Senior Advisor to the President of the United States

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.

Responsibilities

Over time, a senior advisor has had responsibility for the following groups:

Current departments (headed by a senior advisor)

• White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (Tom Perez)
• White House Office of Public Engagement (Stephen K. Benjamin)

Past departments (previously headed by a senior advisor in the current and past administrations)

• United States Digital Services (Neera Tanden)
• White House Office of Strategic Initiatives
• Office of American Innovation
• White House Office of Political Affairs
• White House Office of Communications
• Oval Office Operations (Annie Tomasini)
• Infrastructure Implementation Coordination (Mitch Landrieu)
• Climate and Clean Energy Innovation & Implementation (John Podesta)

Prior administrations

In prior administrations before 1993, the position of "senior advisor" was a title used for various other purposes. Numerous examples of the position also exist throughout the executive departments and in the branch's independent agencies. For example, the Food and Drug Administration includes a position with the title Senior Advisor for Science; the Department of the Interior has a position with the title Senior Advisor for Alaskan Affairs.

List of senior advisors to the president

Senior advisors to President Bill Clinton

Senior advisors to President George W. Bush

Senior advisors to President Barack Obama

Senior advisors to President Donald Trump

Senior Advisors to President Joe Biden

Current

Former

List of advisors to the president

See also

• Counselor to the President
• Senior advisor

Notes

Explanatory footnotes

References

1. Counselor to the President
2. National Security Advisor (United States)
3. Senior advisor
4. Homeland Security Advisor
5. Anita Dunn
6. Mike Donilon
7. Office of the Vice President of the United States
8. Executive Office of the President of the United States
9. Pete Rouse
10. Eric Herschmann
11. United States National Security Council
12. Jake Sullivan
13. Secretary to the President of the United States
14. Stephen Miller (political advisor)
15. Daniel Pfeiffer
16. List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations
17. Surgeon General of the United States
18. Cedric Richmond
19. Chief of Staff of the United States Army
20. Paul Begala