The United States National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum 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.
Ronald Alan Klain is an American attorney,political consultant,and former lobbyist who served as White House chief of staff under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2023.
Austan Dean Goolsbee is an American economist and writer. He is the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Goolsbee formerly served as the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He was the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2010-2011 and a member of President Barack Obama's cabinet. He served as a member of the Chicago Board of Education from 2018-2019.
Evelyn May Lieberman was an American public affairs professional who,during the Clinton administration,became the first woman to serve as White House Deputy Chief of Staff,and was the first United States Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
The White House Office is an entity within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). The White House Office is headed by the White House chief of staff,who is also the head of the Executive Office of the President. The staff work for and report directly to the president,including West Wing staff and the president's senior advisers. Almost all of the White House Office staff are political appointees of the president,do not require Senate confirmation and can be dismissed at the discretion of the president. Aside from Cabinet secretaries and Supreme Court justices,whose nominations require the approval of the Senate,the President of the United States has the authority to appoint people to high-level positions within the federal government unilaterally.
Frederick Joseph Ryan Jr. is an American media proprietor,political adviser,and lawyer who serves as the publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post. He was the president and chief operating officer of Allbritton Communications Company and founding chief executive officer and president of Politico. He was the chief of staff for former President Ronald Reagan from 1989 to 1995 and is chairman of the board of trustees of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.
Anita Dunn is an American political strategist serving as a senior advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden,having originally held the post from January 20,2021 to August 12,2021,and returning May 5,2022.
Catherine Mary Russell is an American attorney and political adviser who is currently serving as Executive Director of UNICEF. She previously served as Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office,United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues,and Chief of Staff to then-Second Lady of the United States Jill Biden.
Mike Donilon is an American attorney and campaign consultant who serves as a Senior Advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden. He was the chief strategist of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. 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. Prior to his White House appointment,Donilon worked with the vice-presidential candidate to help him prepare for the debates and also as a traveling advisor.
Jeffrey Dunston Zients is an American business executive and government official,serving as the 31st White House chief of staff in the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden. Earlier in the Biden administration,he served as counselor to the President and White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator from January 2021 to April 2022.
Jennifer Rene Psaki is an American television political analyst and former government official. A political advisor who served under both the Obama and Biden administrations,she served the Biden administration as the 34th White House press secretary until May 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served in the Obama administration as the White House deputy press secretary (2009);the White House deputy communications director (2009–2011);the spokesperson for the United States Department of State (2013–2015);and the White House communications director (2015–2017). Psaki was a political contributor for CNN from 2017 to 2020. As of March 2023,she hosts a weekly television program,Inside with Jen Psaki,on MSNBC.
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.
Sheila Nix is an American attorney and political strategist who served as Chief of Staff to Jill Biden,the Second Lady of the United States from April 2013 to January 2017.
The Office of Digital Strategy (ODS) is an Executive Branch agency that promotes the U.S. president's messaging through traditional and social media. It is part of the White House Office and is led by the assistant to the president and director of digital strategy,who reports to the White House Communications Director. The incumbent director is Christian Tom.
Luciana "Lucy" Fato is an American corporate attorney. She has been general counsel at AIG since October 2017.
Elizabeth Marie Allen is an American political advisor who serves as under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs in the Biden administration. She previously served as assistant secretary of state for global public affairs and as White House deputy communications director during the Obama administration.
Julie Chávez Rodriguez is an American political rights activist and campaign manager for the Joe Biden 2024 presidential campaign. She grew up in California in a well-known family of American labor and civil rights activists,the granddaughter of American labor leader,César Chávez and American labor activist Helen Fabela Chávez. From 2008 to 2016,Rodriguez served in the Obama administration,initially working for the United States Secretary of the Interior and later in the White House Office of Public Engagement.
Valerie Biden Owens is an American political strategist,campaign manager and former educator. She is the younger sister of Joe Biden,the 46th and current President of the United States. In 2016,president Barack Obama nominated her Alternate Representative of the United States to the 71st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
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 Trump administration did not recognize Biden as the "apparent winner" until November 23.
Ashley Danielle Etienne is an American political advisor who served as the communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris. She is the former communications director and senior advisor to Nancy Pelosi,the first woman and person of color to hold the position of Communications Director for the House Speaker. She was also a former special assistant to Barack Obama.
