Daily Tracker: Key Foreign Policy Appointments in the Obama Administration

ObamaLast updated: July 28, 2009. For the latest updates, please visit the White House Nominations & Appointments page.

Welcome to a regularly updated list of the key foreign policy-related appointments and potential appointments in the Obama Administration. This list is not an official list; rather, it represents a collection of publicly available information. In other words, there are no secrets revealed here. The utility of this resource, it is hoped, lies in the synthesis of all of the various reports across the web, which should give members of the Connect U.S. Fund community a clear and easily accessible directory to consult. Those who maintain this resource utilize generally reliable public sources, from government websites to prominent foreign policy blogs. We have defined "foreign policy-related" to consist of a broad range of issues related to U.S. engagement with the world. Key appointments in the following departments, agencies and offices are included:

-National Economic Council

-National Security Council

-Office of Management and Budget

-Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

If you have an update, please contact Francesco Femia at ffemia@connectusfund.org, or Joanna Hecht at jhecht@connectusfund.org

 

Agency for International Development (USAID)

Rumored Appointments

  • USAID Administrator

Farmer, Paul
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Paul Farmer for USAID, or USAID plus?"

Burwell, Sylvia Matthews
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

Gayle, Helene
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

Kolbe, Jim
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

Rupp, George
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

Sherman, Wendy
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: State, Mexico"

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Central Intelligence Agency

Appointments Confirmed by Senate

  • Director

Panetta, Leon
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

Appointments Announced

  • General Counsel

Preston, Stephen
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

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Department of Agriculture

Appointments Confirmed by Senate

  • Secretary of Agriculture

Vilsack, Tom
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

Leonard Jr., Joe
Source: Washington Post, Agriculture Department

  • Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

Merrigan, Kathleen
Source: Washington Post, Agriculture Department

  • Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Service

Miller, Jim
Source: Washington Post, Agriculture Department

Appointments To Be Confirmed by Senate

  • Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations

Harden, Krysta
Source: Washington Post, Agriculture Department

  • Under Secretary for Rural Development

Tonsager, Dallas
Source: Washington Post, Agriculture Department

Appointments Announced

  • Rural Utilities Administrator

Adelstein, Jonathan S.
Source: Washington Post, Agriculture Department

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Department of Defense

Appointments Confirmed by Senate

  • Secretary of Defense

Gates, Robert (already in job)

  • Assistant Secretary of Defense (Asian and Pacific Security Affairs)

Gregson, Lt. Gen. Chip
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Flournoy's Pentagon policy shop"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "DoD nominees confirmed: Nacht, King, Gregson"

  • Assistant Secretary of Defense (Global Strategic Affairs)

Nacht, Michael
Source:
Whitehouse.gov
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "DoD nominees confirmed: Nacht, King, Gregson"

  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

Vershbow, Alexander (Sandy)
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Transition rumint: more names"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Obama officially nominates Iraq, Afghanistan, NATO ambassadors, DoD post"

  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs

King, Elizabeth
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "More names: OVP, DoD"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "DoD nominees confirmed: Nacht, King, Gregson"

  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Low-Intensity Conflict

Vickers, Michael (already in the job)
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Flournoy's Pentagon policy shop"

  • Assistant Secretary of the Army(Manpower and Reserve Affairs)

Lamont, Thomas Ray
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)

Garcia, Juan Manuel
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (ATSD) - Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs

Weber, Andrew Charles
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Commander and General, International Security Assistance Force and Commander, U.S. Forces, Afghanistan

McChrystal, Gen. Stanley A.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "U.S. Afghan, Europe, Southern commanders confirmed"

  • Commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe

Stavridis, Adm. James G.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "U.S. Afghan, Europe, Southern commanders confirmed"

  • Commander and General, U.S. Southern Command

Fraser, Gen. Douglas M.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "U.S. Afghan, Europe, Southern commanders confirmed"

