User talk:Jwalling/Obama team list

Political positions - People

 * Democratic National Committee Chair - Tim Kaine

jwalling (talk) 01:59, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Department/Cabinet - People

 * Agriculture Secretary - Tom Vilsack
 * Commerce Secretary - Gary Locke
 * Defense Secretary - Robert Gates
 * Education Secretary - Arne Duncan
 * Energy Secretary - Steven Chu
 * Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary - Kathleen Sebelius
 * Homeland Security Secretary - Janet Napolitano
 * Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary - Shaun Donovan
 * Interior Secretary - Ken Salazar
 * Justice - Eric H. Holder Jr. (Attorney General)
 * Labor Secretary - Hilda Solis
 * State Secretary - Hillary Rodham Clinton
 * Transportation Secretary - Ray LaHood
 * Treasury Secretary - Timothy F. Geithner
 * Veterans Affairs Secretary - Eric Shinseki

jwalling (talk) 04:21, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Cabinet-level administration offices - People

 * Chief of Staff - Rahm Emanuel
 * Council of Economic Affairs - Christina Romer (Chair)
 * Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator - Lisa P. Jackson
 * National Drug Control Policy - Gil Kerlikowske (Director)
 * Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director - Peter R. Orszag
 * U.S. Trade Representative - Ronald Kirk
 * U.N. Ambassador - Susan Rice
 * Vice President - Joe Biden

jwalling (talk) 04:13, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Sub-cabinet-level administration offices - People (position)

 * Associate Attorney General - Tom Perrelli
 * Central Intelligence Agency - Leon Panetta (Director)
 * Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere - Jane Lubchenco (Under Secretary)
 * Commodity Futures Trading Commission - Gary Gensler (Chair)
 * Defense - William J. Lynn III (Deputy Secretary)
 * Defense - Jeh Charles Johnson (General Counsel)
 * Defense - Robert F. Hale (Under Secretary, Comptroller)
 * Defense - Michèle Flournoy (Under Secretary, Policy)
 * Deputy Attorney General - David Ogden
 * Federal Reserve System Board of Governors - Daniel Tarullo (Member)
 * Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Ron Sims (Deputy Secretary)
 * National Intelligence Director - Dennis Blair
 * National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - Jane Lubchenco (Administrator)
 * Office of Legal Counsel - Dawn Johnsen (Assistant Attorney General)
 * Securities and Exchange Commission - Mary Schapiro (Chair)
 * Small Business Administration - Karen Mills (Administrator)
 * Social Security Administration - ?(Commissioner)?
 * Solicitor General - Elena Kagan
 * State Department - James Steinberg (Deputy Secretary), Jacob Lew (Deputy Secretary)
 * Surgeon General - TBA

jwalling (talk) 07:43, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

White House task force

 * Task Force on Working Families - Joe Biden (Chair), Arne Duncan, Christina Romer, Hilda Solis, Lawrence Summers, Melody Barnes, Peter Orszag

jwalling (talk) 01:36, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

White House staff and executive offices - People (position)

