Heather Ann Wilson is an American academic administrator and politician serving as the president of the University of Texas at El Paso. She previously served as the 24th Secretary of the United States Air Force from 2017 through 2019. Wilson was the president of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City from 2013 to 2017, and she was the first female military veteran elected to a full term in Congress. She was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 1998 to 2009.
Eugene Scalia is an American politician and attorney who served in the Donald Trump administration as the 28th United States Secretary of Labor, from September 30, 2019 to January 20, 2021. He was formerly a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; and previously served one year as Solicitor of the Department of Labor during the George W. Bush administration. He is a son of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.
John Joseph Sullivan is an American attorney and government official serving as the United States Ambassador to Russia, and who previously served as the 19th United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Sullivan served as Acting United States Secretary of State from April 1, 2018, to April 26, 2018, following President Donald Trump's dismissal of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 13, 2018, until Tillerson's official successor, Mike Pompeo, was sworn in. Tillerson did not officially leave office until March 31, 2018. Sullivan, however, was delegated all responsibilities of the Secretary of State beginning March 13.
Jessica Rosenworcel is an American attorney currently serving as a member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She originally served on the FCC from May 11, 2012 to January 3, 2017, and was confirmed by the Senate for an additional term on August 3, 2017. On January 21, 2021, President Joe Biden picked her to be the interim chair of FCC, making her the second-ever woman to serve in this position.
Donald Trump assumed office as President of the United States on January 20, 2017, and his term ended on January 20, 2021. The President has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
This is a list of political appointments of current officeholders made by the 45th president of the United States, Donald Trump.
Kelly Dawn Craft is an American businesswoman, political donor, and former diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2019 to 2021. Craft previously served as the United States ambassador to Canada, being the first woman to hold the office. She was appointed by President George W. Bush as a U.S. alternate delegate to the United Nations in 2007, where her focus included U.S. engagement in Africa. She was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Kentucky. She headed Kelly G. Knight LLC, a business advisory firm based in Lexington, Kentucky.
Neomi Jehangir Rao is an American attorney, jurist, and legal scholar who serves as a Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2019, having served in the Trump Administration from 2017 to 2019 as Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
James J. Sullivan Jr. is an American lawyer specializing in occupational safety and health law. He is a member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, a position to which he was confirmed on August 3, 2017. His term is set to expire on April 27, 2021. On July 18, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to designate Sullivan as Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Sullivan previously served as a lawyer at a number of law firms, including Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, where he was a shareholder, and Cozen O'Connor. He was the management co-chair of the Occupational Safety and Health Law Committee of the American Bar Association's Labor Law Section from 2014 to 2017. Sullivan was the vice president of labor and employment law and deputy general counsel for Comcast from 2000 to 2002.
Marvin Elliot Kaplan is an American lawyer and government official who is a member and former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. Prior to assuming his current role, he was the chief counsel of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. In June 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Kaplan to be a member of the NLRB for a term expiring on August 27, 2020. He was confirmed by the Senate on August 2, 2017, by a vote of 50–48. On March 2, 2020, Trump announced that he would renominate Kaplan for a second five-year term expiring on August 27, 2025. On July 29, 2020, Kaplan was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 52–46, thereby keeping the NLRB in solid Republican control.
Britt Cagle Grant is an American attorney and judge who is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Hester Maria Peirce is an American lawyer specializing in financial market regulation. Peirce is serving as a Commissioner on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). She previously served as the director of the Financial Markets Working Group at George Mason University's Mercatus Center. Peirce was confirmed by the United States Senate in December 2017 to fill a Republican vacancy on the SEC. She was sworn in on January 11, 2018, for a term ending in 2020, and her second term expires in 2025. Peirce is a former staff member of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and of the SEC. In 2016, she was nominated by President Barack Obama for Commissioner on the SEC, but the United States Senate did not act on her nomination.
President Donald Trump entered office with a significant number of judicial vacancies, including a Supreme Court vacancy due to the death of Antonin Scalia in February 2016. During the first eight months of his presidency, he nominated approximately 50 judges, a significantly higher number than any other recent president had made by that point in his presidency. By June 24, 2020, 200 of his Article III nominees had been confirmed by the United States Senate. According to multiple media outlets, Trump significantly impacted the composition of the Supreme Court and lower courts during his tenure.
Paul Brian Matey is an American attorney who is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Prior to Matey's judicial service, he was a partner in the White Collar Criminal Defense and Litigation practice groups at the law firm of Lowenstein Sandler LLP. He was previously Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey.
Eric Ross Komitee is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Mary Kay Vyskocil is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and a former United States Bankruptcy Judge for the same court. President Donald Trump nominated her to the district bench in 2018 and again in 2019, and she was confirmed in 2019.
Martha Maria Pacold is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Steven James Menashi is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