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs

Floyd, Price
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "CNAS' Floyd to Defense Department"

  • Deputy Secretary of Defense

Lynn, William J (Bill)
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Deputy Under Secretary of Defense - Policy

Miller, James N.
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Transition rumint: more names"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Flournoy's Pentagon policy shop"

  • Director, Defense and Research Engineering

Lemnios, Zachary John
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • General Counsel

Johnson, Jeh Charles
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Secretary of the Air Force

Donley, Mike (already in job)
Source: Washington Post, "Defense Department"

  • Secretary of the Navy

Mabus, Ray
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Under Secretary, Acquisitions/Technology/Logistics

Carter, Ashton
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Pentagon."

  • Under Secretary - Comptroller

Hale, Bob
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Under Secretary - Intelligence

Clapper, James (already in job)
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Under Secretary - Policy

Flournoy, Michele
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

Appointments to be Confirmed by Senate

  • Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works

Darcy, Jo-Ellen
Source: Washington Post, "Defense Department"

  • Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs)

Stockton, Paul N.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Undersecretary of the Army

Westphal, Joe
Source: Whitehouse.gov

Appointments Not Requiring Senate Confirmation

  • Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

Mc Millan, Joseph (already in job)
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: DoD, NSC, Holbrooke deputy, Delhi"

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Africa

Whelan, Theresa (staying in the job)
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Pentagon."

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East

Kahl, Colin
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Latin America, NEA and DoD"

  • Special Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East

Goldenberg, Ilan
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names and short takes"

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defense Policy

Roberts, Brad
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names"

  • Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Planning, Strategy and Force Development (new position)

Hicks, Kathleen
Source: The Washington Independent, "Hicks, Gregson Join Obama Pentagon"

  • Director for Weapons of Mass Destruction (reporting to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs)

Lettre, Marcel
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "Names: State, DoD"

Appointments announced

  • Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer, Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer (reassigned)

McGrath, Elizabeth
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, "Senior Executive Service Appointments"

  • Director, Joint Rapid Acquisition Cell, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)

Lee, Thomas P.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, "Senior Executive Service Appointments"

  • Director, Defense Laboratory Programs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense

Fischer, John W.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, "Senior Executive Service Appointments"

  • Deputy Director, Space and Intelligence Capabilities, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics) - reassigned

Gold, Robert A.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, "Senior Executive Service Appointments"

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (countering weapons of mass destruction), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)

Hersman, Rebecca
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, "Senior Executive Service Appointments"

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Europe and NATO), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)

Townsend, James
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, "Senior Executive Service Appointments"

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Issuesjen

Carter, Phil
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Pentagon."
Source: Reuters, President Obama Appoints Phillip Carter as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (forces transformation and resources), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)

Ochmanek, David
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, "Senior Executive Service Appointments"

  • General Counsel of the Army

Remy, Donald M.
Source: Washington Post, "Defense Department"

  • Foreign Relations and Defense Policy Manager, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities) - reassignment

Davison, Richard
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, "Senior Executive Service Appointments"

  • Foreign Relations and Defense Policy Manager, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities) - reassigned

Pavel, Barry
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, "Senior Executive Service Appointments"

  • Foreign Relations and Defense Policy Manager, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense) - reassigned

Salesses, Robert
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, "Senior Executive Service Appointments"

  • Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (homeland defense and America's security affairs), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)

Wormuth, Christine
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, "Senior Executive Service Appointments"

  • Principal Director (Europe and NATO), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)

Smith, Julianne
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, "Senior Executive Service Appointments"

Rumored appointments

  • Advisor on Afghanistan and Pakistan issues (title not known)

Singh, Vikram
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Latin America, NEA and DoD"

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense on Strategy/Planning

Davidson, Janine
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Pentagon."

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Central Asia

Mullaney, Craig
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Pentagon."