 * Advance - Emmett Beliveau (Director)
 * Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs Public Liaison - Valerie Jarrett (Senior Adviser)
 * Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs - Phil Schiliro
 * Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Adviser) - James Jones
 * Assistant to the President for Science and Technology - John P. Holdren
 * Associate Counsel to the President - Susan Sher
 * Cabinet Secretary - Chris Lu
 * Chief of Staff - Rahm Emanuel
 * Chief of Staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations Public Liaison - Michael Strautmanis
 * Chief Performance Officer - TBD
 * Chief Photographer - Pete Souza
 * Chief Technology Officer - TBD
 * Communications Deputy Director - Daniel Pfeiffer (Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications)
 * Communications Director - Ellen Moran (Assistant to the President for Communications)
 * Council of Advisers on Science and Technology - John P. Holdren (Co-Chair), Eric Lander (Co-Chair), Harold Varmus (Co-Chair)
 * Council of Economic Advisers - Christina Romer (Director), Austan Goolsbee (Member), Cecilia Rouse (Member)
 * Council on Environmental Quality - Nancy Sutley (Head)
 * Counsel - Gregory B. Craig
 * Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy - Heather Higginbottom
 * Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change - Heather Zichal
 * Deputy Cabinet Secretary - Elizabeth Sears Smith
 * Deputy Chief of Staff - Jim Messina, Mona Sutphen
 * Deputy Counsel - Cassandra Butts (Focused on Domestic Policy and Ethics)
 * Domestic Policy Council - Melody Barnes (Director), Heather Higginbottom (Deputy Director)
 * Economic Recovery Advisory Board - Paul Volcker (Chair), Austan Goolsbee (Staff Director and Chief Economist)
 * Intergovernmental Affairs - Cecilia Muñoz (Director)
 * Legislative Affairs - Alejandro Pérez (Staff)
 * Legislative Affairs - Christopher Kang (Staff)
 * Legislative Affairs - Denise Wilson (Staff)
 * Legislative Affairs - Jay Heimbach (Staff)
 * Legislative Affairs - Jim Oleske (Staff)
 * Legislative Affairs - Jim Papa (Staff)
 * Legislative Affairs - Jonathan Samuels (Staff)
 * Legislative Affairs - Lisa Konwinski (Deputy Director)
 * Legislative Affairs - Louisa Terrell (Staff)
 * Legislative Affairs - Sean Kennedy (Staff)
 * Legislative Affairs - Shelly O'Neill Stoneman (Staff)
 * Legislative Affairs for the House of Representatives - Dan Turton (Deputy Director)
 * Legislative Affairs for the Senate - Shawn Maher (Deputy Director)
 * Mail and Messenger Operations - Kevin Cariato (Director), Alexander Daley (Deputy Director)
 * Military Office - Louis Caldera (Director)
 * National Ecomomic Council - Lawrence H. Summers (Director)
 * National Security Council - James L. Jones (National Security Adviser)
 * Office of Health Reform - Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (Director), Jeanne Lambrew (Deputy Director)
 * Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - Jeffrey Liebman (Executive Associate Director)
 * Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - Kenneth Baer (Associate Director for Communications and Strategic Planning)
 * Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - TBD (Deputy Director for Management)
 * Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - Preeta Bansal (General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor)
 * Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - Robert Gordon (Associate Director for Education, Income Maintenance and Labor)
 * Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - Robert Nabors (Deputy Director)
 * Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - Steve Kosiak (Associate Director for Defense and International Affairs)
 * Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - Xavier de Souza Briggs (Associate Director for General Government Programs)
 * Office of Management and Administration - Bradley Kiley (Director)
 * Office of Political Affairs - Patrick Gaspard (Director)
 * Office of Science and Technology Policy - John P. Holdren (Director)
 * Office of Urban Policy - Adolfo Carrion (Director)
 * Personal Aide to the President - Reggie Love
 * Personal Secretary to the President - Katie Johnson
 * Personnel Director - Don Gips
 * Policy coordinator on energy, climate and environment - Carol Browner
 * Political Affairs - Patrick Dillon (Deputy Director)
 * Press Secretary - Robert Gibbs
 * Public Liaison Director - Christina Tchen
 * Senior Advisers - David Axelrod, Pete Rouse, Valerie Jarrett, Melody Barnes
 * Scheduling - Danielle Crutchfield (Director)
 * Scheduling and Advance - Alyssa Mastromonaco (Director)
 * Social Secretary, Special Assistant to the President - Desirée Rogers
 * Speechwriters - Jon Favreau (Director)
 * Staff secretary - Lisa Brown
 * Trip Director - Marvin Nicholson

Staff positions to the First Lady - People

 * Chief of Staff to the First Lady - Jackie Norris
 * Communications Director for the First Lady - Camille Johnston
 * Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady - Melissa Winter
 * Deputy Press Secretary for the First Lady - Semonti Mustaphi
 * Press Secretary for the First Lady - Katie McCormick Lelyveld

jwalling (talk) 03:10, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Office of the Vice President - People

