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Incumbent Top row: Mike Donilon, Anita Dunn, Gene Sperling, Bottom row: Stephen K. Benjamin, Tom Perez, Annie Tomasini | |
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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.
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)
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.
Senior Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | ||
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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 Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | ||
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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 Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | ||
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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 Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | ||
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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 |
Current
Senior Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | ||
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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 | March 15, 2021 – present [28] | Democratic | ||
Stephen K. Benjamin (born 1969) | Public Engagement [lower-alpha 1] | April 1, 2023 – present [29] | Democratic | ||
Tom Perez | Intergovernmental Affairs [lower-alpha 2] | June 12, 2023 – present [30] | Democratic | ||
Annie Tomasini | Deputy Chief of Staff [31] | June 2023 – present | Democratic |
Former
Senior Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | ||
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Cedric Richmond | Public Engagement [lower-alpha 3] | January 20, 2021 – May 18, 2022 [32] | Democratic | ||
Keisha Lance Bottoms (born 1970) | Public Engagement [lower-alpha 4] | July 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023 [33] | Democratic | ||
Julie Rodriguez | Intergovernmental Affairs [lower-alpha 5] | June 15, 2022 – May 16, 2023 [34] | Democratic | ||
Neera Tanden | Health care Policy [lower-alpha 6] | 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 |
Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | President | ||
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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 |
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The Senior Advisor to the President.
The effort will be led by Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner.
Ivanka Trump, senior advisor to the president, said that it's "unrealistic" to expect her to influence his decisions. That's not her job, OK?! (Even though it sort of is, actually?)
Ivanka Trump expects to be treated seriously as a senior White House adviser. ... "You're either a senior adviser or a daughter. ..." ... "Especially since she was last in the news as a senior adviser going to the Olympics." ... "she did choose to play this senior advisory role.")
MS. SANDERS: ... the World Economic Forum ... delegation ... will also include ..., Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner, ...