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia and Eurasia

Wallander, Celeste
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: State, Pentagon, and more"

  • Representative to the START negotiations

Warner, Ted
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: State, Pentagon, and more"

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Department of Energy

Appointments Confirmed by Senate

  • Secretary of Energy

Chu, Steven
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Deputy Secretary of Energy

Poneman, Daniel B.
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management

Triay, Ines Ramona
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs

Sandalow, David
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Obama announces more appointments"

  • General Counsel

Blake, Harris Scott
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Undersecretary of Energy

Johnson, Kristina May
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Undersecretary of Science

Koonan, Steve Elliot
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

Appointments to be Confirmed by Senate

  • Director of the Office of Science

Brinkman, William F.
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

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Department of Homeland Security

Appointments Confirmed by Senate

  • Secretary

Napolitano, Janet
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

Appointments made that do not require Senate confirmation

  • Counselor

Beers, Rand
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Transition Rumint: names, names, names"

  • Director of Strategic Communications

Whelan, Moira
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Strategic communications directors, DHS intel chief"

Appointments Announced

  • Assistant Secretary for Policy

Heyman, David F.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis

Mudd, Philip
Source: Whitehouse.gov

Rumored Appointments

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Department of Justice

Appointments Confirmed by Senate

  • Attorney General

Holder, Eric
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Assistant A.G.

Johnsen, Dawn
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Associate A.G.

Perrelli, Tom
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Deputy Secretary

Ogden, David
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Solicitor General

Kagan, Elena
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

Appointments To Be Confirmed by Senate

  • U.S. Attorney

Preet, Bharara
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • U.S. Attorney

Coffin, Tristram
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • U.S. Attorney

Durkan, Jenny
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • U.S. Attorney

Fishman, Paul
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • U.S. Attorney

Preet, Bharara
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • U.S. Attorney

Jones, B. Todd
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • U.S. Attorney

Kacavas, John
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • U.S. Attorney

Vance, Joyce
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

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Department of State

Appointments Confirmed by Senate

  • Secretary of State

Clinton, Hillary
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Deputy Secretary of State

Lew, Jacob
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Deputy Secretary of State

Steinberg, James
Source: U.S. Department of State

  • Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security

Tauscher, Ellen
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Obama taps Gottemoeller on nonproliferation"
Kamen, Al, Washinton Post, "Tauscher to State"

  • Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (already in job)

Burns, William
Source: U.S. Department of State

  • Global AIDS Coordinator

Goosby, Eric
Source: "Whitehouse.gov"

  • Ambassador-at-large for Global Women's Issues

Verveer, Melanne
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Obama names three more State Department picks"

  • Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Campbell, Kurt
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "India's special envoy anxiety, part II"
Whitehouse.gov

  • Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (H)

Verma, Rich
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "HRC confirmation hearing: smart power, little drama"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Obama officially nominates Iraq, Afghanistan, NATO ambassadors, DoD post"

  • Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs (Rank of Ambassador)

Jenkins, Bonnie D.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (H)

Rodriguez, Miguel
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names"

  • Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM)

Schwartz, Eric P.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Senate Legislative Affairs

Park Stout, Jennifer
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names"

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for House Legislative Affairs

Abrams, David
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: State, DoD"

  • Director for House Legislative Affairs (reporting to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for House Legislative Affairs)

Roizman, Robin
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: State, DoD"

  • Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations (IO)

Brimmer, Esther
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Obama names three more State Department picks"

  • Assistant Secretary of State for Political and Military Affairs

Shapiro, Andrew
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "State nominees on hold?"

  • Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs

Crowley, Philip "PJ"
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Arms Control

Gottemoeller, Rose
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Transition rumint: more names"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Obama taps Gottemoeller on nonproliferation"

  • Legal Advisor

Koh, Harold Hongju
Source: Washington Post, "State Department"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan

Eikenberry, Karl
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: the ambassadors"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Obama officially nominates Iraq, Afghanistan, NATO ambassadors, DoD post"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Iraq

Hill, Christopher
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Chris Hill confirmed UPDATED)"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Obama officially nominates Iraq, Afghanistan, NATO ambassadors, DoD post"

  • U.S. Ambassador to NATO

Daalder, Ivo
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Transition Rumint: names, names, names"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Obama officially nominates Iraq, Afghanistan, NATO ambassadors, DoD post"

Appointments made that do not require Senate Confirmation

  • Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary of State

Crocker, Bathsheba
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: State, DoD"

  • Director of the Office of Policy Planning

Slaughter, Anne-Marie
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Slaughter confirms HRC State Department Post"

  • Deputy Director of the Office of Policy Planning

Chollet, Derek
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Transition rumint: more names"

  • Deputy U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan

Ricciardone, Francis
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: State, Pentagon, and more"

  • Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Nonproliferation and Arms Control

Eiknhorn, Robert
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Amid crises, Obama builds nonproliferation team"

  • Special Advisor to the 2009 Summit of the Americas

Davidow, Jeffrey
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Davidow previews Summit of the Americas"

  • Special Envoy for Climate Change

Stern, Todd
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Todd D. Stern, HRC's climate change envoy"

  • Special Envoy for Middle East Peace

Mitchell, George
Source: U.S. Department of State

  • Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change

Pershing, Jonathan
Source: U.S. Department of State

  • Deputy Special Envoy for Middle East Peace

Hof, Frederick
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "State Mideast news: Feltman to head NEA, Mitchell deputies"

  • Special Envoy to Sudan

Gration, Maj. Gen. Scott
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "Quick hits"

  • Special Envoy to Syria (title not known)

Feltman, Jeff (Acting Assistant Secretary of State for NEA)
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "Evaluating Clinton's Middle East trip - a mixed bag"

  • Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

Holbrooke, Richard
Source: U.S. Department of State

  • Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

Jones, Paul
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "Names: DoD, NSC, Holbrooke deputy, Delhi"

  • Spokesman

Wood, Robert
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Why State's having a hard time explaining Dennis Ross's job"

Appointments to be confirmed by Senate

  • Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues

Rapp, Stephen J.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs

Carson, Johnnie
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Obama announces more appointments"

  • Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)

Posner, Mike
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs

Gordon, Philip
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Russia downgraded, Daalder to NATO?"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Obama names three more State Department picks"

  • Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (NEA)

Feltman, Jeffrey
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Latin America, NEA and DoD"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "State Mideast news: Feltman to head NEA, Mitchell deputies"

  • Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia

Blake, Robert
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Amb Robert Blake to become assistant secretary for South and Central Asia"

  • Permanent Representative to the OECD

Karen Kornbluh
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "Ambassadors for Austria, Italy, Latvia, OECD, Zimbabwe"

  • Special Representative of the President to the 2010 NPT Review Conference (with rank of Ambassador)

Burk, Susan
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "Names: State, Pentagon, and more"

  • Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs (G)

Otero, Maria
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: State, Mexico"

  • U.S. Ambassador at Large and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

de Baca, Luis C.
Source: Washington Post, "State Department"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Austria

William Eacho
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "Ambassadors for Austria, Italy, Latvia, OECD, Zimbabwe"

  • U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas

Avant, Nicole A.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas

Avant, Nicole A.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Belgium

Avant, Nicole A.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Belize

Thummalapally, Vinai K.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Benin

James Knight
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "Ambassadors for Austria, Italy, Latvia, OECD, Zimbabwe"

  • U.S. Ambassador to China

Huntsman, Jon
Source: The Huffington Post, "Jon Huntsman: China Ambassador"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Ireland

Rooney, Dan
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Finland

Bruce Oreck
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "Ambassadors for Austria, Italy, Latvia, OECD, Zimbabwe"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Italy

David Thorne
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "Ambassadors for Austria, Italy, Latvia, OECD, Zimbabwe"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Latvia

Judith G. Garber
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "Ambassadors for Austria, Italy, Latvia, OECD, Zimbabwe"

