White House Office
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The Executive Office of the President (EOP) consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President. The EOP was established by the United States Congress in 1939 after the Brownlow Committee recommended that such a support staff for the President be created.

Since its inception under Franklin D. Roosevelt, the size of the EOP has increased; the current figures for the EOP are about 1,800 full-time equivalent employees. These employees work in the East Wing and the West Wing of the White House and in the Executive Office Building, an extension of the White House.¹

The Eisenhower Executive office building at night

Office of the President of the United States personnel

The Executive Office of the President includes personnel who directly support or advise the President of the United States. Examples include the White House Press Secretary, the Office of Presidential Communications (including senior media relations personnel and Presidential speechwriters), and White House-based Presidential policy and legal advisors, including those focused on domestic, social, foreign and national security policies of the federal government of the United States.

Organization

Senior staff within the Executive Office of the President have the title Assistant to the President, second-level staff have the title Deputy Assistant to the President, and third-level staff have the title Special Assistant to the President.

Very few EOP officials are required to be confirmed by the Senate, although there are a handful of exceptions to this rule (e.g., the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the United States Trade Representative). The core White House Staff appointments do not require Senate approval. The staff of the Executive Office to the President is headed by the White House Chief of Staff.

Entities in the Executive Office of the President

• Council of Economic Advisers
• Council on Environmental Quality
• Office of Administration
• Office of Management and Budget
• Office of National Drug Control Policy
• Office of Presidential Letters and Messages
• Office of Science and Technology Policy
• President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
• Office of the United States Trade Representative
• White House Office of the Executive Clerk

Entities in the White House Office

• United States National Security Council
• United States Domestic Policy Council
• Homeland Security Council
• National Economic Council
• White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
• Office of the First Lady
• Office of National AIDS Policy
• Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
• USA Freedom Corps
• White House Fellows
• White House Military Office

Important executive entities

• Office of the Vice President
  • Vice President of the United States
• Office of the White House Chief of Staff
  • White House Chief of Staff
    • Deputy White House Chief of Staff for Operations
    • Deputy White House Chief of Staff for Strategic Planning
    • Deputy White House Chief of Staff for Policy

Current White House staff

Office of the Chief of Staff

• Assistant to the President and White House Chief of Staff: Joshua Bolten
  • Assistant to the President and Deputy White House Chief of Staff for Operations: Blake Gottesman
  • Assistant to the President and Deputy White House Chief of Staff for Policy: Joel Kaplan
  • Special Assistant to the President and Director, Office of the Chief of Staff: Patrick S. Aylward ²

National Security Council

• Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs: Stephen J. Hadley
  • Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser: Ambassador James Jeffrey
  • Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan Policy and Implementation: Douglas Lute
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications & Global Outreach: Mark Pfeifle
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democracy Strategy: Elliott Abrams
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism: Juan Zarate
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs: Daniel Price
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for Regional Affairs: Judith Ansley
  • Executive Secretary: John I. Pray, Jr

Office of Strategic Initiatives & External Affairs

• Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives & External Affairs: Barry Jackson
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives & External Affairs: Brian V. McCormack
    • Special Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives & External Affairs:David Sherzer
• Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Public Liaison: Julie Cram
• Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs: Jonathan D. Felts
• Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Initiatives: Joel A. Scanlon
• Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs: Janet Weir Creighton
  • Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs: John S. Roberts ²

National Economic Council

• Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director, National Economic Council: Keith Hennessey
• Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs: Daniel Price
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Deputy Director, National Economic Council: Charles P. Blahous, III
  • Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy: Amy L. Farrell ²

Domestic Policy Council

• Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy: Karl Zinsmeister
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy: Jess Sharp

Homeland Security Council

• Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism: Kenneth L. Wainstein
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security: Joel Bagnal

Office of the White House Counsel

• Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President: Fred Fielding
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President: William K. Kelley
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President: David Leitch
  • Special Counsel to the President: Emmet Flood
  • Special Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary: Dianna Campagna

Office of Legislative Affairs

• Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs: Dan Meyer
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs: Deb Fiddelke
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs: Sean O'Hallaren
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs: Chris Frech

White House Management and Administration

• Assistant to the President for Management, Administration and Oval Office Operations: Linda Gambatesa
• Assistant to the President for Appointments and Scheduling: Melissa Bennett

