Paul Victor Niemeyer is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
The under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere,or USC(OA),is a high-ranking official in the United States Department of Commerce and the principal advisor to the United States secretary of commerce on the environmental and scientific activities of the department. The under secretary is dual hatted as the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the Commerce Department.
The Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs in the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs reports to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth,Energy,and the Environment. President Donald Trump appointed Andrew Lawler to the post as Acting Assistant Secretary and nominated him to the Senate-confirmed post on September 8,2020. His nomination was returned to the President by the United States Senate on January 3,2021. President Joe Biden nominated Monica Medina as Assistant Secretary on April 27,2021. Medina was confirmed by the Senate on September 28,2021,by a vote of 61–36.
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.
David Peter Pekoske is an American government official and retired U.S. Coast Guard vice admiral who has served as the seventh administrator of the Transportation Security Administration in the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since 2017. He served as the acting deputy secretary of Homeland Security from April to November 2019 and again from January to June 2021. From January 20,2021 to February 2,2021 he served as acting secretary of homeland security,during the Senate confirmation of Alejandro Mayorkas. Pekoske retired with 33 years of active military service in 2010 as the 26th vice commandant of the Coast Guard.
Donald Trump assumed office as President of the United States on January 20,2017,and his term ended on January 20,2021. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
Richard Vaughn Spencer is an American politician and businessman who served as the 76th United States Secretary of the Navy from August 3,2017,to November 24,2019. While serving as Secretary of the Navy,he also briefly served as Acting United States Secretary of Defense and Acting United States Deputy Secretary of Defense. Spencer served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1976 to 1981 as a Marine Aviator and also served as Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Intercontinental Exchange from November 2001 to January 2008. Spencer served as Secretary of the Navy from August 3,2017,to November 24,2019,when Secretary of Defense Mark Esper requested his resignation over his handling of the Eddie Gallagher case. Spencer was displeased that the White House interfered and pressured him to let Gallagher retire as a Navy SEAL.
Danny Ray Brouillette is an American government official and businessman who served as the United States secretary of energy from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as the deputy secretary of energy from August 2017 to December 2019. On August 16,2023,Brouillette was named President and Chief Executive Officer Elect of the Edison Electric Institute.
Elaine A. McCusker is an American government official who served as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller),one of the offices of United States Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense,from 2017 to 2020.
Marshall Billingslea is a former Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing at the United States Department of the Treasury. He was the Trump Administration's nominee to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs,and he previously served as a U.S. Senate staffer and as a Department of Defense official.
John W. Henderson is an American engineer,United States Army engineer officer,and government official. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force in the Trump administration. His nomination by President Donald Trump was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 15,2018. Prior to his nomination,Henderson most recently served in the U.S. Army as the Commander of the Omaha District,Army Corps of Engineers. He has over 23 years of active military experience as an Army engineer officer,including serving two combat tours to Iraq and one combat tour to Afghanistan as an engineer battalion task force commander.
Joseph Leo Falvey Jr. is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Jonathan Raphael Cohen is an American diplomat and most recently served as the United States Ambassador to Egypt from November 17,2019 to March 31,2022. He previously served as the United States Deputy Representative to the United Nations. From August 2016 to June 2018 he served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. He was nominated by President Donald Trump in early 2018 to become United States Deputy Representative to the United Nations and was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on May 24,2018. On January 1,2019,Cohen assumed acting duties of Ambassador to the United Nations following the resignation of Nikki Haley the previous day;with the installation of her successor Kelly Craft in September,he relinquished those duties.
Christopher Watson Grady is a United States Navy admiral who is currently serving as the 12th vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff since December 20,2021. He most recently served as the commander of United States Fleet Forces Command and United States Naval Forces Northern Command from May 2018 to December 2021,with additional duties as commander of United States Naval Forces Strategic Command and Joint Force Maritime Component Commander from February 2019. He previously served as commander of the United States Sixth Fleet,commander of Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO,deputy commander of United States Naval Forces Europe - Naval Forces Africa and Joint Force Maritime Component Commander Europe from October 2016 to March 2018.
The Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources is the head of the Bureau of Energy Resources within the United States Department of State,supporting the department's efforts in promoting international energy security. The assistant secretary reports to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth,Energy,and the Environment.
Damon Ray Leichty is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
William Jordan Gillis is an American government official. He has served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment since March 2020. He previously served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations,Energy and Environment,and earlier as the Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations,Energy and Environment from October 16,2017,until January 10,2019.
Meredith Ashley Berger is an American government official who is serving as the United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy,Installations,and Environment;a position she has held since August 5,2021. From August 25,2021,until April 13,2022,she concurrently served as the designated official performing the duties of the United States Under Secretary of the Navy.
Dennis Vincent McGinn is a former American government official and retired United States Navy admiral. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy,Installations and Environment in the Obama administration from 2013 to 2017. A career naval aviator,McGinn was an officer in the United States Navy for 35 years,retiring as a vice admiral.
