The Cabinet of the United States is the principal official advisory body to the president of the United States. The Cabinet generally meets with the president in a room adjacent to the Oval Office in the West Wing of the White House. The president chairs the meetings but is not formally a member of the Cabinet. The vice president of the United States serves in the Cabinet by statute. The heads of departments,appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate,are members of the Cabinet,and acting department heads also participate in Cabinet meetings whether or not they have been officially nominated for Senate confirmation. The president may designate heads of other agencies and non-Senate-confirmed members of the Executive Office of the President as members of the Cabinet.
Andrew Hill Card Jr. is an American politician and academic administrator who was White House Chief of Staff under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006,as well as head of Bush's White House Iraq Group. Card served as United States Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W. Bush from 1992 to 1993.
The United States order of precedence is an advisory document maintained by the Ceremonials Division of the Office of the Chief of Protocol of the United States which lists the ceremonial order,or relative preeminence,for domestic and foreign government officials at diplomatic,ceremonial,and social events within the United States and abroad. The list is used to mitigate miscommunication and embarrassment in diplomacy,and offer a distinct and concrete spectrum of preeminence for ceremonies. Often the document is used to advise diplomatic and ceremonial event planners on seating charts and order of introduction. Former presidents,vice presidents,first ladies,second ladies,and secretaries of state and retired Supreme Court justices are also included in the list.
The White House Fellows program is a non-partisan fellowship established via Executive Order 11183 by President Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964. The fellowship is one of USA's most prestigious programs for leadership and public service,offering exceptional US Citizens first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government. The fellowship was founded based upon a suggestion from John W. Gardner,then the president of Carnegie Corporation and later the sixth secretary of health,education,and welfare.
James Leonard Bacchus is an American lawyer,businessman,and politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida from 1991 to 1995. He was a founding member and twice chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization in Geneva,Switzerland from 1995 to 2003. He later became a fellow of the European Institute for International Law and International Relations.
Faryar Shirzad;born 1965 in London formerly served on the staff of the National Security Council at the White House from March 2003 through August 2006,first as a special assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs,and then as deputy assistant to the President and deputy national security advisor for International Economic Affairs. In those roles,Shirzad was responsible for advising the President,the National Security Advisor and the Director of the National Economic Council on all international economic policy matters,including trade,investment,finance,development,energy and environment. He also served as the President's personal representative to the G-8,and led the preparations for the President's participation in other international economic summits,such as the U.S.-E.U. Summit,the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum and the Summit of the Americas.
Santanu K. "Sandy" Baruah is an American politician from the state of Oregon and is the president and chief executive officer of the Detroit Regional Chamber.
Executive Schedule is the system of salaries given to the highest-ranked appointed officials in the executive branch of the U.S. government. The president of the United States appoints individuals to these positions,most with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. They include members of the president's Cabinet,several top-ranking officials of each executive department,the directors of some of the more prominent departmental and independent agencies,and several members of the Executive Office of the President.
Nilda Pedrosa was an American politician in the Republican party and the acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs of the United States Department of State,from September 28,2020,until a few days before her death in January 2021. She was formerly a policy advocate and the Assistant Dean for Development &External Affairs at Florida International University College of Law.
Brian Darrell Montgomery is an American government official who served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2020 to 2021. Montgomery previously served as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner from 2005 to 2009 and from 2018 to 2020. Montgomery is the only individual to serve as FHA Commissioner twice and under three U.S. Presidents.
Michael Bruce Donley is a United States government official who is the director of administration and management in the Office of the Secretary of Defense since May 2021,having served in the same position from 2005 to 2008. In the Bush and Obama administrations,Donley served as the 22nd secretary of the Air Force,amongst other positions. Donley has 30 years of experience in the national security community,including service on the staff of the United States Senate,White House and The Pentagon.
John Calvin Fleming Jr. is an American politician and physician who has been the Louisiana State Treasurer since January 2024. He is a member of the Republican Party.
William V. Corr is an American attorney and former government official. He served as Chief of Staff for the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the administration of President Bill Clinton and as Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2015.
John Wade Douglass is a retired Brigadier General,United States Air Force. He served as the United States Navy's Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1995 to 1998. In 2012,Douglass ran for election to the United States House of Representatives for Virginia's 5th congressional district as a Democrat,losing to incumbent congressman Robert Hurt.
Alvin Brown is an American politician from Florida who served as mayor of Jacksonville,Florida,from 2011 to 2015. He was the first African American to be elected to that position. Brown succeeded John Peyton as mayor after winning the 2011 mayoral election. In the 2015 race,he lost his re-election bid to Republican Lenny Curry.
Luther F. "Fred" Carter is an American university president and a former senior governmental official. He is the 4th President of Francis Marion University in Florence,South Carolina. He assumed office in 1999.
Manisha Singh is an American attorney and government official who served as assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs in the Trump administration until January 20,2021. She previously also served as acting under secretary of state for economic growth,energy,and the environment. In April 2020,President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Singh to be the next United States representative to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,with the rank of ambassador. On January 3,2021,her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI,Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.
Jonathan D. Lovitz is an American policy advocate,former actor,and non-profit executive.
Kathryn Lynn Wheelbarger is an American attorney and government official,who served as Principal Deputy and Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from 2018 to 2020.
Jamal Allen Sowell is a business executive in the state of Florida,recognized by Florida Trend as one of the state’s 500 most influential business leaders. He served as the Florida Secretary of Commerce and as the Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Florida,Inc. (EFI),the state's primary economic development agency. During the COVID-19 pandemic,Sowell was responsible for implementing the state’s economic development strategy throughout a tumultuous nationwide economic downturn. The DeSantis Administration called Sowell's efforts to support the state's recovery,"indispensable" in making Florida "the beacon of opportunity for the entire country." In recognizing Sowell,the administration stated,"He has done outstanding work as the president and CEO of Enterprise Florida since January 2019,leading EFI through the once-in-a-generation economic challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic." After serving as one of the administration's original cabinet members,Sowell resigned as Secretary of Commerce near the end of 2021 to attend military training for the United States Navy Reserve.
