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Senior Advisor to the President of the United States
Senior Advisor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States. White House senior advisors are senior members of the White House Office. The title has been formally used since 1993.
| Senior Advisor | |
|---|---|
Top row: Mike Donilon & Anita Dunn Middle row: Gene Sperling, Neera Tanden and Mitch Landrieu Bottom row: Julie Rodriguez, Keisha Lance Bottoms & John Podesta | |
| Executive Office of the President | |
| Website | The White House |
Responsibilities
Over time, a senior advisor has had responsibility for the following groups:
Current departments (headed by a senior advisor)
- White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (Julie Rodriguez)
- White House Office of Public Engagement (Keisha Lance Bottoms)
- American Rescue Plan Coordination aka COVID-19 Relief Plan (Gene Sperling)
- Infrastructure Implementation Coordination (Mitch Landrieu)
- United States Digital Services (Neera Tanden)
- Climate and Clean Energy Innovation & Implementation (John Podesta)
Past departments (previously headed by a senior advisor in past administrations)
Prior administrations
In prior administrations before 1993, the position of "senior advisor" was a title used for various other purposes. Numerous examples of the position also exist throughout the executive departments and in the branch's independent agencies. For example, the Food and Drug Administration includes a position with the title Senior Advisor for Science; the Department of the Interior has a position with the title Senior Advisor for Alaskan Affairs.
List of senior advisors to the president
Senior advisors to President Bill Clinton
| Senior Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahm Emanuel (born 1959) | Political Affairs Strategic Planning Policy | January 20, 1993 – November 7, 1998[1] | Democratic | ||
| George Stephanopoulos (born 1961) | Strategic Planning Policy | June 7, 1993 – December 10, 1996[2] | Democratic | ||
| Sidney Blumenthal (born 1948) | Political Affairs Communications Policy | August 19, 1997 – January 20, 2001[3] | Democratic | ||
| Doug Sosnik (born 1959) | Political Affairs Strategic Planning Policy | November 7, 1998 – January 20, 2001[4] | Democratic | ||
| Joel Johnson (born 1961) | Communications Policy | May 20, 1999 – January 20, 2001[5] | Democratic | ||
Senior advisors to President George W. Bush
| Senior Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Rove (born 1950) | Political Affairs Strategic Planning Communications | January 20, 2001 – August 31, 2007[6] | Republican | ||
| Barry Steven Jackson (born 1960) | Political Affairs Strategic Planning Communications | September 1, 2007 – January 20, 2009[7] | Republican | ||
Senior advisors to President Barack Obama
| Senior Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valerie Jarrett (born 1956) | Public Engagement Intergovernmental Affairs | January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017[8] | Democratic | ||
| Pete Rouse (born 1946) | Strategic Planning | January 20, 2009 – October 1, 2010[9] | Democratic | ||
| David Axelrod (born 1955) | Political Affairs Communications | January 20, 2009 – January 10, 2011[10] | Democratic | ||
| David Plouffe (born 1967) | Political Affairs Communications | January 10, 2011 – January 25, 2013[11] | Democratic | ||
| Daniel Pfeiffer (born 1975) | Political Affairs Communications | January 25, 2013 – March 6, 2015[12] | Democratic | ||
| Brian Deese (born 1978) | Climate and Energy[13] | February 13, 2015 – January 20, 2017[14] | Democratic | ||
| Shailagh Murray (born 1965) | Communications | April 3, 2015 – January 20, 2017[15] | Democratic | ||
Senior advisors to President Donald Trump
| Senior Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Kushner (born 1981) | Strategic Planning[16][17] | January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021[18][19] | Republican[20] | ||
| Stephen Miller (born 1985) | Policy | January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021[21] | Republican | ||
| Kevin Hassett (born 1962) | Economic Issues | April 15, 2020 – July 1, 2020[22] | Republican | ||
| Eric Herschmann (born 1962) | Opposition research[23] Legal issues[24] | August 3, 2020 – January 20, 2021[25] | Republican | ||
Senior advisors to President Joe Biden
| Senior Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Donilon | January 20, 2021 – present[26] | Democratic | |||
| Cedric Richmond (born 1973) | Public Engagement | January 20, 2021 – May 18, 2022[27] | Democratic | ||
| Anita Dunn (born 1958) | Communications | January 20, 2021 – August 12, 2021[28] May 5, 2022 – present[29] | Democratic | ||
| Gene Sperling (born 1958) | COVID-19 Relief | March 15, 2021 – present[30] | Democratic | ||
| Neera Tanden (born 1970) | Health care Policy[a] | May 17, 2021 – present[31] | Democratic | ||
| Mitch Landrieu (born 1960) | Infrastructure Implementation Coordination | November 15, 2021 – present[32] | Democratic | ||
| Julie Rodriguez (born 1979) | Intergovernmental Affairs[b] | June 15, 2022 – present[33] | Democratic | ||
| Keisha Lance Bottoms (born 1970) | Public Engagement[c] | July 1, 2022 – present[34] | Democratic | ||
| John Podesta (born 1949) | Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation | September 2, 2022 – present[35] | Democratic | ||
List of advisors to the president
| Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | President | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Cutter[n 1] (born 1968) | Message and Communications | January 2011 – September 2011[36] | Democratic | Barack Obama | ||
| Ivanka Trump[n 2] (born 1981) | Women's Issues Workforce Development Entrepreneurship | March 29, 2017 – January 20, 2021[40][41][42] | Republican[20] | Donald Trump | ||
See also
Notes
- ^ Concurrently serves as White House Staff Secretary
- ^ Concurrently serves as the Director of the Intergovernmental Affairs Office
- ^ Concurrently serves as the Director of the Office of Public Engagement
Explanatory footnotes
- ^ Stephanie Cutter held the official title of "Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor" during her time in office.
