APPOINTMENTS

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 3:14 PM

One-Stop Appointment Shop: Who's 'Officially' In

By AMY HARDER

Distinguishing between which new administration officials have been officially named -- and which ones are merely rumored -- can give anyone a headache. In order to alleviate the confusion, NationalJournal.com has compiled a list of the 36 new appointees who have been announced by Barack Obama's camp since his election on Nov. 4.

Notice that some major names and positions are missing, including Hillary Rodham Clinton for secretary of State, Tom Daschle for Health and Human Services secretary and rumored Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. None of these appointments have officially been announced, but many expect announcements to be made after the Thanksgiving weekend. Here's a rundown of the major announcements, cataloged by announcement date, as of Wednesday.

Complete list after the jump.

Nov. 6

• Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of staff

• Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser and assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs relations and public liaison
  
• Phil Schiliro, assistant to the president for legislative affairs
  
• Ron Klain, chief of staff to the vice president
  

• Pete Rouse, White House senior adviser
  
• Mona Sutphen, deputy chief of staff
  
• Jim Messina, deputy chief of staff

• David Axelrod, senior adviser to the president
  
• Lisa Brown, White House secretary
  
• Greg Craig, White House counsel
  
• Chris Lu, cabinet secretary

• Patrick Gaspard, director of the Office of Public Affairs
  
• Jackie Norris, chief of staff to the first lady
  
• Catherine (Cathy) M. Russell, Chief of Staff for Dr. Jill Biden
  
• Cynthia Hogan, counsel to the vice president
  
• Moises (Moe) V. Vela, Jr., director of administration for the office of the vice president

• Ellen Moran, director of communications
  
• Robert Gibbs, press secretary
  
• Dan Pfeiffer, deputy director of communications

• Timothy F. Geithner, Treasury secretary
  
• Lawrence H. Summers, director of the National Economic Council
  
• Christina D. Romer, director of Council of Economic Advisers
  
• Melody C. Barnes, director of the Domestic Policy Council
  
• Heather A. Higginbottom, deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council
  
• Desiree Rogers, White House social secretary
  
• Melissa Winter, deputy chief of staff to the first lady

• Peter Orszag, director of Office of Management and Budget
  
• Rob Nabors, deputy director of OMB
  
• Mike Donilon, counselor to the vice president
  
• Terrell McSweeny, domestic policy adviser to the vice president
  
• Evan Ryan, assistant to the vice president for intergovernmental affairs and public liaison
  
• Alyssa Mastromonaco, director of scheduling and advance
  

• Paul Volcker, chair of the president's economic recovery advisory board
• Austan Goolsbee, staff director and chief economic of the president's economic recovery advisory board and member of the council of economic advisers
• Jonathan Favreau, director of speechwriting
• Cecilia Munoz, director of intergovernmental affairs

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