Counselor to the President

Counselor to the President

Incumbent Vacant
Executive Office of the President White House Office
Appointer	Barack Obama as President of the United States
Formation	January 20, 1969 (1969-01-20)
First holder	Arthur F. Burns
Website	The White House

The Counselor to the President is a high-ranking assistant to the President of the United States, and a senior member of the Executive Office of the President.

History

The position was created during the administration of Richard Nixon, where it was assigned cabinet-rank. The position would be considered at cabinet level until 1993.

During Nixon's presidency, no fewer than eight individuals held the position, with there sometimes being two or three "Counselors to the President."

During the presidency of Gerald Ford, the post was shared by Robert Hartmann and John O. Marsh.

The position was vacant during the Jimmy Carter administration, as Carter left many senior White House positions unfilled (such as White House Chief of Staff) and preferred a smaller core of advisers.^[1]

Edwin Meese held the position during the first term of President Ronald Reagan, and was highly influential inside the White House. Meese, White House Chief of Staff James Baker and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Michael Deaver were nicknamed "The Troika" and considered the most influential advisors to the president.^[2]

Meese became Attorney General during Reagan's second term as president and the position was left vacant.

The position was left vacant in the first three years of President George H.W. Bush's term. In 1992 it was filled by Clayton Yeutter after he resigned as chairman of the Republican National Committee.

During the Bill Clinton administration, the post became much more focused on communications. Two of Clinton's counselors, David Gergen and Paul Begala, later became CNN political analysts.

During the administration of George W. Bush, the Counselor oversaw the Communications, Media Affairs, Speechwriting, and Press Offices.^[3]

Under the Obama Administration, the position was initially abolished and the duties of the office transferred to three senior advisors: David Axelrod,^[4]^[5] Pete Rouse,^[5]^[6] and Valerie Jarrett,^[7] who also held the title Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison.^[5] On January 6, 2011, President Obama appointed Rouse as Counselor to the President where he was responsible for assisting the President and White House Chief of Staff with the day-to-day management of White House staff operations.^[8]^[9] John Podesta was the last person to hold the position before he left to join the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign of 2016 as chairman.^[10]

Soon after the 2016 election, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to have Stephen Bannon serve as his senior counselor. Bannon will also have the additional title of "chief strategist."^[11]

List of Counselors to the President

President Reagan holds an oval office staff meeting on his first full day in office. Front left, Counselor to the President Edwin Meese.

"The Troika". From left to right: White House Chief of Staff James Baker, Counselor to the President Ed Meese and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver at the White House, December 2, 1981.

Counselor to the President Karen Hughes and First Lady Laura Bush, June 28, 2002.

Counselor to the President Dan Bartlett delivering a briefing on President George W. Bush's State of the Union Message, February 3, 2005.

Counselor to the President Ed Gillespie (right) and Chief of Staff to the Vice President David Addington review a document, December 5, 2007.

Counselor to the President Pete Rouse, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Vice President Joe Biden talk with President Barack Obama, April 2, 2013.

Counselor to the President John Podesta meets with President Obama in the Oval Office, Jan. 29, 2015.