  • U.S. Ambassador to the Marshall Islands

Campbell, Martha Larzelere
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Oman

Slutz, Pamela Jo Howell
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to South Africa

Gips, Donald Henry
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Suriname

Nay, John R.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland

Beyer Jr., Donald Sternoff
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania

Lenhardt, Alfonso E.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia

Gray, Gordon
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe

Charles A. Ray
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "Ambassadors for Austria, Italy, Latvia, OECD, Zimbabwe"

  • U.S. Representative to the African Union

Battle, Michael Anthony
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO

David Killion
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "Ambassadors for Austria, Italy, Latvia, OECD, Zimbabwe"

  • U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy

Bosworth, Stephen
Source: Boston Globe, "Tufts dean to be named envoy to N. Korea"

Appointments announced

  • Undersecretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs

Hormats, Robert D.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "White House announces ambassador to Poland, undersecretary of state for economics"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Argentina

Martinez, Vilma S.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces Ambassador nominations"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Brazil

Shannon, Thomas A.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "White House announces Ambassador nominations"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Canada

Jacobson, David
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Croatia

Foley, James B.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces more Ambassadors"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Denmark

Fulton, Laurie S.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces Ambassador nominations"

  • U.S. Ambassador to France

Rivkin, Charles H.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces Ambassador nominations"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Georgia

Bass, John R.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces more Ambassadors"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Guinea

Moller, Patricia N.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Haiti

Merten, Kenneth H.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See

Díaz, Miguel H.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces Ambassador nominations"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Iceland

Connan, Robert S.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces Ambassador nominations"

  • U.S. Ambassador to India

Roemer, Tim
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "White House announces Ambassador nominations"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Japan

Roos, John V.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces Ambassador nominations"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo

Dell, Christopher William
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces Ambassador nominations"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania

Derse, Anne E.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Mexico

Pascual, Carlos
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Morocco

Kaplan, Samuel L.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces more Ambassadors"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Poland

Feinstein, Lee
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "White House announces ambassador to Poland, undersecretary of state for economics"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

Smith, Brigadier General James B.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to the Solomon Islands, the Republic of Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea

Taylor, Teddy B.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces more Ambassadors"

  • U.S. Ambassador to South Africa

Gips, Donald
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

Butenis, Patricia A.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces Ambassador nominations"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Sweden

Barzun, Matthew
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces more Ambassadors"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan

Gross, Kenneth E.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces more Ambassadors"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Uganda

Lanier, Jerry P.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces more Ambassadors"

  • U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland

Susman, Louis B.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces Ambassador nominations"

  • U.S. Representative to the African Union with the Rank of Ambassador

Battle Sr., Michael A.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces Ambassador nominations"

  • U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agency for Food and Agriculture with the rank of Ambassador

Cousin, Etharin
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable: "White House announces more Ambassadors"

  • Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

McHale, Judith
Source: Whitehouse.gov

Rumored appointments

  • Advisor (informal) to Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

Rubin, Barnett
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Dinner with Secretary Clinton: Afghanistan on the menu."

  • Advisor (Senior) to Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan

Nasr, Vali
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Dinner with Secretary Clinton: Afghanistan on the menu."

  • Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (INR)

Kojm, Christopher
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names, names, names: MLK edition"

Sims, Jennifer
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names, names, names: MLK edition"

  • Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Negotiation

Mull, Stephen
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Amid crises, Obama builds nonproliferation team"

  • Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs

Blank, Jonah
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Transition Purgatory"

Patterson, Ann
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Dinner with Secretary Clinton: Afghanistan on the menu."

Powell, Nancy
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Dinner with Secretary Clinton: Afghanistan on the menu."

