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Senior Advisor to the President of the United States
Title of political advisor to the United States president
Title of political advisor to the United States president
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Senior Advisor to the President |
| insignia | The White House logo under Trump 2.0.jpg |
| insigniasize | 150px |
| image | Massad Boulos.jpg |
| department | Executive Office of the President |
| White House Office | |
| incumbent | Massad Boulos |
| incumbentsince | January 20, 2025 |
| website | [The White House](https://www.whitehouse.gov/) |
| appointer | President of the United States |
| formation | |
| first | Rahm Emanuel |
| reports_to | President of the United States |
White House Office Senior Advisor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States. Senior advisors to the president do not have formal government decision making authority, but they can have significant influence over decisions. Their role is to provide strategic advice, analysis, and recommendations to the president on key issues.
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:
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Past departments (previously headed by a senior advisor in the current administration)
- TBF-- White House departments (previously headed by a senior advisor in past administrations)
- White House Office of Strategic Initiatives
- Office of American Innovation
- White House Office of Political Affairs
- Oval Office Operations
- White House Office on Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation
- White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
- White House Office of Public Engagement
- White House Office of Communications
- White House Office of Press Operations
- American Rescue Plan / COVID-19 Relief
- White House Office of the Staff Secretary
- White House Office of Infrastructure Implementation Coordination
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.
Examples of people who had the responsibilities and/or influence of a senior advisor without the title included Edward M. House (to Woodrow Wilson) and Louis Howe (to Franklin D. Roosevelt)
List of senior advisors to the president
Senior advisors to Bill Clinton
| Senior Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Bill Clinton | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel 2012 (cropped).jpg | 100px | Rahm Emanuel]] | Rahm Emanuel | ||||||||||
| (born 1959) | Political Affairs | ||||||||||||
| Strategic Planning | |||||||||||||
| Policy | January 20, 1993 – November 7, 1998 | Democratic | |||||||||||
| [[File:George Stephanopoulos cropped.jpg | 100px | George Stephanopoulos]] | George Stephanopoulos | ||||||||||
| (born 1961) | Strategic Planning | ||||||||||||
| Policy | June 7, 1993 – December 10, 1996 | ||||||||||||
| [[File:Sidney blumenthal 2006.jpg | 100px | Sidney Blumenthal]] | Sidney Blumenthal | ||||||||||
| (born 1948) | Political Affairs | ||||||||||||
| Communications | |||||||||||||
| Policy | August 19, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Doug Sosnik | |||||||||||||
| (born 1959) | Political Affairs | ||||||||||||
| Strategic Planning | |||||||||||||
| Policy | November 7, 1998 – January 20, 2001 | ||||||||||||
| Joel Johnson | |||||||||||||
| (born 1961) | Communications | ||||||||||||
| Policy | May 20, 1999 – January 20, 2001 |
Senior advisors to George W. Bush
| Senior Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | Republican Party (United States)}};" | George W. Bush | Republican Party (United States)}};" | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Karl Rove.jpg | 100px | Karl Rove]] | Karl Rove | ||||
| (born 1950) | Political Affairs | ||||||
| Strategic Planning | |||||||
| Communications | January 20, 2001 – August 31, 2007 | Republican | |||||
| [[File:Barry Steven Jackson.jpg | 100px | Barry Steven Jackson]] | Barry Steven Jackson | ||||
| (born 1960) | Political Affairs | ||||||
| Strategic Planning | |||||||
| Communications | September 1, 2007 – January 20, 2009 |
Senior advisors to Barack Obama
| Senior Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Barack Obama | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Valerie Jarrett official portrait small.jpg | 100px | Valerie Jarrett]] | Valerie Jarrett | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1956) | Public Engagement | ||||||||||||||||
| Intergovernmental Affairs | January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 | Democratic | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:Pete Rouse in the Oval Office.jpg | 100px | Pete Rouse]] | Pete Rouse | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1946) | Strategic Planning | January 20, 2009 – October 1, 2010 | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:David Axelrod.jpg | 100px | David Axelrod]] | David Axelrod | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1955) | Political Affairs | ||||||||||||||||
| Communications | January 20, 2009 – January 10, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
| [[File:David Plouffe official portrait.jpg | 100px | David Plouffe]] | David Plouffe | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1967) | Political Affairs | ||||||||||||||||
