1. Hillary Clinton (D) - Secretary of State U.S. Senator, New York Former First Lady
2. Timothy Geithner (D)- Secretary of the Treasury President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York Former Director, Policy Development and Review Department, International Monetary Fund Former Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
3. Robert Gates (R) - Secretary of Defense Current Secretary of Defense Former Director, Central Intelligence
4. Eric Holder (D) - Attorney General Former Deputy Attorney General Former U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia
5. Ken Salazar (D) - Secretary, Department of Interior U.S. Senator, Colorado Former Attorney General, Colorado
6. Tom Vilsack (D) - Secretary of Agriculture Former Governor, Iowa Former State Senator, Iowa
7. Gary Locke (D) - Secretary of Commerce* Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, L.L.P., Seattle Former Governor, Washington Former Chair, Democratic Governor’s Association
8. Hilda Solis (D) - Secretary of Labor* U.S. Representative, California Former State Senator and Representative, California
9. Kathleen Sebelius - Secretary of Health and Human Services* Former Governor, Kansas Former State Insurance Commissioner, Kansas
10. Shaun Donovan (D) - Secretary of Housing & Urban Development Former Commissioner, New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multifamily Housing, Housing & Urban Development Former Commissioner, Federal Housing Administration
11. Ray LaHood (R) - Secretary of Transportation U.S. Representative, Illinois Member, Appropriations Committee
12. Steven Chu (D) - Energy Secretary Nobel Laureate, Physics Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
13. Arne Duncan (D) - Secretary of Education CEO, Chicago Public Schools Former Director, Ariel Education Initiative, Chicago
14. General Eric Shinseki, U.S. Army (Ret) - Secretary of Veterans Affairs Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Former Commander, U.S. Army in Europe
15. Janet Napolitano (D) - Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Governor, Arizona Former U.S. Attorney, Arizona
Key White House Staff
Rahm Emanuel - Chief of Staff (Cabinet-Rank) U.S. Representative, Illinois Former Clinton senior advisor
General James Jones, U.S. Marine Corp (Ret) - National Security Advisor (Non-Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council) Former member, Board of Directors, The Boeing Company Former member, Board of Directors, Chevron Corporation Former energy advisor, McCain campaign Former Chair, Congressional Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq, Bush administration Former Special Envoy for Middle East Security, Bush administration Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
Larry Summers - Director, National Economic Council (Non-Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council) Former Treasury Secretary Former Chief Economist for the World Bank Former President and current Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard
Christina Romer - Chair, Council of Economic Advisors (Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council) Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley Co-director, Program in Monetary Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research
Lisa Jackson - Environmental Protection Agency Administrator (Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council) Former Commissioner, New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection
Peter Orszag - Director, Office of Management and Budget (Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council) Former Director, Congressional Budget Office Former Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of Economic Studies, Brookings Institute
Ron Kirk - U.S. Trade Representative* (Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council) Partner, Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P., Dallas Former Mayor, Dallas
Dr. Susan E. Rice - Ambassador to the United Nations (Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council) Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Obama presidential campaign Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Melody Barnes - Director, Domestic Policy Council (Non-Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council) Former Vice President of Policy, Center for American Progress
Dr. John Holdren - Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (Non-Cabinet-Rank Member, National Economic Council) Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Harvard Former President, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Valerie Jarrett - Senior Advisor to the President, Asst. to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison Co-Chair, Obama Transition Team CEO, The Habitat Co. (Chicago real-estate developer) Former Deputy Chief of Staff, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley Former employer of Michelle Obama
Pete Rouse - Senior Advisor to the President Co-Chair, Obama Transition Team Former Chief of Staff, Senator Obama Former Chief of Staff, Senator Tom Daschle
David Axelrod - Senior Advisor to the President Senior Partner, AKP&D Message and Media CEO, ASK Public Strategies Former Chief Strategist and Media Advisor, Obama presidential campaign
Additional Obama Appointments
Mary Schapiro - Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission Former Chair, CEO, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Former member, President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy, Bush administration Former Chair, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Clinton administration Former member, Board of Directors, Duke Energy Former member, Board of Directors, Kraft Foods
Gary Gensler - Chair, CFTC Former Treasury Undersecretary, Clinton administration Former Assistant Secretary to the Treasury, Clinton administration Former Senior Advisor, Hillary Clinton campaign Former Partner, Goldman Sachs
Paul Volcker - Chairman, new Economic Recovery Advisory Board Former Chair, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal experience dating back to Kennedy administration
Karen Mills - Administrator, Small Business Administration* Founding Partner, Solera Capital equity firm Economic Advisor, Maine Governor John Baldacci
Admiral Dennis C. Blair, U.S. Navy (Ret) - Director, National Intelligence Immediate Past President, Institute for Defense Analyses Chair, National Security Studies, National Bureau of Asian Research Chair, Strategic Leadership, Dickinson College and the U.S. Army War College
Leon Panetta - Director, Central Intelligence Agency Founder and Director, Panetta Institute Former White House Chief of Staff, Clinton administration Former Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget Former U.S. Representative, California
Chief Performance Officer* Patrick Gaspard - Political Director National Political Director, Obama presidential campaign Political Organizer, Services Employees International Union (Largest local union in the country)
Phil Schiliro - Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Former Policy Director, Senator Tom Daschle Former Staff Director, Senate Democratic Leadership Committee
Robert Gibbs - Press Secretary Former Communications Director, Obama senate and presidential campaigns
Nancy-Ann DeParle - Director, White House Office for Health Reform Former Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget, Clinton administration Former Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration (now Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), Clinton administration Former Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Human Services Managing Director, CCMP Capital Member, Board of Directors, Boston Scientific Corporation Member, Board of Directors, Cerner Corporation Member, Board of Directors, Medco Health Solutions
Nancy Sutley, Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality Regional Administrator, EPA Deputy Mayor for Energy and the Environment, Los Angeles
Carol Browner - Assistant to the President for Energy & Climate Change Former Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
Cecilia Muñoz - Director, Intergovernmental Affairs Senior Vice President, National Council of La Raza National Hispanic leader
Ellen Moran - Director, Communications Executive Director, EMILY’s List
Lisa Brown - Staff Secretary Executive Director, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Former Counsel, Vice President Al Gore Former member, Executive Board of the President’s Committee for Employment of People with Disabilities, Clinton administration
Chris Lu - Cabinet Secretary Executive Director, Obama Transition Team Former Legislative Director & Acting Chief of Staff, Obama’s Senate office Former Policy Advisor, Obama’s presidential campaign
Greg Craig - White House Counsel Former Foreign Policy Advisor, Obama’s presidential campaign Former Assistant to the President and Special Counsel, Clinton administration Former Senior Advisor, Senator Edward Kennedy & Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
Dr. Jane Lubchenco - Director, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Professor of Marine Biology and Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Oregon State University Former Harvard professor Former President, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Edward H. Jurith - Acting Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy General Counsel, Office of National Drug Control Policy Former Acting Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Clinton administration
Craig Fugate - Director, Federal Emergency Management Association Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management Former Assistant Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management Former Chief, Bureau Preparedness and Response, Florida Division of Emergency Management
Dr. Jeanne Lambrew - Deputy Director, White House Office of Health Care Reform
Heather Zichal - Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy & Climate Change
Peter Rundlet - Deputy Staff Secretary Director of Policy and Government Relations, Humanity United Former VP & Managing Director for National Security & International Policy, Center for American Progress Former Counsel, 9/11 Commission and Clinton administration