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Senior Advisor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the
president of the United States . White House senior advisors are senior members of the
White House Office . The title has been formally used since 1993.
Responsibilities
Over time, a senior advisor has had responsibility for the following groups:
Current departments (headed by a senior advisor)
Past departments (previously headed by a senior advisor in the current and past administrations)
Prior administrations
In prior administrations before 1993, the position of "
senior advisor " was a title used for various other purposes. Numerous examples of the position also exist throughout the
executive departments and in the branch's
independent agencies . For example, the
Food and Drug Administration includes a position with the title Senior Advisor for Science; the
Department of the Interior has a position with the title Senior Advisor for
Alaskan Affairs.
List of senior advisors to the president
Senior Advisor
Portfolio
Term of office
Party
Rahm Emanuel (born 1959)
Political Affairs Strategic Planning Policy
January 20, 1993 – November 7, 1998
[1]
Democratic
George Stephanopoulos (born 1961)
Strategic Planning Policy
June 7, 1993 – December 10, 1996
[2]
Democratic
Sidney Blumenthal (born 1948)
Political Affairs Communications Policy
August 19, 1997 – January 20, 2001
[3]
Democratic
Doug Sosnik (born 1959)
Political Affairs Strategic Planning Policy
November 7, 1998 – January 20, 2001
[4]
Democratic
Joel Johnson (born 1961)
Communications Policy
May 20, 1999 – January 20, 2001
[5]
Democratic
Senior Advisor
Portfolio
Term of office
Party
Karl Rove (born 1950)
Political Affairs Strategic Planning Communications
January 20, 2001 – August 31, 2007
[6]
Republican
Barry Steven Jackson (born 1960)
Political Affairs Strategic Planning Communications
September 1, 2007 – January 20, 2009
[7]
Republican
Senior Advisor
Portfolio
Term of office
Party
Valerie Jarrett (born 1956)
Public Engagement Intergovernmental Affairs
January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
[8]
Democratic
Pete Rouse (born 1946)
Strategic Planning
January 20, 2009 – October 1, 2010
[9]
Democratic
David Axelrod (born 1955)
Political Affairs Communications
January 20, 2009 – January 10, 2011
[10]
Democratic
David Plouffe (born 1967)
Political Affairs Communications
January 10, 2011 – January 25, 2013
[11]
Democratic
Daniel Pfeiffer (born 1975)
Political Affairs Communications
January 25, 2013 – March 6, 2015
[12]
Democratic
Brian Deese (born 1978)
Climate and Energy
[13]
February 13, 2015 – January 20, 2017
[14]
Democratic
Shailagh Murray (born 1965)
Communications
April 3, 2015 – January 20, 2017
[15]
Democratic
Current
Former
Senior Advisor
Portfolio
Term of office
Party
Cedric Richmond
Public Engagement
[c]
January 20, 2021 – May 18, 2022
[32]
Democratic
Keisha Lance Bottoms (born 1970)
Public Engagement
[d]
July 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023
[33]
Democratic
Julie Rodriguez
Intergovernmental Affairs
[e]
June 15, 2022 – May 16, 2023
[34]
Democratic
Neera Tanden
Health care Policy
[f]
United States Digital Service
May 17, 2021 – May 26, 2023
[35]
Democratic
Mitch Landrieu (born 1960)
Infrastructure Implementation Coordination
November 15, 2021 – January 8, 2024
[36]
Democratic
John Podesta
Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation
September 2, 2022 – March 6, 2024
[37]
Democratic
List of advisors to the president
See also
Notes
^ Stephanie Cutter held the official title of "Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor" during her time in office.
^
President Trump 's daughter
Ivanka Trump was sometimes called a 'Senior Advisor to the President' (or sometimes a 'senior advisor to the President', without the upper case 'S' and 'A') by unofficial sources,
[39]
[40] even though that was actually the title of her husband
Jared Kushner , while her own title was 'Advisor to the President'.
[41]
References
^
"City of Chicago :: About the Mayor" .
^ ABC News (September 18, 2014).
"George's Biography" .
ABC News .
Archived from the original on October 10, 2019.
^ Matthews, Dylan (June 16, 2015).
"Why Donald Trump brought up Sidney Blumenthal at the second debate" .
Vox .
Archived from the original on August 3, 2019.
^ Authorities, Leading.
"Doug Sosnik" .
^
"Joel Johnson - Glover Park Group" .
^ Rove, Karl.
"Bio" .
^
"Barry S. Jackson - American Australian Council" .
^
"Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett" .
whitehouse.gov . December 24, 2014 – via
National Archives .
^
Shear, Michael D. ;
Zeleny, Jeff (October 1, 2010).
"Emanuel's Departure Set; Replacement Is Longtime Aide" .
The New York Times .
Archived from the original on November 17, 2019.
^ Axelrod, David (February 10, 2015).
"David Axelrod Recounts His Years As Obama's Adviser And 'Believer' " .
NPR .
Archived from the original on August 28, 2017.
^
"David Plouffe" .
whitehouse.gov . August 17, 2011 – via
National Archives .
^ Tau, Byron (December 10, 2015).
"Former White House Adviser Dan Pfeiffer Joins GoFundMe" .