Counselor		Term of office	Party	President
	Arthur F. Burns (1904–1987)	January 20, 1969 – November 5, 1969	Republican	Richard Nixon (1969–1974)
	Pat Moynihan (1927–2003)	November 5, 1969^[12] – December 31, 1970^[13]	Democratic
	Bryce Harlow (1916–1987)	November 5, 1969^[12] – December 9, 1970^[14]	Republican
	Robert Finch (1925–1995)	June 23, 1970^[15] – December 15, 1972^[16]	Republican
	Donald Rumsfeld (born 1932)	December 11, 1970^[17] – October 15, 1971^[17]	Republican
	Anne Armstrong (1927–2008)	January 19, 1973 – December 18, 1974	Republican
	Dean Burch (1927–1991)	March 8, 1974^[18] – December 31, 1974^[19]	Republican
	Kenneth Rush (1910–1994)	May 29, 1974^[20] – September 19, 1974^[21]	Republican
	Robert Hartmann^[22] (1917–2008)	August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977	Republican	Gerald Ford (1974–1977)
	John O. Marsh (born 1926)	August 9, 1974^[23] – January 20, 1977^[24]	Democratic	Gerald Ford (1974–1977)
Vacant				Jimmy Carter (1977–1981)
	Edwin Meese (born 1931)	January 20, 1981 – February 25, 1985	Republican	Ronald Reagan (1981–1989)
Vacant				Ronald Reagan (1981–1989)
Vacant				George H.W. Bush (1989–1993)
	Clayton Yeutter (born 1930)	February 1, 1992 – January 20, 1993	Republican	George H.W. Bush (1989–1993)
Vacant				Bill Clinton (1993–2001)
	David Gergen (born 1942)	May 29, 1993 – June 10, 1994	Republican
Vacant
	Bill Curry (born 1951)	February 21, 1995 – January 20, 1997	Democratic
	Paul Begala (born 1961)	August 17, 1997^[25] – March 10, 1999	Democratic
	Ann Lewis (born 1937)	March 10, 1999 – January 20, 2001	Democratic
	Karen Hughes (born 1956)	January 20, 2001 – July 8, 2002	Republican	George W. Bush (2001–2009)
Vacant
	Dan Bartlett (born 1971)	January 5, 2005 – July 5, 2007	Republican
	Ed Gillespie (born 1961)	July 5, 2007 – January 20, 2009	Republican
Vacant				Barack Obama (2009–2017)
	Pete Rouse (born 1946)	January 13, 2011 – January 1, 2014	Democratic
	John Podesta (born 1949)	January 1, 2014 – February 13, 2015	Democratic
Vacant
	Steve Bannon (born 1953)	January 20, 2017	Republican	Donald Trump (2017)

References

↑ "Citation Information" (PDF). Jimmycarterlibrary.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
↑ "The Presidential Troika". NYTimes.com. 1981-04-19. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
↑ "Former Counselor to the President, Dan Bartlett's Biography". Georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
1 2 3 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2009-04-21.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-01-22.
↑ "Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
↑ "Obama Picks William Daley As Chief Of Staff". NPR. 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
↑ "Daley's duties".
↑ "Counselor to the President John Podesta". WhiteHouse.gov. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
↑ "Donald Trump Taps Reince Priebus As Chief Of Staff, Steve Bannon As Chief Strategist : The Two-Way". NPR. 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
1 2 Archived October 23, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "White House Farewell". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
↑ "Harlow Resigns As Aide to Nixon; Will Return to Lobbyist Post". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
↑ "Finch and the Postwar Economy". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
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↑ "Burch Under Senate Pressure to Step Up FCC Departure 3 Vacancies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
↑ "Burch Resigning as White House Adviser Notes on People". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
↑ "Rush Sworn as Counselor to President on Economy". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
↑ "Kenneth Rush - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". History.state.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
↑ Dennis Hevesi (2008-04-19). "Robert Hartmann, 91, Dies; Wrote Ford's Noted Talk". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
↑ "Ford Bids Cabinet and Agency Heads Remain in Post Indefinite Stays". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
↑ "Ford Making Plans For Handing Over Controls to Carter - Article". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
↑ "NEWS SUMMARY". The New York Times. 1997-08-17. Retrieved 2016-11-18.

Obama Administration personnel

Cabinet and cabinet-level

Office	Name	Term	Office	Name	Term
Secretary of State	John Kerry	2013–	Secretary of Treasury	Jack Lew	2013–
Secretary of Defense	Ashton Carter	2015–	Attorney General	Loretta Lynch	2015–
Secretary of the Interior	Sally Jewell	2013–	Secretary of Agriculture	Tom Vilsack	2009–
Secretary of Commerce	Penny Pritzker	2013–	Secretary of Labor	Thomas Perez	2013–
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Sylvia Mathews Burwell	2014–	Secretary of Education Secretary of Transportation	Arne Duncan Anthony Foxx	2009– 2013–
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Julian Castro	2014–	Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Robert A. McDonald	2014–
Secretary of Energy	Ernest Moniz	2013–	Secretary of Homeland Security	Jeh Johnson	2013–