 * Assistant to the VP Director of Communications - Jay Carney
 * Assistant to the VP for Intergovernmental Affairs Public Liaison - Evan Ryan
 * Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the VP - Jared Bernstein
 * Chief of Staff to the VP - Ron Klain
 * Counsel to the VP - Cynthia Hogan
 * Counselor to the VP - Mike Donilon
 * Deputy Chief of Staff to the VP - Alan Hoffman
 * Deputy National Security Advisor to the VP - Brian McKeon
 * Deputy Press Secretary to the VP - Annie Tomasini
 * Director of Administration for the Office of the VP - Moe Vela
 * Director of Advance to the VP - Pete Selfridge
 * Director of Scheduling to the VP - Elisabeth Hire
 * Domestic Policy Adviser to the VP - Terrell McSweeny
 * Legislative Affairs Director to the VP - Sudafi Henry
 * National Security Advisor to the VP - Antony (Tony) Blinken
 * Press Secretary to the VP - Elizabeth Alexander
 * Residence Manager and Social Secretary for the VP and Second Lady - Carlos Elizondo
 * Trip Director to the VP - Sam Myers Sr.

Staff postions to the Second Lady - People

 * Chief of Staff to the Second Lady - Catherine M. Russell
 * Communications Director for Second Lady - Courtney O'Donnell
 * Director of Scheduling to the Second Lady - Anthony Bernal
 * Residence Manager and Social Secretary for the VP and Second Lady - Carlos Elizondo