The Wall Street Journal blogs .
^ Eilperin, Juliet (January 21, 2015).
"Obama taps senior OMB aide Deese to succeed Podesta in environmental post" .
The Washington Post .
Archived from the original on November 14, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2017 .
^
"Brian Deese" .
whitehouse.gov . November 16, 2011 – via
National Archives .
^
"Senior Advisor Shailagh Murray" .
whitehouse.gov . January 29, 2016 – via
National Archives .
^ Trump, Donald J. (March 27, 2017).
"Presidential Memorandum on The White House Office of American Innovation" .
whitehouse.gov (Press release) – via
National Archives . The Senior Advisor to the President.
^
"Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, #29" .
whitehouse.gov . March 27, 2017 – via
National Archives . The effort will be led by Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner.
^ Wagner, John; Parker, Ashley (January 9, 2017).
"Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to join White House as senior adviser; no formal role for Ivanka Trump" .
The Washington Post .
Archived from the original on January 10, 2017.
^
a
b Ockerman, Emma (April 12, 2019).
"Jared Kushner wasn't a Republican until 2018" .
Vice News .
Archived from the original on November 14, 2019.
^ Nussbaum, Matthew (December 13, 2016).
"Trump taps campaign aide Stephen Miller as senior adviser" .
Politico .
Archived from the original on April 22, 2019.
^
"President Donald J. Trump Announces Addition to White House Staff" .
whitehouse.gov – via
National Archives .
^ Smith, Ben (October 25, 2020).
"Trump Had One Last Story to Sell. The Wall Street Journal Wouldn't Buy It" . The New York Times .
^
"Off the Rails: Inside the craziest meeting of the Trump presidency" . February 2, 2021.
^
"Former Trump impeachment lawyer heads to White House" .
Politico .
^ Shear, Michael D. (November 18, 2020).
"Mike Donilon, Who Helped Draft Biden's Message, is Named a Senior Adviser" . The New York Times .
^
"Anita Dunn to join Biden White House as senior adviser" . January 15, 2021.
^
"President Biden Announces Karine Jean-Pierre as White House Press Secretary" . May 5, 2022.
^ Tankersley, Jim (March 15, 2021).
"Biden picks Gene Sperling, a Democratic policy aide, to oversee spending from the $1.9 trillion relief plan" . The New York Times .
^
"President Biden Announces ormer Mayor Stephen Benjamin as Senior Advisor and Director of the Offic of Public Engagement" .
whitehouse.gov . February 27, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023 .
^
"Statement from President Joe Biden on Tom Perez" .
whitehouse.gov . June 12, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023 .
^ Superville, Darlene.
"Biden chooses longtime aide who runs his Oval Office to be a deputy White House chief of staff" . Associated Press . Retrieved February 8, 2024 .
^ Glueck, Katie; Martin, Jonathan (November 18, 2020).
"Representative Cedric Richmond Set to be a Senior Biden Adviser" . The New York Times .
^
"President Biden Announces Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms as Senior Advisor for Public Engagement" . June 15, 2022.
^
"President Biden Announces Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms as Senior Advisor for Public Engagement" . June 15, 2022.
^ Mason, Jeff (May 14, 2021).
"Biden appoints Neera Tanden, former pick for budget director, as senior adviser" . Reuters .
^
"President Biden Announces Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu as Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator" . November 14, 2021.
^
"President Biden announces senior clean energy and climate team" .
whitehouse.gov . September 2, 2022.
Archived from the original on September 2, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022 .
^
"Stephanie Cutter - Former Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor" .
whitehouse.gov . January 11, 2011 – via
National Archives .
^ Laura Beck (September 14, 2017).
"Ivanka Trump, Senior Advisor to the President, Says It's "Unrealistic" to Expect Her to Influence Him" .
Cosmopolitan . Retrieved May 4, 2019 . Ivanka Trump, senior advisor to the president, said that it's "unrealistic" to expect her to influence his decisions. That's not her job, OK?! (Even though it sort of is, actually?)
^ Catherine Lucey (February 26, 2018).
"Ivanka Trump's dual roles as senior adviser, first daughter" .
AP news . Retrieved May 4, 2019 . Ivanka Trump expects to be treated seriously as a senior White House adviser. ... "You're either a senior adviser or a daughter. ..." ... "Especially since she was last in the news as a senior adviser going to the Olympics." ... "she did choose to play this senior advisory role.")
^
"Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders" .
whitehouse.gov . December 18, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2019 – via
National Archives . MS. SANDERS: ... the World Economic Forum ... delegation ... will also include ..., Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner, ...
^
"Executive Office Of The President Annual Report To Congress On White House Office Personnel White House Office As Of: Friday, June 30, 2017" (PDF) .
whitehouse.gov . p. 15.
Archived (PDF) from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2017 – via
National Archives .
^ Merica, Dan;
Borger, Gloria ;
Acosta, Jim ; Klein, Betsy (March 30, 2017).
"Ivanka Trump is making her White House job official" .
CNN .
Archived from the original on March 8, 2019.
^ Lucey, Catherine (February 26, 2018).
"Ivanka Trump's dual roles as senior adviser, first daughter" .
Associated Press .
Archived from the original on March 14, 2018.
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