Omarosa Onee Newman,known mononymously as Omarosa,is an American reality television show participant,writer,and former political aide. She has worked in the White House offices of former presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. She became widely known as a contestant on the first season of NBC's reality television series The Apprentice.
Joseph Whitehouse Hagin II is an American political aide who served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2018,a role he also served in for President George W. Bush from 2001 until July 2008. In September 2008,he was interim CEO of Jet Support Services Inc. Joe Hagin co-founded Command Consulting Group in April 2009.
Counselor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States and senior members of the White House Office.
The White House staff position of liaison to the American Jewish community is a role charged with serving as a presidential administration's voice to the community and gathering the community's consensus viewpoint on issues affecting it for the benefit of White House policymakers. It has existed at least as early as the Carter Administration.
The White House Office of Public Engagement (OPE) is a unit of the White House Office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Under the administration of President Barack Obama,it combined oversight of OPE and the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA) under the Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs (OPE-IGA). President Donald Trump restored the prior name of the Office of Public Liaison (OPL) and re-separated IGA. President Joe Biden changed the name back to OPE but kept IGA separate in his administration.
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.
The first presidential transition of Donald Trump began when he won the United States presidential election on November 8,2016,and became the president-elect. Trump was formally elected by the Electoral College on December 19,2016. The transition was formerly led by Chris Christie until he and a number of his supporters were replaced or demoted on November 11. The results were certified by a joint session of Congress on January 6,2017,and the transition ended when Trump was inaugurated on January 20,2017.
Thomas P. Bossert is an American lawyer and former Homeland Security Advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump. He is an ABC News Homeland Security analyst.
Johnny DeStefano is an American political advisor who served as Assistant to President Donald Trump and Counselor to the President from 2017 to May 2019. He previously oversaw the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs,White House Presidential Personnel Office,Office of Political Affairs,and Office of Public Liaison. DeStefano entered the Trump administration as Director of Presidential Personnel. After leaving the White House,DeStefano was appointed an adviser to the e-cigarette company Juul.
Mira Radielovic Ricardel,is an American businesswoman and former government official.
Justin Reilly "JC" Clark is an American attorney,former government official,and former presidential campaign official for Donald J. Trump. He served as Director of Public Liaison and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House under the Trump administration. Prior to his government service,Clark was a partner at the law firm of Davis,Clark &Bonafonte LLC.
Tony Sayegh served as a White House Senior Advisor for Strategy until February 2020,and is a former Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of the Treasury,serving from March 6,2017,to June 2019. He led the department's Office of Public Affairs. During the passage of the Tax Cuts And Jobs Act,Sayegh was detailed to the White House Office of Communications appearing numerous times in the media to promote the passage of comprehensive tax reform. Sayegh was a Republican strategist and contributor for the Fox News Channel prior to joining the administration,and served as Executive Vice President at Jamestown Associates from 2013 to 2017.
Paris Dennard is an American conservative political commentator,columnist,and communications strategist. He previously worked from 2005 to 2009 in the White House of President George W. Bush,and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund for over four years as the Senior Director of Strategic Communications. He has appeared as a conservative commentator on many national outlets including Fox News,Black News Channel,Newsmax,CNN and NPR.
The White House Presidential Personnel Office (PPO),sometimes written as Office of Presidential Personnel,is the part of the White House Office tasked with vetting new appointees. Its offices are on the first floor of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington,D.C. The PPO is one of the offices most responsible for assessing candidates to work at or for the White House.
Unhinged:An Insider's Account of the Trump White House is a memoir by Omarosa Manigault Newman,who served as the Director of Communication for the Office of Public Liaison in the Trump administration from 2017 through 2018,that recalls her time working for Donald Trump. The book was released on August 14,2018. The book topped The New York Times Best Seller list on August 23,2018.
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.
Timothy Pataki is an American political aide who served as the director of the Office of Public Liaison from 2019 to 2021. Pataki previously served as Special Assistant to President Donald Trump and Deputy Director of the Office of Public Liaison,serving under Justin Clark.
Brian Timothy Jack is an American political advisor and politician who has served as the U.S. Representative from Georgia’s 3rd congressional district since 2025. Previously,he served as White House Political Director under President Donald Trump from 2019 to 2021 and as a senior advisor on Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.
