White House Office Position - Nominee - Date Announced 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 Staff - Jim Messina - 11/16/08 Counsel to the President - Greg Craig - 11/15/08 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 Chief of Staff to the First Lady - Jackie Norris - 11/20/08 Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady - Melissa 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 Advisor - Thomas Donilon - 12/22/08 Director of Communications - Ellen Moran - 11/22/08 Deputy Director of Communications - Dan Pfeiffer - 11/22/08 Director of Speechwriting - Jon Favreau - 11/26/08 Homeland Security Adviser and Deputy National Security Adviser for Counterterrorism - John Brennan - 1/9/09 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 Advisor - Pete Rouse - 11/16/08 Director of Intergovernmental Affairs - Cecilia 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 Liaison - Michael Strautmanis - 12/5/08 Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change - Carol Browner - 12/15/08 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 Maher - 12/23/08 Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for the United States House - Dan Turton - 12/23/08 Deputy White House Counsel - Cassandra Butts - 12/23/08 Deputy Cabinet Secretary - Elizabeth 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: 1/17/09
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