Riedel, Bruce
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Transition Purgatory"

  • Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs

Valenzuela, Arturo
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Latin America, NEA and DoD"

  • Chief of Mission of the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem

Rubenstein, Daniel
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: the ambassadors"

  • Chief Spokesman and Daily Briefer, Public Affairs

Kelly, Ian
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "State public affairs appointments"

  • Coordinator for Counterterrorism

Benjamin, Daniel
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Transition Rumint: Names for the weekend"

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia

Mitchell, Derek
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names, names, names: MLK edition"

  • Director of Strategic Communications, Special Envoys (exact title unknown)

Prince, Jonathan
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Strategic communications directors, DHS intel chief"

  • Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (NEA)

Feltman, Jeffrey
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Transition Rumint: names, names, names"

  • Special Envoy for the Summit of the Americas

Davidow, Jeff
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: the ambassadors"

  • Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs

Sherman, Wendy
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: State, Mexico"

  • Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

McHale, Judith A.
Source: The Washington Post, "A Lovely Consolation Prize for Ms. Kennedy?"

  • U.S. Ambassador to China

Shambaugh, David
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Black box: a peek into the ambassadors selection process"

  • U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic

Nathanson, Marc
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: more fundraiser ambassadors, envoys, empty chairs"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Israel

Cunningham, James B. (already in the job)
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: the ambassadors"

  • U.S. Ambassador to the OECD

Pascual, Carlos
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: NIC, ambassador"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Morocco

Kaplan, Sam
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: more fundraiser ambassadors, envoys, empty chairs"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Poland

Brzezinski, Mark
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: the ambassadors"

  • U.S. Ambassador to Russia

Nunn, Sam
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Black box: a peek into the ambassadors selection process"

  • U.S. Special Envoy for U.S.-Russia talks on strategic force reductions

Gottemoeller, Rose
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Transition rumint: more names"

  • U.S. team leader on preparing for Afghanistan's elections (Title not known)

Carney, Timothy
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: State, Pentagon, and more"

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Department of the Treasury

Appointments made

  • Secretary of the Treasury

Geithner, Timothy F.
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

Appointments to be confirmed by Senate

  • Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Economic Policy

Krueger, Alan B.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Obama names three Treasury picks"

  • Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Financial Stability, and Counselor to the Secretary

Krueger, Alan B.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Legislative Affairs

Wallace, Kim N.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Obama names three Treasury picks"

  • Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Terrorist Financing

Cohen, David S.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Obama names three Treasury picks"

  • Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs

Brainard, Lael
Source: Washington Post, "Lael Brainard"

Rumored appointments

  • Assistant Secretary for International Affairs

Henry, Peter Blair
Source: Bloomnberg.com, "IMF’s Atkinson Said to Be Considered for Treasury"

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Environmental Protection Agency

Appointments Confirmed by Senate

  • EPA Administrator

Jackson, Lisa
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

Appointments to be Confirmed by Senate

  • Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

Giles, Cythia J.
Source: Washinton Post, "Environmental Protection Agency"

  • Assistant Administrator for International Activities

DePass, Michelle J.
Source: Washinton Post, "Environmental Protection Agency"

  • Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation

McCarthy, Gina
Source: Washinton Post, "Environmental Protection Agency"

Appointments Announced

  • Assistant Administrator for Water

Silva, Peter S.
Source: Washinton Post, "Environmental Protection Agency"

  • Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response

Stanislaus, Mathy
Source: Washinton Post, "Environmental Protection Agency"

  • Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances

Owens, Stephen
Source: Washinton Post, "Environmental Protection Agency"

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Executive Office of the President

National Economic Council

Appointments made

  • Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy

Summers, Lawrence
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Director of International Economics (exact title not known)

Lipton, David
Source: Wall Street Journal, "Summers Carves Out a Powerful Role"

  • Dual appointment on international economics (NEC/NSC) - title not yet known

Froman, Michael
Source: Wall Street Journal, "Summers Carves Out a Powerful Role"

