Senior Advisor to the President of the United States

Senior Advisor
Senior Advisor
	; Incumbent; Top row:; Mike Donilon, Anita Dunn, Gene Sperling, ; Bottom row:; Stephen K. Benjamin, Tom Perez, Annie Tomasini;
	Executive Office of the President
Website	The White House

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)

White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (Tom Perez)
White House Office of Public Engagement (Stephen K. Benjamin)

Past departments (previously headed by a senior advisor in the current and past administrations)

United States Digital Services (Neera Tanden)
White House Office of Strategic Initiatives
Office of American Innovation
White House Office of Political Affairs
White House Office of Communications
Oval Office Operations (Annie Tomasini)
Infrastructure Implementation Coordination (Mitch Landrieu)
Climate and Clean Energy Innovation & Implementation (John Podesta)

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 advisors to President Bill Clinton

	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 advisors to President George W. Bush

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 advisors to President Barack Obama

	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

Senior advisors to President Donald Trump

	Portfolio	Term of office	Party
Jared Kushner (born 1981)	Strategic Planning^[16]^[17]	January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021^[18]	Republican^[19]
Stephen Miller (born 1985)	Policy	January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021^[20]	Republican
Kevin Hassett (born 1962)	Economic Issues	April 15, 2020 – July 1, 2020^[21]	Republican
Eric Herschmann (born 1962)	Opposition research^[22] Legal issues^[23]	August 3, 2020 – January 20, 2021^[24]	Republican

Senior Advisors to President Joe Biden

Current

	Portfolio	Term of office	Party
Mike Donilon	Chief Strategist	January 20, 2021 – present^[25]	Democratic
Anita Dunn	Communications	1st: Jan. 20 – August 12, 2021^[26] 2nd: May 5, 2022 – present^[27]	Democratic
Gene Sperling (born 1958)	COVID-19 Relief (American Rescue Plan)	March 15, 2021 – present^[28]	Democratic
Stephen K. Benjamin (born 1969)	Public Engagement^[a]	April 1, 2023 – present^[29]	Democratic
Tom Perez	Intergovernmental Affairs^[b]	June 12, 2023 – present^[30]	Democratic
Annie Tomasini	Deputy Chief of Staff^[31]	June 2023 – present	Democratic

Former

	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

Advisor			Portfolio	Term of office	Party	President
		Stephanie Cutter^{[n 1]} (born 1968)	Message and Communications	January 2011 – September 2011^[38]	Democratic	Barack Obama
		Ivanka Trump^{[n 2]} (born 1981)	Women's Issues Workforce Development Entrepreneurship	March 29, 2017 – January 20, 2021^[42]^[43]^[44]	Republican^[19]	Donald Trump

Notes

^ Concurrently serves as the Director of the Office of Public Engagement
^ Concurrently serves as the Director of the Intergovernmental Affairs Office
^ Concurrently served as the Director of the Office of Public Engagement
^ Concurrently served as the Director of the Office of Public Engagement
^ Concurrently served as the Director of the Intergovernmental Affairs Office
^ Concurrently served as White House Staff Secretary

Explanatory footnotes

^ 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

[29] Concurrently serves as the Director of the Office of Public Engagement

[31] Concurrently serves as the Director of the Intergovernmental Affairs Office

[34] Concurrently served as the Director of the Office of Public Engagement

[36] Concurrently served as the Director of the Office of Public Engagement

[38] Concurrently served as the Director of the Intergovernmental Affairs Office

[40] Concurrently served as White House Staff Secretary

[DeputySeniorAdvisor-44] Stephanie Cutter held the official title of "Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor" during her time in office.

[IvankaNotSenior01a-49] 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]

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