jwalling (talk) 05:35, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

People - Positions

 * 1) Adolfo Carrion - Office of Urban Policy Director
 * 2) Alan Hoffman - Deputy Chief of Staff to the VP
 * 3) Alejandro Pérez - Staff member of Legislative Affairs
 * 4) Alexander Daley - Mail and Messenger Operations Deputy Director
 * 5) Alyssa Mastromonaco - Scheduling and Advance Director
 * 6) Annie Tomasini - Deputy Press Secretary to the VP
 * 7) Anthony Bernal - Director of Scheduling for Second Lady
 * 8) Antony (Tony) Blinken - National Security Advisor to the Vice President
 * 9) Arne Duncan - Education Secretary, Cabinet, Task Force on Working Families
 * 10) Austan Goolsbee - Council of Economic Advisers, Staff Director and Chief Economist of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board
 * 11) Barack Obama - President
 * 12) Bill Richardson - Commerce Secretary ,dropped out Jan 4, 2009 -
 * 13) Bradley Kiley - Office of Management and Administration Director
 * 14) Brian McKeon - Deputy National Security Advisor to the VP
 * 15) Camille Johnston - Director of Communications for the First Lady
 * 16) Carlos Elizondo - Residence Manager and Social Secretary for the Vice President and Second Lady
 * 17) Carol Browner - Policy coordinator on energy, climate and environment
 * 18) Cassandra Butts - Deputy White House Counsel with a Focus on Domestic Policy and Ethics
 * 19) Catherine M. Russell - Chief of Staff to the Second Lady
 * 20) Cecilia Muñoz - Intergovernmental Affairs Director
 * 21) Cecilia Rouse - Council of Economic Advisors member
 * 22) Charles W. Freeman, Jr. - National Intelligence Council chair - withdrew name 3/10/2009
 * 23) Chris Lu - Cabinet Secretary
 * 24) Christina Romer - Council of Economic Advisers Director, Task Force on Working Families
 * 25) Christina Tchen - Public Liaison Director
 * 26) Christopher Kang - Staff member of Legislative Affairs
 * 27) Courtney O'Donnell - Communications Director for Second Lady
 * 28) Cynthia Hogan - Counsel to the VP
 * 29) Dan Pfeiffer - Communications Deputy Director, (Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications)
 * 30) Dan Turton - Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for the House of Representatives
 * 31) Daniel Tarullo - Federal Reserve System Board of Governors Member
 * 32) Danielle Crutchfield - Director of Scheduling for the President
 * 33) David Axelrod - Senior adviser
 * 34) David Ogden - Deputy Attorney General
 * 35) Dawn Johnsen - Office of Legal Counsel Assistant Attorney General
 * 36) Denise Wilson - Staff member of Legislative Affairs
 * 37) Dennis Blair - National Intelligence Director
 * 38) Desirée Rogers - WH Social Secretary, Special Assistant to the President
 * 39) Don Gips - White House Director of Presidential Personnel
 * 40) Elena Kagan - Solicitor General
 * 41) Elisabeth Hire - Director of Scheduling for VP
 * 42) Elizabeth Alexander - Press Secretary to the VP
 * 43) Elizabeth Sears Smith - Deputy Cabinet Secretary
 * 44) Ellen Moran - WH Director of Communications, Assistant to the President for Communications
 * 45) Emmett Beliveau - Director of Advance
 * 46) Eric H. Holder Jr. - Attorney General, Cabinet
 * 47) Eric Lander - Council of Advisers on Science and Technology Co-Chair
 * 48) Eric Shinseki - Veterans' Affairs Secretary, Cabinet
 * 49) Evan Ryan - Assistant to the VP for Intergovernmental Affairs Public Liaison
 * 50) Gary Gensler - Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair
 * 51) Gary Locke - Commerce Secretary, Cabinet
 * 52) Gil Kerlikowske - Office of National Drug Control Policy Director, Cabinet
 * 53) Gregory B. Craig - White House counsel
 * 54) Harold Varmus - Council of Advisers on Science and Technology Co-Chair
 * 55) Heather Higginbottom - Domestic Policy Council Deputy Director, Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
 * 56) Heather Zichal - Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
 * 57) Hilda Solis - Labor Secretary, Cabinet, Task Force on Working Families
 * 58) Hillary Clinton - Secretary of State, Cabinet
 * 59) Jackie Norris - Chief of Staff to the First Lady
 * 60) Jacob Lew - Deputy Secretary of State
 * 61) James B. Steinberg - Deputy Secretary of State
 * 62) James L. Jones - National Security Adviser]] - head of National Security Council
 * 63) Jane Lubchenco - Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere Under Secretary, NOAA Administrator
 * 64) Janet Napolitano - Homeland Security Secretary, Cabinet
 * 65) Jared Bernstein - Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the VP
 * 66) Jay Carney - Assistant to the VP Director of Communications (Was TIME's Washington Bureau Chief)
 * 67) Jay Heimbach - Staff member of Legislative Affairs
 * 68) Jeanne Lambrew - Office of Health Reform Deputy Director
 * 69) Jeffrey Liebman - OMB Executive Associate Director
 * 70) Jeh Charles Johnson - Defense General Counsel
 * 71) Jill Biden - Second Lady Elect, wife of Joe Biden
 * 72) Jim Messina - Deputy Chief of Staff
 * 73) Jim Oleske - Staff member of Legislative Affairs