National Security Council

Appointments made

  • National Security Advisor

Jones, James
Source: New York Times, "The New Team," James L. Jones

  • Deputy National Security Advisor

Donilon, Thomas
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

  • Chief of Staff to the National Security Advisor

Lippert, Mark
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

  • Coordinator of the U.S. Office for the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism

Samore, Gary
Sources: Fox News, "Gary Samore Tapped for Weapons of Mass Destruction 'Czar'"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

  • (Detailee) Director for Nonproliferation (from the Office of Management and Budget)

Ryu, Rexon
Sources: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Former Hagel aide to the NSC"

  • Deputy Assistant to the President (NSC) and Director of Strategic Communications

McDonough, Denis
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

  • Deputy National Security Advisor for Counterterrorism, and Assistant to the President for Homeland Security (exact title unclear)

Brennan, John
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

  • Deputy National Security Advisor, Iraq and Afghanistan

Lute, Gen. Douglas (Ret.)
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

  • Dual appointment on international economics (NEC/NSC) - title not yet known

Froman, Michael
Source: Wall Street Journal, "Summers Carves Out a Powerful Role"

  • Executive Secretary (NSC)

Rudman, Mara
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

  • Senior Director for Africa

Gavin, Michelle
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

  • Senior Director for Asia

Bader, Jeff
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

  • Senior Director for Defense

Pavel, Barry
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "U.S. missile-defense policy under review."

  • Senior Director on Development and Sustainable Security

Smith, Gayle
Sources: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names"

  • Senior Director for Europe

Sherwood-Randall, Elizabeth
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

  • Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs (and special assistant to the President)

Restrepo, Dan
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Latin America, NEA and DoD"
The Washington Post, "Gold Star: Dan Restrepo"

  • Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa (and special envoy to Syria)

Shapiro, Daniel
Source:
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Evaluating Clinton's Middle East trip - a mixed bag"

  • Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs

Power, Samantha
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Samantha Power to the NSC"

  • Senior Director for Non-proliferation

Poneman, Dan
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Transition Rumint: names, names, names"

  • Senior Director for Russia and Eurasian Affairs

McFaul, Michael
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

  • Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for the Central Region

Ross, Dennis
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Introducing the Central Region"

  • Spokesman (NSC)

Hammer, Michael
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

Rumored appointments

  • Senior Director for Iran/Iraq/ Gulf countries (office still unclear)

Talwar, Puneet
Sources: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Puneet Talwar to NSC"
Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Esther Brimmer, the USAID mystery, and more NSC titles"

  • Senior Director for South Asia

Camp, Donald
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: DoD, NSC, Holbrooke deputy, Delhi"

Office of Management and Budget

Appointments

  • Director

Orszag, Peter
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Deputy Director

Nabors, Robert
Source: Whitehouse.gov

  • Director for Defense and International Affairs

Kosiak, Steven
Source: Defense News, "Kosiak to Oversee Defense Budgeting at OMB"

Appointments Confirmed by Senate

  • Administrator of the Office of Administration and Regulatory Affairs

Sunstein, Cass R.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

Appointments Confirmed by Senate

  • Trade Representative

Kirk, Ron
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

Appointments to Be Confirmed by Senate

  • Deputy Trade Representative

Sapiro, Miriam E.
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

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Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

Appointments confirmed by Senate

  • Director of National Intelligence

Blair, Dennis
Source: Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Appointments to be confirmed by Senate

  • General Counsel

Litt, Robert S.
Source: Whitehouse.gov

Appointments that do not require Senate confirmation

  • Chief Information Officer

Guthrie, Priscilla E.
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Obama announces more appointments"

  • Director of Communications

House, Arthur
Source: Office of the Director of National Intelligence

  • Director of National Intelligence

Morigi, Wendy
Source: Office of the Director of National Intelligence

  • Director of the Intelligence Staff

Kimmons, John F. "Jeff"
Source: Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Rumored appointments

  • Chairman of the National Intelligence Council

Kojm, Christopher
Source: Foreign Policy, the Cable, "Names: NIC, ambassador"

