APPOINTMENTS

Monday, December 22, 2008 4:19 PM

The In Crowd: Obama's Appointments And Nominations

Lost In Transition's running timeline of the Obama administration's staff announcements.

Asterisks mark Cabinet-level positions.

Last updated: Feb. 26, 2009

Feb. 26

• Mike Donley, Secretary of the Air Force
• Jim Miller, undersecretary of Defense for policy
• James R. Clapper, undersecretary of Defense for intelligence
• Wallace "Chip" Gregson Jr., assistant secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs
• Michael G. Vickers, assistant secretary of Defense for special operations/low intensity conflict and interdependent capabilities

Feb. 24

• Kathleen A. Merrigan, deputy secretary of Agriculture
• April Boyd, Commerce Department's legislative and intergovernmental affairs assistant secretary
• Jon Cannon, deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
• Ashton Carter, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics in the Department of Defense
• Seth Harris, deputy secretary of the Department of Labor
• John Morton, assistant secretary for immigration and customs enforcement in the Department of Homeland Security
• Tom Strickland, chief of staff and assistant secretary for fish and wildlife and parks in the Department of the Interior
• Steven Rattner, counselor to the Treasury Secretary, advising on the auto industry bailout
• Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean, White House research director
• Daniella Gibbs Leger, director of message events
• Katherine Lyons, deputy director of message events
• Joelle Terry, deputy director of message events
• Macon Phillips, director of new media
• Cammie Croft, deputy new media director
• Christina Reynolds, director of media affairs
• Dag Vega, director of broadcast media
• Dana E. Singiser, special assistant to the President for legislative affairs
• Amy Brundage, regional communications director
• Moira Mack Muntz, regional communications director
• Gannet Tseggai, regional communications director
• Jason Djang, deputy director for video
• Corey Ealons, director of African American media and coordinator of special projects
• Shin Inouye, director of specialty media
• Jesse Lee, online programs director
• Luis Miranda, director of Hispanic media
• Katie Stanton, director of citizen participation
• Samantha Tubman, assistant social secretary

Feb. 20

• Mary Wakefield, administrator of Health Resources and Services Administration

Feb. 19

• Mary Ellen Callahan, chief privacy officer at Homeland Security
• Adolfo Carrion, director of Office of Urban Affairs
• Derek Douglas, special assistant to the president for urban affairs

Feb. 11

• David S. Kris, assistant attorney general for national security

Feb. 9

• Melissa Hathaway, acting senior director for cyberspace for National Security and Homeland Security councils

Feb. 6

• Michael Blake, deputy associate director of Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
• Jodi Archambault Gillette, deputy associate director of Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
• Nicholas Rathod, deputy associate director of Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

Feb. 3

• * Judd Gregg, secretary of Commerce (withdrew nomination on Feb. 12)
• Tammy Duckworth, assistant secretary of public and intergovernmental affairs at Veterans Affairs

Feb. 2

• Ron Sims, deputy secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Jan. 30

• Peter Cunningham, assistant secretary for communications and outreach at Education
• Carmel Martin, assistant secretary for planning, evaluation and policy development at Education

Jan. 29

• Mark B. Childress, chief of staff to secretary of Health and Human Services
• Brian de Vallance, senior counselor at Homeland Security
• Ivan K. Fong, general counsel at Homeland Security
• David A. Martin, principal deputy general counsel at Homeland Security
• Sean Smith, deputy assistant secretary of public affairs at Homeland Security

Jan. 28

• Diana Farrell, deputy director of the National Economic Council
• Jason Furman, deputy director of the National Economic Council
• Daniel Meltzer , principal deputy White House counsel to the president
• Mary DeRosa, deputy counsel to the president for national security affairs and legal adviser to the National Security Council
• Norman Eisen, special counsel to the president for ethics and government reform
• Neal Wolin, deputy counsel to the president for economic policy

Jan. 27

• Mark Patterson, chief of staff to the secretary of the Treasury

Jan. 23

• Jane Holl Lute, deputy secretary of Homeland Security
• Noah Kroloff, chief of staff for policy to the secretary of Homeland Security
• Jan Lesher, chief of staff for operations to the secretary of Homeland Security

Jan. 22

• David Kris, assistant attorney general for national security
• Tony West, assistant attorney general for civil division
• Lanny Breuer, assistant attorney general for criminal
• Christine Varney, assistant attorney general for antitrust

Jan. 19

• Jeffrey Liebman, executive associate director at the OMB
• Steve Kosiak, associate director for defense and international affairs at the OMB
• Jeffrey Liebman, associate director for education, income maintenance and labor at the OMB
• Xavier de Souza Briggs, associate director for general government programs at the OMB
• Preeta Bansal, OMB general counsel and senior policy adviser
• Kenneth Baer, associate director for communications and strategic planning at the OMB

Jan. 16

• Danielle Crutchfield, director of scheduling for the president
• Marvin Nicholson, trip director for the president
• Emmett Beliveau, director of advance
• Patrick Dillon, deputy director of political affairs
• David Medina, deputy chief of staff for the first lady
• Jennifer Goodman, deputy director of scheduling & events for the first lady
• Dana M. Lewis, personal aide to the first lady
• Kristen Jarvis, special assistant for scheduling and traveling aide for the first lady
• Tyler Lechtenberg, director of correspondence for the first lady
• Ebs Burnough, deputy social secretary
• Joe Reinstein, deputy social secretary
• Sally Armbruster, staff assistant to the social secretary
• Joe Boswell, executive assistant to the chief of staff for the first lady
• Natalie Bookey, staff assistant

