White House Office

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White House Office
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Formed1857;167 years ago (1857)
Headquarters West Wing of the White House
Employees377
Agency executive
Parent agency Executive Office of the President of the United States
Website White House Office

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. [1] 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.

Contents

The staff of the various offices are based in the West Wing and East Wing of the White House, the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, and the New Executive Office Building. Senior staff, with high level, close contact with the President, have the title Assistant to the President. Second-level staff have the title Deputy Assistant to the President, and third-level staff have the title Special Assistant to the President. [2] These aides oversee the political and policy interests of the president.

History

The White House Office was established in the Executive Office of the President by Reorganization Plan 1 of 1939 and Executive Order 8248 to provide assistance to the president in the performance of activities incident to his immediate office. [3] The White House Office is organized in accordance with the wishes of each incumbent president and is directed by staff chosen by the president. A staff authorization was initially established in 1978 (92 Stat. 2445). Some presidential boards, committees, and commissions function organizationally as subunits of the White House Office. [4]

Although still a subunit of the EOP, the White House Office remains the center of the presidential staff system. In many ways it is closest to the president both in physical proximity, its top aides occupy most of the offices in the West Wing, and in its impact on the day-to-day operations, deliberations, policy agendas, and public communications of a presidency. During the transition to office and continuing throughout an administration, the president enjoys a great deal of discretion in terms of how the White House Office is organized. [1]

Mission

The issues that confront the United States at any one time cannot be dealt with by the president alone, and therefore the president draws on the expertise of others in the administration and even within an administration as one chief of staff may differ from a predecessor or successor.

While chiefs of staff may differ in the degree of policy advice they provide a president, they are the managers of the White House staff system. At least in theory, they are the coordinators bringing the pieces together; they are the tone-setters and disciplinarians making for good organizational order, and often act as the gatekeeper for the president, overseeing every person, document and communication that goes to the president. [1]

Organization

The White House Office under the administration of Joseph Biden as of May 2024 is as follows.

Office of the Chief of Staff

Senior Advisors and Counselor to the President

Domestic Policy Council

Office of Domestic Climate Policy

Office of Gun Violence Prevention

National Economic Council

Office of Cabinet Affairs

Office of Communications

Office of the Press Secretary

Office of Speechwriting

Office of Digital Strategy

Office of the First Lady

Gender Policy Council

Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

Office of Legislative Affairs

Office of Management and Administration

Office of the National Security Advisor

Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy [49]

Office of Political Strategy and Outreach

Office of Presidential Personnel

Office of Public Engagement

Office of Scheduling and Advance

Office of the Staff Secretary

Office of Presidential Correspondence

  • Director of Presidential Correspondence: Garrett Lamm [64]
    • Deputy Director of Presidential Correspondence: Courtney Corbisiero [65]
    • Deputy Director of Presidential Correspondence: Garrett Lamm [66]
    • Digital Analyst: Rebecca Brubaker [65]

Office of the Executive Clerk

  • Executive Clerk: David E. Kalbaugh
    • Assistant Executive Clerk: Brian Pate [14]
    • Assistant Executive Clerk: Edwin R. Thomas III [14]
      • Assistant to the Executive Clerk: Wanda Neiman [14]
      • Assistant to the Executive Clerk: Mariel Ridgway [14]
      • Assistant to the Executive Clerk: Kaitlyn Roberts [14]
      • Assistant to the Executive Clerk: Sherman Williams [14]

Office of Records Management

  • Director of Records Management: Philip Droege
    • Deputy Director and Senior Advisor for Records Management: Paul S. Raizk
      • Supervisor for Records Management: Mary Brooke [14]
      • Supervisor for Records Management: Vy Hoang [14]
      • Supervisor for Records Management: Matthew Law [14]
      • Supervisor for Records Management: Elizabeth Varghese [14]
        • Assistant Supervisor for Records Management: Chad Millison [14]
        • Assistant Supervisor for Records Management: Colleen Moran [14]
          • Senior Records Management Analyst: Taeshonnda King [14]
          • Senior Records Management Analyst: Caroline Poese [14]
            • Records Management Analyst: Patricia Blount [14]
            • Records Management Analyst: Rebekah Denz [14]
            • Records Management Analyst: Karl Freeman II [14]
            • Records Management Analyst: Jennifer Fischer [14]
            • Records Management Analyst: Gregory Foster [14]
            • Records Management Analyst: Abby Gipe [14]
            • Records Management Analyst: Mu Ping Wang [14]

Office of the White House Counsel

Associate Counsels to the President:

Deputy Associate Counsels to the President:

Specialized Counsels to the President:

Senior Advisers for the Office of the White House Counsel:

Oval Office Operations

White House Fellows

White House Military Office

Notes

  1. ↑ Concurrently serving as the Director of the Office of Public Engagement.

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