| Communications | January 10, 2011 – January 25, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Daniel Pfeiffer.jpg | 100px | Daniel Pfeiffer]] | Daniel Pfeiffer | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1975) | Political Affairs | ||||||||||||||||
| Communications | January 25, 2013 – March 6, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Brian Deese official portrait.jpg | 100px | Brian Deese]] | Brian Deese | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1978) | Climate and Energy | February 13, 2015 – January 20, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:Shailagh Murray.jpg | 100px | Shailagh Murray]] | Shailagh Murray | ||||||||||||||
| (born 1965) | Communications | April 3, 2015 – January 20, 2017 |
Senior advisors to Donald Trump
First presidency
| Senior Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | Republican Party (United States)}};" | Republican Party (United States)}};" | Republican Party (United States)}};" | Republican Party (United States)}};" | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Jared Kushner June 2019.jpg | 100px | Jared Kushner]] | Jared Kushner | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1981) | last=Trump | first=Donald J. | date=March 27, 2017 | title=Presidential Memorandum on The White House Office of American Innovation | url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/27/presidential-memorandum-white-house-office-american-innovation | via=National Archives | work=whitehouse.gov | quote=The Senior Advisor to the President.}} | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/09/tumps-son-in-law-jared-kushner-expected-to-join-white-house-as-a-senior-adviser/ | title=Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to join White House as senior adviser; no formal role for Ivanka Trump | last1=Wagner | first1=John | date=January 9, 2017 | newspaper=The Washington Post | url-status=live | archive-url=https://archive.today/20170110010747/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/09/tumps-son-in-law-jared-kushner-expected-to-join-white-house-as-a-senior-adviser/ | archive-date=January 10, 2017 | last2=Parker | first2=Ashley | url-access=limited}} | Republican | |||
| [[File:Stephen Miller by Gage Skidmore.jpg | 100px | Stephen Miller]] | Stephen Miller | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1985) | Policy | url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/12/stephen-miller-senior-adviser-policy-232592 | title=Trump taps campaign aide Stephen Miller as senior adviser | last=Nussbaum | first=Matthew | date=December 13, 2016 | work=Politico | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422205617/https://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/12/stephen-miller-senior-adviser-policy-232592 | archive-date=April 22, 2019}} | ||||||||||||||
| 100px | Kevin Hassett | Kevin Hassett | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1962) | Economic Issues | url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-announces-addition-white-house-staff/ | work=whitehouse.gov | title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Addition to White House Staff | via=National Archives | language=en}} | ||||||||||||||||||
| 100px | Eric Herschmann | Eric Herschmann | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1962) | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/business/media/hunter-biden-wall-street-journal-trump.html?referringSource=articleShare | title=Trump Had One Last Story to Sell. The Wall Street Journal Wouldn't Buy It | newspaper=The New York Times | date=25 October 2020 | last1=Smith | first1=Ben }} | ||||||||||||||||||
| Legal issues | url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/04/impeachment-lawyer-white-house-391506 | title=Former Trump impeachment lawyer heads to White House | website=Politico | date=August 4, 2020 }} |
Second presidency
| Senior Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | America Party}};" | Republican Party (United States)}};" | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Elon Musk - 54820081119 (cropped).jpg | frameless | 137x137px]] | Elon Musk | |||||
| (born 1971) | Government Efficiency | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-musk-signals-his-time-leading-doge-is-coming-to-an-end/ | title=Elon Musk leaving DOGE, but he'll continue to advise Trump, White House says | publisher=CBS News | date=May 29, 2025 | accessdate=May 25, 2025}} | Independent | |
| [[File:Massad Boulos.jpg | frameless | 137x137px]] | Massad Boulos | Arab, Middle Eastern and Africa Affairs | January 20, 2025 – *present* | Republican |
Senior advisors to Joe Biden
| Senior Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Cedric Richmond official photo.jpg | 100px]] | Cedric Richmond | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1973) | Public Engagement | January 20, 2021 – May 18, 2022 | Democratic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Keisha Lance Bottoms in 2019.jpg | frameless | 100px]] | Keisha Lance Bottoms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1970) | July 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Julie Chavez Rodriguez (cropped).jpg | frameless | 100px]] | Julie Chávez Rodriguez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1978) | Intergovernmental Affairs | June 15, 2022 – May 16, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Neera Tanden by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | Neera