The United States National Security Council (NSC) is the national security council used by the president of the United States for consideration of national security,military,and foreign policy matters. Based in the White House,it is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States,and composed of senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials.
Susan Elizabeth Rice is an American diplomat,policy advisor,and public official. As a member of the Democratic Party,Rice served as the 22nd director of the United States Domestic Policy Council from 2021 to 2023,as the 27th U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from 2009 to 2013,and as the 23rd U.S. national security advisor from 2013 to 2017.
Thomas Edward Donilon is an American lawyer,business executive,and former government official who served as the 22nd National Security Advisor in the Obama administration from 2010 to 2013. Donilon also worked in the Carter and Clinton administrations. He is now Chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute,the firm's global think tank.
Michael C. Donilon is an American attorney and campaign consultant who is a longtime advisor to Joe Biden,the current President of the United States. He was the chief strategist of Biden's 2020 presidential campaign and served in the same capacity in the 2024 presidential campaign before Biden dropped out of the race on July 21,2024. He was a senior advisor to Biden during the first three years of his presidency. Prior,Donilon was working as a partner at AKPD Message and Media. Between 2009 and 2013,he served as Counselor to Vice President Biden in the Obama administration. Before his White House appointment,Donilon worked with the vice-presidential candidate to help him prepare for the debates and as a traveling advisor.
The Office of the Vice President includes personnel who directly support or advise the vice president of the United States. The office is headed by the chief of staff to the vice president of the United States,currently Lorraine Voles. The office also provides staffing and support to the second gentleman of the United States. It is primarily housed in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building,with offices for the vice president also in the West Wing,the U.S. Capitol,and in the vice president's official residence.
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.
Evan Maureen Ryan is an American public servant,serving as White House cabinet secretary in the administration of Joe Biden. She previously served as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) in the Obama administration (2013–2017) and was assistant for intergovernmental affairs and public liaison for then-Vice President Joe Biden.
The Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee,also referred to as the Defense Policy Board,is a federal advisory committee to the United States Department of Defense. Its charter is available online through the office of the Director of Administration and Management of the Department of Defense. The committee type is discretionary.
Elizabeth Neumann is an American former homeland security official. In the Trump administration she served from February 2017 to April 2020 as a senior advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to DHS Secretary John Kelly and Acting DHS Secretary Elaine Duke,and as DHS Assistant Secretary for Threat Prevention and Security Policy to DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen,Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan,and Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf. She served on the Homeland Security Council staff in the George W. Bush administration starting in 2003.
Tara Palmeri is an American journalist. She is currently the Senior Political Correspondent for subscription news platform Puck. Previously,she served as Chief National Correspondent at Politico and host and chief investigative reporter of two Sony Music podcasts:"Broken:Seeking Justice" and "Power:The Maxwells". She previously worked for Washington Examiner and the New York Post and was a White House correspondent for ABC News.
Victoria Curtin Gardner Coates is an American art historian,blogger and political consultant. She served as Senior Advisor to Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette in 2020 and later was appointed to run the Middle East Broadcasting Networks. She served on the United States National Security Council,originally as the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Strategic Assessments before getting promoted to Deputy National Security Advisor upon the nomination of Robert C. O'Brien.
Ezra Cohen,also known as Ezra Cohen-Watnick,is an American intelligence official who served as the acting under secretary of defense for intelligence during the first Trump Administration. He previously served as the acting assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict,national security adviser to the United States attorney general and as a former senior director for intelligence programs for the United States National Security Council (NSC).
Shahira Knight is an American economist and lobbyist. Knight served as director of legislative affairs for President Donald Trump from July 2018 to May 2019,and also acted as his economic policy advisor. During her tenure in the White House Office,she played a critical role in passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
Morgan Deann Ortagus is an American television commentator,financial analyst,and political advisor who served as spokesperson for the United States Department of State from 2019 to 2021 during the Trump administration.
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.
Miles Taylor is an author,commentator,and former American government official who served in the administrations of George W. Bush and Donald Trump. In the administration of the latter,he was an appointee who served in the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2017 to 2019,including as chief of staff of the DHS. He was first recruited into the department by former DHS Secretary and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly,serving as his senior advisor.
Olivia Troye is an American national security official who worked on national security and homeland security issues at the National Counterterrorism Center,the United States Department of Energy Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence,and the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis.
The presidential transition of Joe Biden began on November 7,2020,and ended on January 20,2021. Unlike previous presidential transitions,which normally take place during the roughly 10-week period between the election in the first week of November and the inauguration on January 20,Biden's presidential transition was shortened somewhat because the General Services Administration under the outgoing first Trump administration did not recognize Biden as the "apparent winner" until November 23.
Elizabeth Cameron is an American national security expert specializing in biosecurity,biodefense,and bioterrorism. She is a professor at the Pandemic Center of the Brown University School of Public Health. Previously,she served as Senior Director for Global Health Security and Biodefense on the White House National Security Council staff.