White House Office of Presidential Personnel

• Deputy Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel: Luis A. Reyes
  • Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel: Katja Bullock
  • Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel: Martha C. Miller
  • Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel: Brian S. Cossiboom

Office of Presidential Advance

• Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Advance and Operations: Spencer Geissinger
• Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Advance and Operations: Therese Burch

White House Staff Secretary

• Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary: Raul Yanes
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Staff Secretary: William A. Burck

White House Office of Communications

• Counselor to the President: Ed Gillespie
• Assistant to the President for Communications (White House Communications Director): Kevin Sullivan
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Communications for Production: [[Adam B
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Communications for Policy & Planning Catherine Martin
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications: Suzy DeFrancis
• Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary: Dana Perino
  • Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy White House Press Secretary: Scott Stanzel
  • Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy White House Press Secretary: Tony Fratto
  • Deputy Assistant to the President, Deputy White House Press Secretary & National Security Council Spokesman: Gordon Johndroe
• Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Media Affairs: Jean Mamo
  • Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Media Affairs: Blair Jones
• Assistant to the President for Speechwriting: Marc Thiessen
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Speechwriting and Deputy Director, Presidential Speechwriting: John McConnell
  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Speechwriting and Deputy Director, Presidential Speechwriting: Christopher Michel
  • Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Speechwriting: Matthew Latimer
  • Special Assistant to the President for Speechwriting: Meghan Clyne

Other Presidential staff

• Physician to the President: Brigadier General Richard Tubb
• Director, President's Commission on White House Fellowships: Janet Eissenstat
• Director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives: Jay Hein
• Director, USA Freedom Corps: Henry C. Lozano
• Director, White House Military Office: Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spicer

Office of the Vice President

• Assistant to the Vice President and Chief of Staff: David Addington
• Assistant to the Vice President and Deputy Chief of Staff: Claire M. O'Donnell
• Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs: John P. Hannah
• Assistant to the Vice President and Counsel: Kathryn L. Wheelbarger
• Assistant to the Vice President and Political Director: Amy Whitelaw
• Assistant to the Vice President for Public Affairs: Lea Anne Foster

References

External links

• White House Senior Staff directory from the official White House website

v • d • e White House Complex White House Executive Residence Basement Basement Ground floor China Room  • Office of the Curator  • Diplomatic Reception Room  • Chief Floral Designer  • Library  • Map Room  • Vermeil Room State floor Blue Room  • Cross Hall  • East Room  • Entrance Hall  • Family Dining Room  • Grand Staircase  • Green Room  • Red Room  • South Portico  • State Dining Room  • Chief Usher Second floor Center Hall  • Dressing Room  • East Bedroom  • East Sitting Hall  • Family Kitchen  • Lincoln Bedroom  • Lincoln Sitting Room  • President's Bedroom  • President's Dining Room  • Private Sitting Room  • Queens' Bedroom  • Queens' Sitting Room  • Treaty Room  • Truman Balcony  • West Bedroom  • West Sitting Hall  • Yellow Oval Room West Wing Cabinet Room  • Executive Office  • Oval Office  • Press Briefing Room  • Roosevelt Room  • Situation Room East Wing Office of the First Lady  • Graphics and Calligraphy Office  • Presidential Emergency Operations Center  • Social Secretary Old Executive Office Building Ceremonial Office of the Vice President  • Executive Offices Grounds The Ellipse  • Jacqueline Kennedy Garden  • Lafayette Park  • North Lawn  • President's Park  • Rose Garden  • South Lawn Streets 15th Street  • 17th Street  • Constitution Avenue  • E Street  • East Executive Avenue  • H Street NW  • Hamilton Place  • Jackson Place  • Madison Place  • Pennsylvania Avenue  • State Place  • West Executive Avenue

v • d • e Agencies under the Executive Office of the President White House Chief of Staff · Deputy White House Chief of Staff White House Press Secretary · White House Counsel · White House Office of Presidential Communications · White House Office of Presidential Speechwriting · White House Office · White House Office of the Executive Clerk · Office of Management and Budget · National Security Council · Homeland Security Council · Office of the United States Trade Representative · Office of National Drug Control Policy · Council of Economic Advisers  · Council on Environmental Quality · Domestic Policy Council · National Economic Council · Office of Administration · Office of Advance · Office of Scheduling · White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives · United States Office of National AIDS Policy · Office of Science and Technology Policy · President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board · President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board · USA Freedom Corps · White House Military Office