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Office of the Vice President

Appointments made

  • National Security Advisor to Vice President Biden

Blinken, Tony
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Wolfsthal to OVP"

  • Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President:

McKeon, Brian
Source: TPM, President-Elect Obama and Vice President-Elect Biden Announce More Key

  • Senior Advisor on the Middle East

Mustafa, Herro
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "More names: OVP, DoD"

  • Special Advisor to the Vice President, working on WMD and non-proliferation issues (title not yet known)

Wolfsthal, Jon
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Wolfsthal to OVP"

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Office of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations

Appointments Confirmed by Senate

  • Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations

Rice, Susan
Sources: Website of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations

  • Deputy Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations

Alejandro Daniel Wolff (already in the job)
Source: Website of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations

  • United States Ambassador and Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs

DiCarlo, Rosemary (already in the job)
Source: Website of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations

Appointments made

  • Chief of Staff

Anderson, Brooke
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Speechwriter and Senior Policy Advisor for Susan Rice (Washington office)

Bass, Warren
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Post's Bass to U.N. as Rice advisor/speechwriter"

  • Communications Director

Kornblau, Mark
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Susan Rice staffs up"

  • Deputy Chief of Staff

McGlynn, Kathleen
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Susan Rice staffs up"

  • Deputy Chief of Staff (Washington office)

Webster, Meridith
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Susan Rice staffs up"

  • Deputy to the Permanent Representative. and Director of the Washington office

Barks-Ruggles, Erica
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Susan Rice staffs up"

  • Principal Policy Advisor

Cousens, Elizabeth
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Susan Rice staffs up"

  • Policy Advisor

Pan, Mike
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Susan Rice staffs up"

  • Policy Advisor

Ahmed, Salman
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Susan Rice staffs up"

  • Policy Advisor (Washington office)

Simon, Jennifer
Source: Foreign Policy, The Cable, "Names: Susan Rice staffs up"

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White House Staff

Appointments made

  • Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality

Nancy Sutley
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Special White House Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Jones, Van
Source: Burhman, Michael, The New York Times, "Author-activist tapped as White House "green" jobs advisor

  • Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change

Carol Browner
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy & Climate Change

Heather Zichal
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Chief of Staff

Rahm Emanuel
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Deputy Chief of Staff

Messina, Jim
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Deputy Chief of Staff

Sutphen, Mona
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Senior Advisor to the President

Axelrod, David
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Senior Advisor to the President

Jarrett, Valerie
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Senior Advisor to the President

Rouse, Peter
Source: WhiteHouse.gov

  • Senior adviser & intergovernmental relations and public liaison

Valerie Jarrett
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Senior adviser to the President

Peter Rouse
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Senior advisor to the President

David Axelrod
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • White House counsel

Gregory Craig
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Associate Counsel to the President

Susan Sher
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Staff Secretary

Lisa Brown
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Cabinet Secretary

Chris Lu
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Deputy Cabinet Secretary

Elizabeth Sears Smith
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Director of the Office of Political Affairs

Patrick Gaspard
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Deputy Director of Political Affairs

Patrick Dillon
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary

Desirée Rogers
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Director of Scheduling and Advance

Alyssa Mastromonaco
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Director of Scheduling for the President

Danielle Crutchfield
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Director, White House Military Office

Louis Caldera
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Director of Public Liaison

Christina M. Tchen
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Chief of Staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison

Michael Strautmanis
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • White House Director of Presidential Personnel

Don Gips
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Director of the Office of Management and Administration

Bradley J. Kiley
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Director of Communications

Ellen Moran
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Press secretary

Robert Gibbs
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Deputy Director of Communications

Dan Pfeiffer
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Director of Speechwriting

Jonathan Favreau
Source: Council for a Livable World

  • Director of Intergovernmental Affairs

Cecilia Muñoz
Source: Council for a Livable World

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