Jan. 15

• Lisa Konwinski, deputy director of legislative affairs
• Jay Heimbach, legislative affairs staffer
• Christopher Kang, legislative affairs staffer
• Sean Kennedy, legislative affairs staffer
• Jim Oleske, legislative affairs staffer
• Jim Papa, legislative affairs staffer
• Alejandro Pérez, legislative affairs staffer
• Jonathan Samuels, legislative affairs staffer
• Shelly O'Neill Stoneman, legislative affairs staffer
• Louisa Terrell, legislative affairs staffer
• Denise Wilson, legislative affairs staffer

Jan. 14

• William Corr, deputy secretary of Health and Human Services

Jan. 9

• Dennis Blair, director of national intelligence
• Leon Panetta, director of Central Intelligence Agency
• John Brennan, White House homeland security adviser and deputy national security adviser for counterterrorism

Jan. 8

• William J. Lynn III, deputy secretary of Defense
• Robert F. Hale, undersecretary of Defense (comptroller)
• Michèle Flournoy, undersecretary of Defense (policy)
• Jeh Charles Johnson, general counsel
• Elisabeth Hire, director of scheduling for the vice president
• Pete Selfridge, director of advance for the vice president
• Anthony Bernal, director of scheduling for Dr. Jill Biden
• Sam Myers, trip director for the vice president

Jan. 7

• Nancy Killefer, chief performance officer and deputy director for management in Office of Management and Budget (nomination withdrawn 2/3)

Jan. 5

• David Ogden, deputy attorney general
• Elena Kagan, solicitor general
• Don Gips, White House director of presidential personnel
• Bradley J. Kiley, director of the Office of Management and Administration
• Susan Sher, associate counsel to the president
• Tom Perrelli, associate attorney general
• Dawn Johnsen, assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel
• Brian McKeon, deputy national security adviser to the vice president
• Courtney O'Donnell, communications director for Dr. Jill Biden
• Carlos E. Elizondo, residence manager and social secretary for the vice president and Dr. Jill Biden
• Pete Souza, chief White House photographer

Dec. 30

• Alan Hoffman, deputy chief of staff to the vice president
• Sudafi Henry, director of legislative affairs to the vice president

Dec. 23

• James B. Steinberg, deputy secretary of State
• Jacob Lew, deputy secretary of State
• Thomas E. Donilon, deputy national security adviser
• Antony "Tony" Blinken, national security adviser to the vice president
• Cassandra Butts, deputy White House counsel with a focus on domestic policy and ethics
• Elizabeth Sears Smith, deputy cabinet secretary
• Shawn Maher, deputy director of legislative affairs for the Senate
• Dan Turton, deputy director of legislative affairs for the House
• Camille Johnston, special assistant to the president and director of communications for the first lady
• Katie McCormick Lelyveld, press secretary for the first lady
• Semonti Mustaphi, deputy press secretary for the first lady

Dec. 20

• John Holdren, director of White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; co-chair of President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
• Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Eric Lander, co-chair of President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
• Harold Varmus, co-chair of President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Dec. 19

• * Hilda Solis, Labor secretary
• * Ray LaHood , Transportation secretary
• * Ron Kirk , U.S. trade representative
• Karen G. Mills, administrator of the Small Business Administration

Dec. 18

• Mary Schapiro, Securities and Exchange Commission chairwoman
• Gary Gensler, chair of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission
• Daniel K. Tarullo, governor on the Federal Reserve Board

Dec. 17

• * Tom Vilsack, secretary of Agriculture
• * Ken Salazar, secretary of the Interior

Dec. 16

• * Arne Duncan, secretary of Education

Dec. 15

• * Steven Chu, Energy secretary
• Carol Browner, assistant to the president for energy and climate change
• * Lisa Jackson, Environmental Protection Agency administrator
• Nancy Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality
• Heather Zichal, deputy assistant to the president for energy and climate change

Dec. 13

• * Shaun Donovan, secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Dec. 11

• * Tom Daschle, secretary of Health and Human Services (nomination withdrawn 2/3)
• Jeanne Lambrew, deputy director of White House Office of Health Reform

Dec. 7

• * Eric K. Shinseki, secretary of Veterans Affairs

Dec. 5

• Christina M. Tchen, director of public liaison
  
• Michael Strautmanis, chief of staff to the assistant to the president for intergovernmental relations and public liaison
  
• Jared Bernstein, chief economist and economic policy adviser to the vice president
  

Dec. 3

• * Bill Richardson, Commerce secretary (nomination withdrawn 1/4)
  

Dec. 2

• Louis Caldera, director, White House Military Office

Dec. 1

• * Hillary Rodham Clinton, secretary of State
• * Robert Gates, secretary of Defense
• * Eric Holder, attorney general
• * Janet Napolitano, secretary of Homeland Security
• James Jones, national security adviser
• Susan Rice, ambassador to the United Nations

Nov. 26

• 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

Nov. 25

• * 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
  

Nov. 24

• * 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

Nov. 22

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

Nov. 21

• 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

Nov. 19

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

Nov. 16

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

Nov. 15

• 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
  

Nov. 6

• Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of staff