 * 74) Jim Papa - Staff member of Legislative Affairs
 * 75) Joe Biden - Vice President, Cabinet, Task Force on Working Families
 * 76) John P. Holdren - Office of Science and Technology Policy Director
 * 77) Jon Favreau - Director of Speechwriting
 * 78) Jonathan Samuels - Staff member of Legislative Affairs
 * 79) Judd Gregg - Commerce Secretary, Cabinet - dropped out Feb 12, 2009
 * 80) Karen G. Mills - Small Business Administration Administrator
 * 81) Kathleen Sebelius - Health and Human Services Secretary, Cabinet
 * 82) Katie Johnson - Personal Secretary to the President
 * 83) Katie McCormick Lelyveld - Press Secretary for the First Lady
 * 84) Ken Salazar - Interior Secretary, Cabinet
 * 85) Kenneth Baer - OMB Associate Director for Communications and Strategic Planning
 * 86) Kevin Cariato - Mail and Messenger Operations Director
 * 87) Lawrence H. Summers - Director of National Economic Council, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, Task Force on Working Families
 * 88) Leon Panetta - CIA Director
 * 89) Lisa Brown - Staff Secretary
 * 90) Lisa Konwinski - Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs
 * 91) Lisa P. Jackson - (energy and natural resources transition team); EPA Administrator, Cabinet
 * 92) Louis Caldera - Military Office Director
 * 93) Louisa Terrell - Staff member of Legislative Affairs
 * 94) Marvin Nicholson - Trip Director for the President
 * 95) Mary Schapiro - Securities and Exchange Commission Chair
 * 96) Melissa Winter - Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
 * 97) Melody Barnes - Domestic Policy Council Director, Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, Task Force on Working Families
 * 98) Michael Strautmanis - Chief of Staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations Public Liaison
 * 99) Michèle Flournoy - Defense Under Secretary (Policy)
 * 100) Michelle Obama - First Lady Elect, wife of Barack Obama
 * 101) Mike Donilon - Counselor to the VP
 * 102) Moe Vela - Director of Administration for the Office of the VP
 * 103) Mona Sutphen - Deputy Chief of Staff
 * 104) Nancy-Ann Min DeParle - Office of Health Reform Director
 * 105) Nancy Killefer - Chief Performance Officer, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Deputy Director for Management Withdrew Feb 3, 2009
 * 106) Nancy Sutley - White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair
 * 107) Patrick Dillon - Deputy Director of Political Affairs
 * 108) Patrick Gaspard - Office of Political Affairs Director
 * 109) Paul Volcker - Economic Recovery Advisory Board Chair
 * 110) Pete Rouse - Senior Adviser
 * 111) Pete Selfridge - Director of Advance to the VP
 * 112) Pete Souza - Chief White House Photographer
 * 113) Peter R. Orszag - OMB Director, Cabinet, Task Force on Working Families
 * 114) Phil Schiliro - Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
 * 115) Preeta Bansal - OMB General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor
 * 116) Rahm Emanuel - White House Chief of Staff, Cabinet
 * 117) Ray LaHood - Transportation Secretary, Cabinet
 * 118) Reggie Love -  Personal Aide to the President
 * 119) Robert F. Hale - Defense Under Secretary (Comptroller)
 * 120) Robert Gates - Defense Secretary, Cabinet
 * 121) Robert Gibbs - Press Secretary
 * 122) Robert Gordon - OMB Associate Director for Education, Income Maintenance and Labor
 * 123) Robert Nabors - OMB Deputy Director
 * 124) Ron Klain - Chief of Staff to the VP
 * 125) Ron Sims - Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Deputy Secretary
 * 126) Ronald Kirk - U.S. Trade Reprenetative, Cabinet
 * 127) Sam Myers Sr. - Trip Director to the VP
 * 128) Sanjay Gupta - Surgeon General withdrew name 3/6/2009
 * 129) Sean Kennedy - Staff member of Legislative Affairs
 * 130) Semonti Mustaphi - Deputy Press Secretary for the First Lady
 * 131) Shaun Donovan - HUD Secretary, Cabinet
 * 132) Shawn Maher - Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs for the Senate
 * 133) Shelly O'Neill Stoneman - Staff member of Legislative Affairs
 * 134) Steve Kosiak - OMB Associate Director for Defense and International Affairs
 * 135) Steven Chu - Energy Secretary, Cabinet
 * 136) Sudafi Henry - Legislative Affairs Director to the VP
 * 137) Susan E. Rice - UN ambassador, Cabinet
 * 138) Susan Sher - Associate Counsel to the President
 * 139) Terrell McSweeny - Domestic Policy Adviser to the VP
 * 140) Thomas E. Donilon - Deputy National Security Advisor
 * 141) Tim Kaine - Democratic National Committee Chair
 * 142) Timothy F. Geithner - Treasury Secretary, Cabinet
 * 143) Tom Daschle - Health and Human Services Secretary, Cabinet, Office of Health Reform Director, Task Force on Working Families  Withdrew Feb 3, 2009
 * 144) Tom Perrelli - Associate Attorney General
 * 145) Tom Vilsack - Agriculture Secretary, Cabinet
 * 146) Valerie Jarrett - Senior Adviser and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison
 * 147) William J. Lynn III - Defense Deputy Secretary
 * 148) Xavier de Souza Briggs - OMB Associate Director for General Government Programs

