James Edwin McPherson is an American government official and retired United States Navy rear admiral. He served as the General Counsel of the Army from January 2,2018 to March 24,2020. He served as the United States Under Secretary of the Army from March 25,2020,to January 20,2021,and in acting capacity from July 23,2019,to March 24,2020. He served as Acting United States Secretary of the Navy from April 7,2020,to May 29,2020,following the resignation of Thomas Modly.
Andrew P. Bremberg is an American attorney and political advisor who most recently served as Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva. He previously served as Assistant to the President and the director of the Domestic Policy Council for U.S. President Donald Trump.
This is a list of political appointments of current officeholders made by the 45th president of the United States,Donald Trump.
J. Paul Compton Jr. is an American lawyer who is General Counsel at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Prior to assuming his current role,he was a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings.
Lance Allen Robertson is a United States Army veteran,university administrator,and government official who formerly served as Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services (Aging). Prior to assuming his current role,he served as Oklahoma's Director of Aging Services from 2007 through 2017. Robertson was previously an administrator at Oklahoma State University,executive director of PartnerShips for Aging,and president of the National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities. Robertson currently serves as director of Guidehouse.
Anna Maria Farias is an American lawyer and government official who currently serves as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. Prior to assuming her current role,Farias served as vice chair of the Republican Party of Bexar County,Texas from 2015 through 2017. Farias is also chair of the Board of Regents at Texas Woman's University.
David Dale Reimer is an American diplomat and member of the Senior Foreign Service. He has served as the United States ambassador to Sierra Leone since 2021. He previously served concurrently as the United States ambassador to Mauritius and United States ambassador to Seychelles from 2018 to 2021.
Shon J. Manasco is an American government official and businessman who served as the acting United States Under Secretary of the Air Force from December 27,2019 to January 20,2021. In April 2020,it was announced that President Donald Trump planned to ask the Senate to confirm him for this position. On December 30,2020,the nomination was withdrawn,at his request.
Kathryn Lynn Wheelbarger is an American attorney and government official,who served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 2018 to 2020.
Adam Seth Boehler is an American businessman and government official who served as the first CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. He was nominated by President Donald Trump and served until January 20,2021.
The core White House staff appointments,and most Executive Office of the President officials generally,are not required to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate,with a handful of exceptions. There are about 4,000 positions in the Executive Office of the President.
Richard K. Bell is an American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Ivory Coast since October 2019.
Erik Paul Bethel is an American financial professional who is a former nominee to be the United States Ambassador to Panama.
Steven Christopher Koutsis is an American diplomat has served as the Chargéd’Affaires of Guinea since 2020. He is the former nominee be the United States Ambassador to Chad.
Jennifer "DJ" Nordquist is a public policy expert who served as the U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank,representing the U.S. as the largest shareholder at the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,International Development Association,International Finance Corporation,and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency. At the Bank,she focused on the COVID-19 response,oversight,information and communication technology,energy,debt,human capital,and gender. Prior to her role at the Bank,Nordquist was the Chief of Staff at the Council of Economic Advisers at the White House. She is currently the Executive Vice President of the Economic Innovation Group,is an independent director at Sunlight Financial (SUNL),serves on the advisory board of Big Sun Holdings,is a Fellow at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business,is a Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and is on the advisory board at ClearPath
David Steele Bohigian is an American businessman and government official who served as the acting president of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation,the former development finance institution of the United States government. Bohigian previously served as the corporation's executive vice president. He was confirmed by the Senate by voice vote in August 2017 under the Donald Trump administration. He also served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance under President George W. Bush. Bohigian is also an investor,venture capitalist,and has graduated from law school.