- ^ President Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump was sometimes called a 'Senior Advisor to the President' (or sometimes a 'senior advisor to the President', without the upper case 'S' and 'A') by unofficial sources,[37][38] even though that was actually the title of her husband Jared Kushner, while her own title was 'Advisor to the President'.[39]
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- ^ Axelrod, David (February 10, 2015). "David Axelrod Recounts His Years As Obama's Adviser And 'Believer'". NPR. from the original on August 28, 2017.
- ^ "David Plouffe". whitehouse.gov. August 17, 2011 – via National Archives.
- ^ Tau, Byron (December 10, 2015). "Former White House Adviser Dan Pfeiffer Joins GoFundMe". The Wall Street Journal blogs.
- ^ Eilperin, Juliet (January 21, 2015). "Obama taps senior OMB aide Deese to succeed Podesta in environmental post". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
- ^ "Brian Deese". whitehouse.gov. November 16, 2011 – via National Archives.
- ^ "Senior Advisor Shailagh Murray". whitehouse.gov. January 29, 2016 – via National Archives.
- ^ Trump, Donald J. (March 27, 2017). "Presidential Memorandum on The White House Office of American Innovation". whitehouse.gov (Press release) – via National Archives.
The Senior Advisor to the President.
- ^ "Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, #29". whitehouse.gov. March 27, 2017 – via National Archives.
The effort will be led by Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner.
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- ^ Shear, Michael D. (November 18, 2020). "Mike Donilon, Who Helped Draft Biden's Message, is Named a Senior Adviser". The New York Times.
- ^ Glueck, Katie; Martin, Jonathan (November 18, 2020). "Representative Cedric Richmond Set to be a Senior Biden Adviser". The New York Times.
- ^ "Anita Dunn to join Biden White House as senior adviser". January 15, 2021.
- ^ "President Biden Announces Karine Jean-Pierre as White House Press Secretary". May 5, 2022.
- ^ Tankersley, Jim (March 15, 2021). "Biden picks Gene Sperling, a Democratic policy aide, to oversee spending from the $1.9 trillion relief plan". The New York Times.
- ^ Mason, Jeff (May 14, 2021). "Biden appoints Neera Tanden, former pick for budget director, as senior adviser". Reuters.
- ^ "President Biden Announces Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu as Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator". November 14, 2021.
- ^ "President Biden Announces Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms as Senior Advisor for Public Engagement". June 15, 2022.
- ^ "President Biden Announces Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms as Senior Advisor for Public Engagement". June 15, 2022.
- ^ "President Biden announces senior clean energy and climate team". whitehouse.gov. September 2, 2022. from the original on September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
- ^ "Stephanie Cutter - Former Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor". whitehouse.gov. January 11, 2011 – via National Archives.
- ^ Laura Beck (September 14, 2017). "Ivanka Trump, Senior Advisor to the President, Says It's "Unrealistic" to Expect Her to Influence Him". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
Ivanka Trump, senior advisor to the president, said that it's "unrealistic" to expect her to influence his decisions. That's not her job, OK?! (Even though it sort of is, actually?)
- ^ Catherine Lucey (February 26, 2018). "Ivanka Trump's dual roles as senior adviser, first daughter". AP news. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
Ivanka Trump expects to be treated seriously as a senior White House adviser. ... "You're either a senior adviser or a daughter. ..." ... "Especially since she was last in the news as a senior adviser going to the Olympics." ... "she did choose to play this senior advisory role.")
- ^ "Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders". whitehouse.gov. December 18, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2019 – via National Archives.
MS. SANDERS: ... the World Economic Forum ... delegation ... will also include ..., Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner, ...
- ^ "Executive Office Of The President Annual Report To Congress On White House Office Personnel White House Office As Of: Friday, June 30, 2017" (PDF). whitehouse.gov. p. 15. (PDF) from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2017 – via National Archives.
- ^ Merica, Dan; Borger, Gloria; Acosta, Jim; Klein, Betsy (March 30, 2017). "Ivanka Trump is making her White House job official". CNN. from the original on March 8, 2019.
- ^ Lucey, Catherine (February 26, 2018). "Ivanka Trump's dual roles as senior adviser, first daughter". Associated Press. from the original on March 14, 2018.