jwalling (talk) 22:35, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

Transition people (Not appointed)

 * Alan Ladwig - NASA transition team
 * Charles Ogletree - trusted adviser, Harvard professor
 * John D. Podesta - co-chairman of Obama-Biden Transition Project
 * John P. White - transition of the Defense Department
 * Joshua Gotbaum - transition of the Treasury Department
 * Julius Genachowski - sits on the 12-member Transition Advisory Board
 * Lori Garver - heads the space transition team
 * Michael Froman - sits on the 12-member Transition Advisory Board
 * Michael Warren - transition of the Treasury Department
 * Thomas Donilon - transition of the State Department
 * Sally Katzen - member of the Transition Project's Agency Review Working Group
 * Susan Crawford - FCC review team
 * Wendy Sherman - transition of the State Department

jwalling (talk) 03:08, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

People rumored to be under consideration

 * Anthony Lake - CIA director ?
 * Bart Harvey - ?
 * Brian Schweitzer - ?
 * Caroline Kennedy - Ambassador to the United Kingdom ?
 * Charles Stenholm - ?
 * Christine A. Varney - ?
 * Collin Peterson - ?
 * Dan W. Reicher - ?
 * David E. Bonior - ?
 * Dennis Ross - Middle East envoy ?
 * Ed McElroy - ?
 * Edward G. Rendell - ?
 * Jacob J. Lew - State Deputy Secretary ?
 * Jami Miscik - CIA director ?
 * Jane Harman - CIA director ?
 * Jason Furman - deputy job in Treasury ?
 * Jason S. Grumet - energy and climate adviser ?
 * Jennifer Granholm - ?
 * Jim Cooper - ?
 * Jim Leach - Ambassador to the United Nations ?
 * Joel I. Klein - ?
 * John Gannon - CIA director ?
 * John J. Hamre - ?
 * John O. Brennan - withdrew from consideration for CIA director
 * John T. Salazar - ?
 * John W. Thompson - Chief Technology Officer ?
 * Julius Genachowski - sits on the 12-member Transition Advisory Board, White House adviser ?, Chief Technology Officer ?
 * Kathleen Sebelius - withdrew her name from consideration for cabinet post
 * Katy Kale - ?
 * Kevin Gover - ?
 * Lael Brainard - ?
 * Laura D'Andrea Tyson - director of the National Economic Council ?
 * Lillian Murphy - ?
 * Manny Diaz - ?
 * Maria Echaveste - ?
 * Martin Indyk - special envoy ?
 * Mary Beth Maxwell - ?
 * Mary D. Nichols - ?
 * Michael Froman - sits on the 12-member Transition Advisory Board, international economics or foreign policy post ?
 * Nicolas Retsinas - ?
 * Philip Sharp - ?
 * Rand Beers - counterterrorism ?
 * Raul M. Grijalva - ?
 * Renee Glover - ?
 * Richard C. Holbrooke - special envoy ?
 * Richard J. Danzig - senior Defense Department position ?
 * Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - ?
 * Robert Sussman - ?
 * Shirley Franklin - ?
 * Sonal Shah - ?
 * Stephanie Cutter - White House communications ?
 * Stephanie Herseth Sandlin - ?
 * Stephen Kappes - CIA director ?
 * Thomas Donilon - deputy director at the NSC ?
 * Tim Roemer - CIA director ?
 * Vinton Cerf - Chief Technology Officer ?
 * Xavier Becerra - ?

jwalling (talk) 00:34, 6 January 2009 (UTC)