Vice President	Joe Biden	2009–	White House Chief of Staff	Denis McDonough	2013–
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Shaun Donovan	2014–	Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Gina McCarthy	2013–
Ambassador to the United Nations	Samantha Power	2013–	Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers	Jason Furman	2013–
Trade Representative	Michael Froman	2013–	Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Maria Contreras-Sweet	2014–

Below solid line: Granted Cabinet rank although not automatically part of the Cabinet. See also: Confirmations of Barack Obama's Cabinet

Executive Office of the President

Office	Name	Term	Office	Name	Term
White House Chief of Staff White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy	Rahm Emanuel Pete Rouse William M. Daley Jack Lew Denis McDonough Mona Sutphen Nancy-Ann DeParle Rob Nabors	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013– 2009–11 2011–13 2013–15	National Security Advisor Deputy National Security Advisor Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan	Jim Jones Thomas E. Donilon Susan Rice Thomas E. Donilon Denis McDonough Tony Blinken Avril Haines Douglas Lute^†	2009–10 2010–13 2013– 2009–10 2010–13 2013–14 2015– 2009–13
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations	Jim Messina Alyssa Mastromonaco Anita Decker Breckenridge	2009–11 2011–14 2014–	Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security	Ben Rhodes John O. Brennan Lisa Monaco	2009– 2009–13 2013–
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning	Mark B. Childress Kristie Canegallo	2012–14 2014–	Deputy National Security Advisor and NSC Chief of Staff	Denis McDonough Brooke Anderson	2009–10 2011–12
Senior Advisor to the President	David Axelrod David Plouffe Daniel Pfeiffer Shailagh Murray	2009–11 2011–13 2013–15 2015–	White House Communications Director	Anita Dunn Daniel Pfeiffer Jennifer Palmieri Jen Psaki	2009 2009–13 2013–15 2015–
Senior Advisor to the President Counselor to the President	Pete Rouse Brian Deese Pete Rouse John Podesta	2009–10 2015– 2011–13 2014–15	Deputy White House Communications Director	Jen Psaki Jennifer Palmieri Amy Brundage	2009–11 2011–14 2014–15
Senior Advisor to the President and Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs Director of Public Engagement Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Director, National Economic Council	Valerie Jarrett Christina Tchen Jon Carson Paulette Aniskoff Cecilia Muñoz David Agnew Jerry Abramson Lawrence Summers Gene Sperling Jeffrey Zients	2009– 2009–11 2011–13 2013– 2009–12 2012–14 2014– 2009–10 2011–14 2014–	White House Press Secretary Deputy Press Secretary Director of Special Projects Director of Speechwriting White House Counsel	Robert Gibbs Jay Carney Josh Earnest Bill Burton Josh Earnest Eric Schultz Stephanie Cutter Jon Favreau Cody Keenan Greg Craig Robert Bauer Kathryn Ruemmler Neil Eggleston	2009–11 2011–13 2013– 2009–11 2011–13 2014– 2010–11 2009–13 2013– 2009–10 2010–11 2011–14 2014–
Deputy Director, National Economic Council Deputy Director, National Economic Council Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board	Diana Farrell Brian Deese Jason Furman Paul Volcker	2009–11 2011–13 2009–13 2009–11	Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Phil Schiliro Rob Nabors Miguel Rodriguez Katie Beirne Fallon	2009–11 2011–13 2013 2013–
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors	Christina Romer Austan Goolsbee Jason Furman	2009–10 2010–13 2013–	Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Lisa Konwinski Amy Rosenbaum	2009– 2014–
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Katharine Abraham	2011–	Executive Clerk	George T. Saunders^† David Kalbaugh	2009–12 2012–
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Cecilia Rouse	2009–	Director, Office of Political Affairs	Patrick Gaspard David Simas	2009–11 2013–
Director, Office of Management and Budget	Peter R. Orszag Jack Lew Jeffrey Zients Sylvia Mathews Burwell Brian Deese Shaun Donovan	2009–10 2010–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2014–	Chief Technology Officer Chief Information Officer	Aneesh Chopra Todd Park Megan Smith Vivek Kundra Steven VanRoekel Tony Scott	2009–12 2012–14 2014– 2009–11 2011–14 2015–
Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Zients	2009–13	Director, Office of Presidential Personnel	Nancy Hogan Johnathan McBride Valerie Green	2010–14 2014–15 2015–
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Liebman Heather Higginbottom Brian Deese	2010 2011–13 2013–15	Director of Scheduling and Advance Director, White House Military Office	Alyssa Mastromonaco Danielle White Crutchfield George D. Mulligan Jr. Emmett Beliveau	2009–11 2011– 2009–13 2013–
United States Trade Representative	Ron Kirk Michael Froman	2009–13 2013–	Cabinet Secretary	Chris Lu Broderick Johnson	2009–13 2013–
Director, Domestic Policy Council	Melody Barnes Cecilia Muñoz	2009–12 2012–	Deputy Cabinet Secretary	Liz Sears Smith Rachana Bhowmik Michael Robertson Gaurab Bansal	2009–11 2011–13 2013–15 2015–
Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council	Heather Higginbottom Mark Zuckerman	2009–11 2011–	Staff Secretary	Lisa Brown Rajesh De Douglas Kramer Joani Walsh	2009–11 2011–12 2012–13 2014–
Director, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	Joshua DuBois Melissa Rogers	2009–2013 2013–	Assistant to the President for Management and Administration	Bradley Kiley Katy Kale Maju Varghese	2009–13 2013–15 2015–
Director, Office of Health Reform	Nancy-Ann DeParle	2009–11	Director, Oval Office Operations	Micaela Fernandez Brian Mosteller	2009–12 2012–
Deputy Director, Office of Health Reform	Jeanne Lambrew	2009–2011	Personal Aide to the President	Reggie Love Marvin Nicholson	2009–11 2011–
Director, Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy	Carol Browner	2009–11	Personal Secretary to the President	Katie Johnson Anita Decker Breckenridge Ferial Govashiri	2009–11 2011–14 2014–
Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change	Heather Zichal Dan Utech	2009–2013 2013–	Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President	Eugene Kang	2009–11
Director, Council on Environmental Quality	Nancy Sutley Michael Boots	2009–2014 2014–	Director, Office of National AIDS Policy	Jeffrey Crowley Grant Cofax Douglas Brooks	2009–2011 2012–2014 2014–
Chief of Staff to the First Lady	Jackie Norris Susan Sher Christina Tchen	2009 2009–10 2011–	Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy	Gil Kerlikowske Michael Botticelli	2009–14 2014–
White House Social Secretary	Desirée Rogers Julianna Smoot Jeremy Bernard Deesha Dyer	2009–10 2010–11 2011–15 2015–	Director, Office of Urban Affairs	Adolfo Carrión Jr. Racquel Russell	2009–2010 2010–
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy	John Holdren	2009–

^*Senate-confirmation pending. †Remained from previous administration (s).

Office of the Vice President

Position	Appointee
Chief of Staff to the Vice President	Steve Ricchetti
Counsel to the Vice President	Cynthia Hogan
Counselor to the Vice President	Mike Donilon
Assistant to the Vice President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison	Evan Ryan
Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Communications	Shailagh Murray
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President	Shailagh Murray
Deputy National Security Adviser to the Vice President	Brian McKeon
Residence Manager and Social Secretary for the Vice President and Second Lady	Carlos Elizondo
National Security Adviser to the Vice President	Colin Kahl

Position	Appointee
Chief of Staff to the Second Lady	Catherine M. Russell
Director of Administration for the Office of the Vice President	Moises Vela
Domestic Policy Adviser to the Vice President	Terrell McSweeny
Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President	Jared Bernstein
Press Secretary to the Vice President	Elizabeth Alexander
Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President	Annie Tomasini
Director of Legislative Affairs	Sudafi Henry
Director of Communications for the Second Lady	Courtney O’Donnell

White House Office

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