The White House deputy chief of staff is officially the top aide to the White House chief of staff, who is the senior aide to the president of the United States. The deputy chief of staff usually has an office in the West Wing and is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the White House bureaucracy, as well as such other duties as the chief of staff assigns to them. In all recent administrations, there have been multiple deputy chiefs with different duties.
Current Deputy Chiefs of Staff In the second Trump administration, there are five deputy chiefs of staff: Dan Scavino, deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff for policy Richard Walters, deputy chief of staff for legislative, political, and public affairs (acting) Nick Luna, deputy chief of staff for strategic implementation Beau Harrison, deputy chief of staff for operations
List of past White House deputy chiefs of staff
Ford, Carter, Reagan & H.W. Bush administrations Ford administration Dick Cheney, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1974-1975 Carter administration Landon Butler, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1977-1981 William G. Simpson, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1979-1981 Reagan administration Michael Deaver, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1981–1985 Kenneth Duberstein, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1987–1988 M. B. Oglesby Jr., Deputy Chief of Staff, 1988–1989 George H. W. Bush administration Andrew Card, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1989–1992 Henson Moore, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1992 Robert Zoellick, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1992–1993
Clinton administration Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Philip Lader, 1993–1994 Erskine Bowles, 1994–1996 Evelyn S. Lieberman, 1996 John Podesta, 1997–1998 Steve Ricchetti, 1998–2001 Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Mark Gearan, 1993 Roy Neel, 1993 Harold M. Ickes, 1993–1997 Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 1997–1998 Maria Echaveste, 1998–2001
George W. Bush administration Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Joe Hagin, 2001–2008 Blake Gottesman, 2008–2009 Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Joshua Bolten, 2001–2003 Harriet Miers, 2003–2005 Karl Rove, 2005–2007 Joel Kaplan, 2006–2009 Obama administration Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Jim Messina, 2009–2011 Alyssa Mastromonaco, 2011–2014 Anita Decker Breckenridge, 2014–2017 Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Mona Sutphen, 2009–2011 Nancy-Ann DeParle, 2011–2013 Rob Nabors, 2013–2015 Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning Mark B. Childress, 2012–2014 Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Implementation Kristie Canegallo, 2014–2017 First Trump administration (2017–2021) Principal Deputy Chief of Staff Kirstjen Nielsen, 2017 Jim Carroll, 2017–2018 Zachary Fuentes, 2018–2019 Emma Doyle, 2019–2020 Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Joe Hagin, 2017–2018 Dan Walsh, 2018–2019 Anthony M. Ornato, 2019–2021 Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Rick Dearborn, 2017–2018 Chris Liddell, 2018–2021 Deputy Chief of Staff for Implementation Katie Walsh, 2017 Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Bill Shine, 2018–2019 Dan Scavino, 2020–2021
Biden administration (2021–2025) Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Jen O'Malley Dillon, 2021–2024 Annie Tomasini, 2024–2025 Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Bruce Reed, 2021–2025 Deputy Chief of Staff for Implementation Natalie Quillian, 2023–2025
Second Trump administration (2025–present) Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino, 2025–present Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller, 2025–present Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Political and Public Affairs James Blair, 2025 Richard Walters, 2026–present (acting) Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Personnel Taylor Budowich, 2025 Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Implementation Nick Luna, 2025–present Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Beau Harrison, 2025–present
In popular culture In the NBC television drama The West Wing, the position of White House deputy chief of staff (for strategic planning) was held by Josh Lyman in the fictional Bartlet administration and Sam Seaborn in the fictional Santos administration. Chad Lowe portrayed White House deputy chief of staff Reed Pollock, serving under White House chief of staff Tom Lennox and President Wayne Palmer on the television drama 24. Adan Canto portrayed the White House deputy chief of staff before being promoted to White House chief of staff in the ABC political drama series Designated Survivor. Kristen Connolly portrayed White House deputy chief of staff Christina Gallagher in House of Cards.
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