Joseph Whitehouse Hagin II is an American political aide who served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2018,a role he also served in for President George W. Bush from 2001 until July 2008. In September 2008,he was interim CEO of Jet Support Services Inc. Joe Hagin co-founded Command Consulting Group in April 2009.
Counselor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States and senior members of the White House Office.
William Stepien is an American political consultant who served as the campaign manager for Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign beginning in July of that year. A member of the Republican Party,he was the White House Director of Political Affairs in the Trump administration from 2017 to 2018.
The White House staff position of liaison to the American Jewish community is a role charged with serving as a presidential administration's voice to the community and gathering the community's consensus viewpoint on issues affecting it for the benefit of White House policymakers. It has existed at least as early as the Carter Administration.
The White House Office of Public Engagement is a unit of the White House Office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Under the administration of President Barack Obama,it was called the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs. President Donald Trump restored the prior name of the White House Office of Public Liaison and separated the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. President Joe Biden changed the name to the White House Office of Public Engagement but retained Trump's separate Intergovernmental Affairs Office in his administration.
Mercedes Schlapp is an American communications specialist and political commentator for both English and Spanish media. She has served in two presidential administrations as director of specialty media under George W. Bush and as White House Director of Strategic Communications in the Trump administration from September 2017 to July 2019. She went on to work on the Trump 2020 re-election campaign as senior advisor for strategic communications.
Johnny DeStefano is an American political advisor who served as Assistant to President Donald Trump and Counselor to the President from 2017 to May 2019. He previously oversaw the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs,White House Presidential Personnel Office,Office of Political Affairs,and Office of Public Liaison. DeStefano entered the Trump administration as Director of Presidential Personnel. After leaving the White House,DeStefano was appointed an adviser to the e-cigarette company Juul.
Joshua Matthew Pitcock is an American political operative who served as chief of staff to Mike Pence,the Vice President of the United States,from January 2017 to July 2017. Pitcock has also been Assistant to the President. He was a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team.
Marc Short is an American political advisor who served as chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence. Prior to holding this role,Short was the director of legislative affairs at the White House from 2017 to 2018. He became chief of staff for Pence in March 2019. He was a senior fellow at the Miller Center of Public Affairs,a CNN contributor,chief of staff to Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison,and the House Republican Conference. He was president of Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce from 2011 to 2016. He was a frequent guest on Meet The Press of NBC News.
George Anthony Sifakis is a former United States federal government official and government relations professional. Sifakis is currently CEO of IdeagenGlobal.com which convenes global leaders to develop partnerships and solutions to the world's most troubling issues.
Justin Reilly "JC" Clark is an American attorney,former government official,and former presidential campaign official for Donald J. Trump. He served as Director of Public Liaison and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House under the Trump administration. Prior to his government service,Clark was a partner at the law firm of Davis,Clark &Bonafonte LLC.
Eric M. Ueland is an American political advisor and government official in the Trump administration. He served as the acting Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security,Democracy,and Human Rights from 2020 to 2021 and previously as the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs in 2020.
Tony Sayegh served as a White House Senior Advisor for Strategy until February 2020,and is a former Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of the Treasury,serving from March 6,2017 to June 2019. He led the department's Office of Public Affairs. During the passage of the Tax Cuts And Jobs Act,Sayegh was detailed to the White House Office of Communications appearing numerous times in the media to promote the passage of comprehensive tax reform. Sayegh was a Republican strategist and contributor for the Fox News Channel prior to joining the administration,and served as Executive Vice President at Jamestown Associates from 2013 to 2017.
The White House Presidential Personnel Office is the White House Office tasked with vetting new appointees. Its offices are on the first floor of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington,D.C. The PPO is one of the offices most responsible for assessing candidates to work at or for the White House.
Ja'Ron K. Smith is an American political advisor. He served as a Deputy Assistant to the President and deputy director of the Office of American Innovation for Donald Trump from April 2019 to November 2020. Smith had previously served in the administration as a Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs from June 2018 to April 2019 and Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy from February to June 2018. He also served as the director of urban affairs and revitalization from the beginning of the Trump administration in January 2017.
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.
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.
Brian Jack is an American political consultant and who served as White House Director of Political Affairs under President Donald Trump from 2019 to 2021. He is currently a senior advisor on Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.
Amy Swonger is an American political advisor and lobbyist who served as White House director of legislative affairs. Swonger was appointed to the position after Eric Ueland,the previous director,was named a senior advisor at the United States Department of State.
Max Leonard Miller is an American politician and former aide to Donald Trump. He is the U.S. representative for Ohio's 7th congressional district.
