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Executive Branch
President – Donald J. Trump
President-Elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
First-Lady Jill Biden
Team for First Lady (Designated)
- Chief of Staff for the First Lady – Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon
Vice President – Michael R. Pence
Vice President-Elect Kamala D. Harris
Note: Alex Padilla to complete remainder of Sen. Kamala Harris term in CA
Vice President Team (Designated)
- Chief of Staff – Tina Flournoy
- Domestic Policy Advisor – Rohini Kosoglu
- National Security Advisor – Nancy McEldowney
Second-Gentleman Doug Emhoff
Team for Second Gentleman
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White House Staff
White House Chief of Staff – Mark Meadows (Acting?)
Designated – Ron Klain
Deputy Chief of Staff Designated – Jen O’Malley Dillon
Additional White House Staff – Designated
- Counselor to the President – Steve Ricchetti
- Counsel to the President – Dana Remus
- Senior Adviser to the President – Mike Donilon
- Director of Public Engagement – Cedric Richmond
- Director of Domestic Policy Council – Susan Rice
- Director of Intergovernmental Affairs – Julie Chavez Rodriguez
- Director of Legislative Affairs – Louisa Terrell
- Director of White House Office of Presidential Personnel – Cathy Russell
White House Press Team (Designated)
- Communications Director – Kate Bedingfield
- Deputy White House Communications Director – Pili Tobar
- Press Secretary – Jen Psaki
- Principal Deputy Press Secretary – Karine Jean-Pierre
- Communications Director for Vice President – Ashley Etienne
- Senior Advisor and Chief Spokesperson for Vice President – Symone Sanders
- Communications Director for First Lady – Elizabeth Alexander
National Security related
Department of State (Secretary) – Michael R. Pompeo
Designated – Antony J. Blinken
Department of State (Deputy Secretary – Wendy Sherman (Designated)
Department of State (Under Secretary for Political Affairs – Victoria Nuland (Desig)
Department of Defense – Dr. Mark T. Esper, PhD
Designated – Gen. Lloyd Austin
Designated – Deputy Secretary of Defense – Dr. Kathleen Hicks
Designated – Under Secretary of Defense for Policy – Dr. Colin Kahl
Department of Homeland Security – Chad Wolf (Acting) – resigned
Note: FEMA Admin temporarily is head of DHS thru inauguration 2021
Designated – Alejandro Mayorkas
Director of National Intelligence – John Ratcliffe
Designated – Avril Haines
United States Mission to the United Nations – Kelly Craft (Acting?) – not Cabinet position
Designated – Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Special Envoy for Climate – John Kerry (not cabinet, but NSC)
National Security Advisor – Robert C. O’Brien (Acting)
Designated – Jake Sullivan
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Designated – Administrator for USAID (US Agency for Intl Dev) – Samantha Powers
Economy related
Department of the Treasury – Steven T. Mnuchin
Designated – Janet Yellen
Deputy Secretary of Treasury (Designated) – Wally Adeyemo
Office of Management and Budget – Russell Vought (I think)
Designated – Neera Tanden
White House Economic Team (Designated)
- Cecilia Rouse (Chair of Council of Economic Advisors)
- Jared Bernstein, MSW, PhD
- Heather Boushey
Economic Team
- Brian Deese – Director of the National Economic Council
Climate Related
Department of the Interior – David L. Bernhardt
Designated – Deb Haaland
Department of Energy – Dan Brouillette
Designated – Jennifer Granholm (tentative pick)
Environmental Protection Agency – Andrew Wheeler
Designated – Michael Regan
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality – Brenda Mallory (Designated)
Council on Environmental Quality
Director of Domestic Climate Policy Coordination – Gina McCarthy
Deputy National Climate Advisor (Domestic Climate Policy Coord) – Ali Zaidi
Domestic related
Department of Agriculture – Sonny Perdue
Designated – Tom Vilsack
Department of Housing and Urban Development – Dr. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., MD
Designated – Marcia Fudge
Department of Veterans Affairs – Robert Wilkie
Designated – Denis McDonough
Department of Transportation – Elaine L. Chao – resigned
Designated – Pete Buttigieg
United States Trade Representative – Robert E. Lighthizer
Designated – Katherine Tai
Designated – Director of Domestic Policy Council – Susan Rice
Department of Education – Devos resigned
Designated – Miguel Cardona
Department of Commerce – Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.
