List of Department of Homeland Security appointments by Donald Trump

Department of Homeland Security appointments by Donald Trump.

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  Denotes appointees serving in offices that did not require Senate confirmation.

  Denotes appointees confirmed by the Senate.

  Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.

  Denotes appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.

  Denotes nominees who were withdrawn prior to being confirmed or assuming office.

Appointments

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Homeland Security	Chad Wolf [1]	November 13, 2019	January 11, 2021
Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security	Ken Cuccinelli	November 13, 2019
General Counsel	Vacant
Inspector General of Homeland Security	Joseph V. Cuffari [2]	July 25, 2019 (Confirmed July 25, 2019 voice vote)
Chief Financial Officer of Homeland Security	Troy Edgar [3]	May 14, 2020 (Confirmed May 12, 2020, 62–31) [4]
Chief Information Officer of Homeland Security	John Zangardi [5]	December 8, 2017 (Appointed November 6, 2017)
Chief Medical Officer of Homeland Security	Duane C. Caneva [6]	May 2018 (Appointed April 2, 2018)
Under Secretary of Homeland Security (National Protection and Programs)	Chris Krebs [7]	August 16, 2017	June 15, 2018
		June 15, 2018 (Confirmed June 12, 2018, voice vote)	November 15, 2018
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Office of Infrastructure Protection)	Vacant
Under Secretary of Homeland Security (Intelligence and Analysis)	Brian Murphy	May 10, 2020
Under Secretary of Homeland Security (Management)	Randolph Alles	July 8, 2019
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Legislative Affairs)	Vacant
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Public Affairs)	Vacant
Under Secretary of Homeland Security (Science and Technology)	William N. Bryan [8]	May 30, 2017
		Upon Senate confirmation
Under Secretary of Homeland Security (Strategy, Policy and Plans)	Chad Wolf [9]	November 13, 2019 (Confirmed November 13, 2019, 54–41) [10]
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration)	David Pekoske	August 10, 2017 (Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Infrastructure Protection)	Brian Harrell [11]	November 2018
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency	Peter Gaynor [12]	January 16, 2020 (Confirmed January 14, 2020, 81–8) [13]	January 12, 2021
Deputy Administrator of FEMA	Vacant
Deputy Administrator of FEMA (Protection and National Preparedness)	Vacant
Assistant Administrator of FEMA (Administration and Grant Programs)	Bridget E. Bean [14]	TBD (Appointed August 26, 2019)
United States Fire Administration
Administrator of the United States Fire Administration	G. Keith Bryant	August 4, 2017 (Appointed May 18, 2017)
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	Mark Koumans	November 18, 2019	February 20, 2020
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection	Mark A. Morgan	March 1, 2020
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Matthew Albence	July 5, 2019	August 25, 2020
United States Secret Service
Director of the Secret Service	James M. Murray	May 1, 2019 (Announced April 8, 2019)
United States Coast Guard
Commandant of the Coast Guard	Karl L. Schultz [15]	June 1, 2018 (Confirmed May 9, 2018, voice vote)
Task Force East
Director of the Joint Task Force East	Steven Poulin [16]	June 2020
Joint Interagency Task Force West
Director of the Joint Interagency Task Force West	Manuel Padilla Jr. [17]	September 2018
United States Coast Guard Academy
Member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Coast Guard Academy	Michael S. Bruno [18]
	Stacey Dixon [18]
	Stephen E. Flynn [18]
	Erica Schwartz [18]
	Daniel P. Walsh [18]

