Senior Advisor to the President of the United States

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.

Senior Advisor
Executive Office of the President
WebsiteThe White House

Responsibilities

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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

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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

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Senior advisors to President Bill Clinton

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Senior AdvisorPortfolioTerm of officeParty
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 AdvisorPortfolioTerm of officeParty
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

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Senior AdvisorPortfolioTerm of officeParty
Valerie Jarrett
(born 1956)
Public Engagement
Intergovernmental Affairs
January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017[8]Democratic
Pete Rouse
(born 1946)
Strategic PlanningJanuary 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)
CommunicationsApril 3, 2015 – January 20, 2017[15]Democratic

Senior advisors to President Donald Trump

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Senior AdvisorPortfolioTerm of officeParty
Jared Kushner
(born 1981)
Strategic Planning[16][17]January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021[18]Republican[19]
Stephen Miller
(born 1985)
PolicyJanuary 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021[20]Republican
Kevin Hassett
(born 1962)
Economic IssuesApril 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

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Current

Senior AdvisorPortfolioTerm of officeParty
Mike DonilonChief StrategistJanuary 20, 2021 – present[25]Democratic
Anita Dunn
Communications1st: 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 – presentDemocratic

Former

Senior AdvisorPortfolioTerm of officeParty
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 CoordinationNovember 15, 2021 – January 8, 2024[36]Democratic
John Podesta
Clean Energy Innovation and ImplementationSeptember 2, 2022 – March 6, 2024[37]Democratic

List of advisors to the president

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AdvisorPortfolioTerm of officePartyPresident
Stephanie Cutter[n 1]
(born 1968)
Message and CommunicationsJanuary 2011 – September 2011[38]DemocraticBarack 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

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Concurrently serves as the Director of the Office of Public Engagement
  2. ^ Concurrently serves as the Director of the Intergovernmental Affairs Office
  3. ^ Concurrently served as the Director of the Office of Public Engagement
  4. ^ Concurrently served as the Director of the Office of Public Engagement
  5. ^ Concurrently served as the Director of the Intergovernmental Affairs Office
  6. ^ Concurrently served as White House Staff Secretary

Explanatory footnotes

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  1. ^ Stephanie Cutter held the official title of "Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor" during her time in office.
  2. ^ 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

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