Tanden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1970) | Health care Policy | May 17, 2021 – May 26, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Former NOLA Mayor Mitch Landrieu Sept. 2018 (cropped).jpg | frameless | 100px]] | Mitch Landrieu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1960) | Infrastructure Implementation Coordination | November 15, 2021 – January 8, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Mike Donilon 2022.jpg | 100px]] | Mike Donilon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1958) | Chief Strategist | January 20, 2021 – January 23, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Anita Dunn.jpg | 100px]] | Anita Dunn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1958) | Communications | 1st: Jan. 20 – August 12, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2nd: May 5, 2022 – July 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Gene Sperling (National Economic Council) (cropped).jpg | 100px]] | Gene Sperling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1958) | COVID-19 Relief | March 15, 2021 – August 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:John Podesta official WH portrait (cropped).jpg | frameless | 100px]] | John Podesta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1949) | Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International Climate Policy Advisor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (effective January 31, 2024) | September 2, 2022 – January 20, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Benjamin021 (cropped).jpg | frameless | 100px]] | Stephen K. Benjamin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1969) | Public Engagement | April 1, 2023 – January 20, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Official portrait of United States Secretary of Labor Tom Perez.jpg | frameless | 100px]] | Tom Perez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1961) | Intergovernmental Affairs | June 12, 2023 – January 20, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| frameless | 100px | Annie Tomasini | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy Chief of Staff | June 2023 – January 20, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ben LaBolt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1981) | Communications | August 8, 2024 – January 20, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Karine Jean-Pierre at the White House on 4 December 2023 (cropped).jpg | frameless | 100px]] | Karine Jean-Pierre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (born 1974) | Press Secretary | October 7, 2024 – January 20, 2025 |
List of advisors to the president
| Advisor | Portfolio | Term of office | Party | President | Democratic Party (United States)}};" | Republican Party (United States)}};" | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Stephanie Cutter 2011.jpg | 100px | Stephanie Cutter]] | Stephanie Cutter | ||||||||||
| (born 1968) | Message and Communications | January 2011 – September 2011 | Democratic | Barack Obama | |||||||||
| 100px | Ivanka Trump | Ivanka Trump | |||||||||||
| (born 1981) | Women's Issues | ||||||||||||
| Workforce Development | |||||||||||||
| Entrepreneurship | url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/docs/disclosures/07012017-report-final.pdf | title=Executive Office Of The President Annual Report To Congress On White House Office Personnel White House Office As Of: Friday, June 30, 2017 | page=15 | language=en | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120195132/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/docs/disclosures/07012017-report-final.pdf | archive-date=January 20, 2021 | via=National Archives | work=whitehouse.gov | access-date=June 30, 2017}} | Republican | Donald Trump |
Notes
Explanatory footnotes
References
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- (June 15, 2022). "President Biden Announces Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms as Senior Advisor for Public Engagement". The White House.
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- (May 14, 2021). "Biden appoints Neera Tanden, former pick for budget director, as senior adviser". Reuters.
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- (November 18, 2020). "Mike Donilon, Who Helped Draft Biden's Message, is Named a Senior Adviser". The New York Times.
- (January 15, 2021). "Anita Dunn to join Biden White House as senior adviser".
- (May 5, 2022). "President Biden Announces Karine Jean-Pierre as White House Press Secretary".
- Scherer, Michael. (2024-07-30). "Biden adviser Anita Dunn leaving White House to help pro-Harris super PAC". The Washington Post.
- (March 15, 2021). "Biden picks Gene Sperling, a Democratic policy aide, to oversee spending from the $1.9 trillion relief plan". The New York Times.
- (September 2, 2022). "President Biden announces senior clean energy and climate team".
- (February 27, 2023). "President Biden Announces ormer Mayor Stephen Benjamin as Senior Advisor and Director of the Offic of Public Engagement".
- (June 12, 2023). "Statement from President Joe Biden on Tom Perez".
- (February 8, 2024). "Biden chooses longtime aide who runs his Oval Office to be a deputy White House chief of staff".
- (August 8, 2024). "Ben LaBolt, Biden communications director, promoted to senior adviser". Axios.
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