Previous officeholders

Office	Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Secretary of Homeland Security	John F. Kelly	January 20, 2017	July 31, 2017	Resigned to become White House Chief of Staff.
	Elaine Duke	July 31, 2017	December 6, 2017
	Kirstjen Nielsen	December 6, 2017	April 10, 2019	President Trump announced via tweet, "Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to thank her for her service."
	Chad Wolf	November 13, 2019	January 12, 2021	Resigned due to legal challenges to his authority as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security. [19]
	Kevin McAleenan	April 11, 2019	November 13, 2019	[20]
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection		January 20, 2017	April 11, 2019	Became Acting Secretary of Homeland Security.
	John P. Sanders	April 15, 2019	July 7, 2019	Mark Morgan became Acting Commissioner. Congressman Bennie Thompson described DHS leadership as "a constant game of musical chairs".
Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security	Russell Deyo	November 1, 2016	April 4, 2017
	Elaine Duke	April 10, 2017	April 15, 2018
	Claire Grady	April 16, 2018	April 10, 2019	Reportedly forced to resign to make way for Kevin McAleenan to become Acting Secretary. [21]
Under Secretary of Homeland Security (Management)		August 8, 2017	April 10, 2019
	Chip Fulghum	April 10, 2019	July 2019	Became COO of Endeavors.
Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security	David Pekoske	April 11, 2019	November 13, 2019
Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Homeland Security	Miles Taylor	February 8, 2019	September 2019	Hired by Google in October 2019. [22] In October 2020, Taylor revealed that he is "Anonymous," the author of "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration" and A Warning. Taylor is a member of the Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform.
Under Secretary of Homeland Security (Intelligence and Analysis)	Robert P. Hayes	March 20, 2017	August 7, 2017
	David Glawe	January 23, 2017	March 20, 2017
		August 8, 2017	May 9, 2020	Became President and CEO of the National Insurance Crime Bureau
	Brian Murphy	May 10, 2020	August 2020	On July 31, Acting Secretary Chad Wolf informed Murphy that he would be reassigned after DHS compiled intelligence reports on two journalists. [23] In September, Murphy stated in a whistleblower complaint that his superiors pressured him to alter intelligence reports for political reasons. [24]
Under Secretary of Homeland Security (Strategy, Policy, and Plans)	James Nealon	July 10, 2017	February 8, 2018
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Legislative Affairs)	Benjamin Cassidy	April 3, 2017	March 20, 2018
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Counterterrorism and Threat Prevention)	Elizabeth Neumann	February 2017	April 2020	Originally joined Trump administration as deputy chief of staff for DHS Secretary John Kelly. [25] Neumann is a member of the Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform.
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (International Affairs)	Valerie Boyd	November 2019	November 13, 2020	Forced out by the White House. [26]
Chief Information Officer of Homeland Security	Richard Staropoli	April 2017	August 2017	[27]
General Counsel of Homeland Security	John Mitnick	March 6, 2018	September 17, 2019	Mitnick is a member of the Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform. [28]
Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement	Thomas Homan	January 30, 2017	June 30, 2018	Retired.
Chief of the United States Border Patrol	Ronald Vitiello	February 1, 2017	April 25, 2017	Resigned to become Acting Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. [29]
Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection		April 26, 2017	June 29, 2018	Appointed as the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement		June 30, 2018	April 12, 2019	His nomination as Director was withdrawn April 5. [30]
	Mark Morgan	May 28, 2019	July 7, 2019	Named Acting Commissioner of CBP
	Matthew Albence	April 13, 2019	May 28, 2019
		July 7, 2019	August 25, 2020	Retired. The Trump administration never had a Senate-confirmed ICE Director.
Deputy Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement		August 1, 2018	August 25, 2020
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency	Brock Long	June 23, 2017	March 8, 2019	Announced his resignation February 13, effective March 8, 2019, with his deputy, Pete Gaynor, to serve as acting administrator. [31] The Senate confirmed Gaynor on January 14, 2020.
Deputy Administrator for Resilience of the Federal Emergency Management Agency	Daniel Kaniewski	September 14, 2017	January 31, 2020	[32]
Director of the United States Secret Service	Randolph Alles	April 25, 2017	May 1, 2019	Became Acting Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management in July 2019. [33]
Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services	L. Francis Cissna	October 8, 2017	June 1, 2019	Submitted his resignation at the request of Trump on May 24, 2019, effective June 1. [34]
	Ken Cuccinelli	June 10, 2019	November 13, 2019	Became Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. In March 2020, Judge Randolph Moss ruled that his appointment as Acting USCIS Director violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.
DHS Inspector General	John V. Kelly	December 1, 2017	July 25, 2019	Retired earlier than planned following revelations that he directed his staff to whitewash audits of DHS performance after federal disasters. [35]
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency	Chris Krebs	November 16, 2018	November 17, 2020	Trump terminated his employment after he disputed Trump's claims of election fraud. [36]
Deputy Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency	Matthew Travis		November 17, 2020	Submitted his resignation under pressure from the White House following the firing of Chris Krebs. [37]
Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, CISA	Jeanette Manfra		January 8, 2020	Manfra announced on November 21, 2019, that she would leave her position at the end of the year. [38] She became Global Director of Security and Compliance at Google.
	Bryan S. Ware	January 2020 [39]	November 13, 2020	Trump requested Ware's resignation. [40] [41]

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