in the last year of the Bush administration, when
he helped draft the federal government's first cybersecurity strategy; and o spent two years as the White
House director of infrastructure protection policy.
National Economic Council:
Director - Gary Cohn - President, Goldman Sachs
National Trade Council:
Director - Peter Navarro - University of California-Irvine Associate Professor, Paul Merage
School of Business
Deputy Director for the Defense Industrial BaseAlexander Gray - Currently a member of the
U.S. Department of State Landing Team for the Presidential Transition, focusing on Asia-Pacific
issues. Previously, he served as Senior Defense Advisor to the Trump-Pence campaign, on
Stephen Millers policy staff and working with Peter Navarro, helping to craft the campaigns plan
to rebuild the U.S. military and the defense industrial base. Mr. Gray has also served as Senior
Advisor to U.S. Congressman J. Randy Forbes, a senior member of the House Armed Services
Committee, focusing on defense industrial base issues and Asia-Pacific security.
Deputy Director for Buy American, Hire American - Rolf Lundberg - During the Presidentelects campaign and Presidential Transition, Mr. Lundberg worked underneath Stephen Miller
and Peter Navarro, and focused his efforts on policies to reverse the economic injustice of
offshoring and used his experience and insights to challenge special interests and support the
President-elects Buy American, Hire American project. Mr. Lundberg was Senior Vice President
for Congressional and Public Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, after serving as
Assistant General Counsel and Vice President for International Relations with Marriott
International, Inc. Mr. Lundberg served as Legal Counsel for Tax and International Trade to
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, International Trade Counsel to Senate Majority Leader Bob
Dole, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration in the George H.W.
Bush Administration and International Trade Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.

Special Representative for International Negotiations - Jason Greenblatt - Chief legal officer and an
executive vice president at the Trump Organization; he has advised Mr. Trump on a range of business
and legal affairs, both domestic and international, for two decades.
Special Advisor to the President on Regulatory Reform - Carl Icahn Founder and majority
shareholder of Icahn Enterprises, a diversified conglomerate holding company based in New York City,
formerly known as American Real Estate Partners. He is also Chairman of Federal-Mogul, an American
developer, manufacturer and supplier of powertrain components and vehicle safety products. He will be
advising the President in his individual capacity and will not be serving as a federal employee or a Special
Government Employee and will not have any specific duties.

VICE PRESIDENTIAL STAFF

Assistant to President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President - Josh Pitcock - Long-time aide who
most recently served as Indianas lobbyist in Washington)
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Worked as an aide to Pence during his time in Congress and as Indianas governor.

Jen Pavlik -

OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

Director - Rep. Mick Mulvaney (South Carolina) - Co-authored Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, which curbed
and capped needless federal spending, and provided for a Balanced Budget Amendment to the
Constitution.
CABINET & AGENCIES
Secretary of Agriculture Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross - Chairman and chief strategy officer, WL Ross & Co.
Deputy Secretary - Todd Ricketts - Co-owner of the Chicago Cubs
Secretary of Defense Gen. James Mattis, USMC - 11th Commander of United States Central
Command, the Unified Combatant Command responsible for American military operations in the Middle
East, Northeast Africa and Central Asia.
Secretary of the Army - Vincent Vinnie Viola - Former U.S. Army infantry officer and current
Virtu Financial Founder and Executive Chairman.
Secretary of Education - Betsy DeVos - Chair of the Windquest Group
Secretary of Energy Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry
Secretary of Health and Human Services Cong. Tom Price, MD (Georgia)
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Seema Verma - (Indiana
health policy consultant
Secretary of Homeland Security Gen. John Kelly, USMC - United States Southern Command
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson
Secretary of Interior Cong. Ryan Zinke (Montana)

Secretary of Labor - Andrew Puzder - CEO of CKE Restaurants

Secretary of State - Rex Tillerson - Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil
Secretary of Transportation - Elaine Chao - Distinguished Fellow at Hudson Institute, former Secretary
of Labor
Secretary of the Treasury - Steven Mnuchin - Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of
Dune Capital Management
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. David J. Shulkin - current Undersecretary for Health at the
Department of Veterans Affairs
Director, Central Intelligence Agency Cong. Mike Pompeo (Kansas)
Attorney General Sen. Jeff Sessions (Alabama)
Deputy Attorney General - Rod J. Rosenstein - U.S. attorney in Baltimore and the longestserving U.S. attorney - sole holdover U.S. attorney from the George W. Bush administration who
is still in office[4]
Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Scott Pruitt - Oklahoma Attorney General
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman - Jay Clayton - Partner at New York-based law firm
Sullivan & Cromwell
Small Business Administration, Administrator - Linda McMahon - Co-founder and former chief
executive officer of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
United States Trade Representative - Robert Lighthizer - Served under President Ronald Reagan as
Deputy United States Trade Representative; Chief of Staff of the United States Senate Committee of
Finance when Congress passed the Reagan program of tax cuts and spending reductions, and also
aided in the passage of legislation which implemented the Tokyo Round of trade negotiations. He has
also represented the United States at meetings of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development and meetings related to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (the precursor to the
World Trade Organization). He has headed up the international trade law practice at Skadden, Arps
Slate, Meagher and Flom.

AMBASSADORS
United Nations Gov. Nikki Haley (South Carolina)
China Gov. Terry Branstad (Iowa)
Israel - David Friedman - Founding partner of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP

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