Designated – Gina Raimondo
Designated – Deputy Secretary of Commerce – Don Graves
Department of Labor – Eugene Scalia
Designated – Marty Walsh
Small Business Administration – Chris Pilkerton (Acting)
Designated – Isabel Guzman
Health related
Department of Health and Human Services – Alex M. Azar II – resigned
Designated – Xavier Becerra
Health Team (Designated)
- Surgeon General – Dr. Vivek Murthy
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Dr. Rochelle Walensky
- David Kessler – COVID-19 (Chief Advisor for vaccination delivery)
- COVID-19 Equity Task Force Chair – Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith
- Chief Medical Advisor on COVID-19 to the President – Dr. Anthony Fauci
- Coordinator of COVID-19 response and counselor to President – Jeff Zients
- Deputy Coordinator of COVID-19 response – Natalie Quillian
- Rick Bright – COVID-19
- Atul Gawande – COVID-19
- Luciana Borio – COVID-19
- Dr. Francis Collins – National Institutes of Health Director
Justice Department Related
Department of Justice – Barr resigned
Designated – Merrick Garland
Department of Justice (Deputy Attorney General) – Jeffrey A. Rosen
Designated – Lisa Monaco
Department of Justice (Associate Attorney General)
Designated – Vanita Gupta
Department of Justice (Asst Attorney General for Civil Rights Division
Designated – Kristen Clarke
Science Related
Designated – Eric Lander (Director of Office of Science and Technology Policy) – cabinet
Designated – Francis Arnold (Co-Chair President Council of Advisors on Science and Tech)
Designated – Maria Zuber (Co-Chair President Council of Advisors on Science and Tech)
Designated – Alondra Nelson (Deputy Science Policy Chief)
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Office of Science and Technology Policy
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman – Ajit Pai
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Office of Inspector General (DOJ) – Michael E. Horowitz
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Inspector General of the Intelligence Community – Thomas A. Monheim – Acting
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Director of the Central Intelligence Agency – Gina C. Haspel
Designated -William J. Burns
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) – Christopher Wray
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Administrator of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) – Daniel K. Elwell (Acting)
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Administration on Food and Drugs (FDA) – Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless, MD (Acting)
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Legislative Branch
Speaker of House – Nancy Pelosi
House Majority Leader – Steny Hoyer
House Majority Whip – James E. Clyburn
Assistant House Speaker – Ben Ray Lujan
Democratic Caucus Chairman – Hakeem Jeffries
House Minority Leader – Kevin McCarthy
House Minority Whip – Steve Scalise
Congressmember – Salud Carbajal (D-CA) – District 24
Senate Majority Leader – Mitch McConnell
Senate Majority Whip – John Cornyn
Senate Minority Leader – Charles E. Schumer
Senate Minority Whip – Richard J. Durbin
Republican Conference Chairperson – Liz Cheney
Republican Policy Committee Chairman – Gary Palmer
Legislative Committees
House Judiciary Committee – Jerrold Nadler
House Ways and Means Committee
House Committee on Oversight and Reform
House Intelligence Committee – Adam Schiff
Senate Committee on Appropriations
Judicial Branch (Supreme Court)
John G. Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States
Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice
Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice
Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice
Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice
Elena Kagan, Associate Justice
Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice
Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice
Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice
Banking
Federal Reserve (US Central Bank) – Jerome H. Powell (Chairman)
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