As President Obama and his department and agency heads have nominated and appointed officials over the last few months, I have been compiling them into a single document. Other people can probably make more use of this document than I can, and can certainly format it more prettily than I have. The only claim to originality I make is that I have never found a list this complete -- a sort of proto-Plum Book of the Obama Administration -- anywhere on the internet, and I have searched for it. Indeed, it was the Plum Book that served as my inspiration. At any rate, with my second daughter, six weeks old, quite rightly demanding a healthy share of our attention, and with plenty of work to do at my solo law practice, I need to pass it on to you all to do with as you will.
EDIT: Because the entire list appears, at least in preview, to exceed the number of lines possible to post in a single diary, I will have to post this over multiple days. We'll start with the Departments of State, Treasury, and Defense.
It bears emphasis that this is a rough document meant more as a starting point for data than an authoritative reference. I have included actual, verifiable nominees and appointees alongside expected and even rumored ones. I have mixed and matched current job titles with prior job titles. I have gone very far down the organizational hierarchy in some spots and barely past the top level in others. Some people or groups are undoubtedly misplaced in their respective chains of command. Some appointees listed as holdovers from the Bush Administration may actually be career incumbents in nonpolitical positions. And I have not included any links because it is all I can do to find the time to post this.
Nonetheless, I think this may prove useful in some ways. My fervent wish is that by setting it loose others will take it farther. I will feel fortunate if there is any use folks can make of it.
Some final notes on convention: I have omitted professional titles and military ranks, and have generally used officials' nicknames rather than given names when known. I tend to use the title of the office or bureau rather than the title of the position (lots of omitted "assistant secretary"s). And so forth.
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Obama cabinet, subcabinet, independent agency, and White House presidential appointees (not including most ambassadors, US attorneys, US marshals, or members of boards and commissions)
Department of State
Secretary Hillary Clinton
Deputy Secretary Jim Steinberg
Deputy Secretary (for Management and Resources) Jack Lew
Undersecretary for Political Affairs William Burns (holdover)
Special Advisor on the Gulf and Southwest Asia Dennis Ross
(assistant) Ben Fishman
(assistant) Ray Takeyh
(special envoy for Mideast peace) George Mitchell
Deputy Frederick Hof
(deputy or chief of staff) Mara Rudman
(special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan) Richard Holbrooke
Deputy Paul Jones
(special envoy for North Korea) Stephen Bosworth
(special envoy for Sudan) Scott Gration
(special envoy for climate change) Todd Stern
Deputy Jonathan Pershing
(director of strategic communications for above) Jonathan Prince
Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer
Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Luis de Baca
Trafficking in Persons
Special Representative of the President to the Susan Burk
2010 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review
Conference
African Affairs Johnnie Carson
East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell
Deputy for Southeast Asia Derek Mitchell
Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman
Principal Deputy David Hale (holdover)
European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon
Western Hemisphere Affairs Tom Shannon (holdover)
Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela
Deputy for Canada and Mexico Roberta Jacobson
South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake
Deputy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Paul Jones
International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law
Enforcement Affairs
Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan Rice
Chief of Staff Brooke Anderson
Deputy Chief of Staff (New York) Kathleen McGlynn
Communications Director Mark Kornblau
Principal Policy Advisor Elizabeth Cousins
Policy Advisor Mike Pan
Policy Advisor Salman Ahmed
Deputy to the Permanent Representative Erica Barks-Ruggles
and Director of the Washington Office
Deputy Chief of Staff (Washington) Meridith Webster
Speechwriter and Senior Policy Advisor Warren Bass
Policy Advisor Jennifer Simon
Deputy Alejandro Wolff (holdover)
Social and Economic Council
Commission on the Status of Women
Assistant Deputy for Special Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo (holdover)
Vienna Office
European Office
International Atomic Energy Agency, Ambassador
Representative to the Organization for Security
and Cooperation in Europe
Representative to the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
Representative to the European Union
Representative to the Council of the International
Civil Aviation Organization
Representative to the African Union
Special Envoy on North Korea Human Rights
NATO Council Ivo Daalder
International Joint Commission
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Ambassadors
Iraq Chris Hill
Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry
Pakistan Anne Patterson (holdover)
India Karl Inderfurth
Israel James Cunningham (holdover)
Consul General and Chief of Mission, Jerusalem Daniel Rubenstein
Japan Joseph Nye
United Kingdom Louis Susman
Ireland Dan Rooney
France Charlie Rivkin
Spain Alan Solomont
Italy David Thorne
(somewhere in Europe) Lee Feinstein
Poland Mark Brzezinski
Mexico Carlos Pascual
(Brazil or Argentina) Tom Shannon (future)
Undersecretary for Management Patrick Kennedy (holdover)
Consular Affairs
Administration
Diplomatic Security
Chief Financial Officer
Undersecretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero
Population, Refugees, and Migration Eric Schwartz
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
Oceans, International Environment, and Science Affairs
Deputy for Environment and Sustainable Development Daniel Reifsnyder (holdover)
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale
Public Affairs PJ Crowley
Educational and Cultural Affairs
Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher
Affairs
Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller
International Security and Non-Proliferation Vann Van Diepen
Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro
Undersecretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Wendy Sherman
Affairs
Economic and Business Affairs
Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism Daniel Benjamin
Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs Bonnie Jenkins
Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh
Inspector General Harold Geisel (acting)
Intelligence and Research
Chief of Protocol Gladys Boluda (acting)
Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes
HIV/AIDS Coordinator
Resource Management
Legislative Affairs Richard Verma
Director of Policy Planning Anne-Marie Slaughter
Deputy Derek Chollet
Department of the Treasury
Secretary Tim Geithner
Chief of Staff Mark Patterson
Counselor for Domestic Economic Policy Gene Sperling
Counselor Stephanie Cutter
Counselor Steve Rattner
(speechwriter) Peter Gosselin
Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin
Undersecretary for International Affairs Lael Brainard
Deputy/Designated Assistant for International
Financial Markets and Investment Policy
International Economics and Development
Undersecretary for Domestic Finance Lee Sachs
Financial Institutions Michael Barr
Financial Markets
Office of Financial Stability Neel Kashkari
Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey (holdover)
Terrorist Financing David Cohen
Intelligence and Analysis
Deputy/Designated Assistant for Legislative Affairs Kim Wallace
General Counsel George Madison
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Chief Counsel
Internal Revenue Oversight Board, Chair
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Comptroller of the Currency
Office of Thrift Supervision
Public Affairs and Policy Planning
Economic Policy Alan Krueger
Tax Policy Helen Garrett
Management and Chief Financial Officer
Inspector General
Inspector General for Tax Administration
Treasurer
Director of the Mint
Department of Defense
Secretary Robert Gates (holdover)
Chief of Staff Robert Rangel (holdover)
Assistant to the Secretary (Nuclear, Chemical, and Andrew Weber
Biological Defense Programs)
Deputy Secretary William Lynn
Undersecretary for Policy Michèle Flournoy
(advisor) Rosa Brooks
Principal Deputy Jim Miller
Principal Deputy Peter Verga
Deputy for Strategic Plans and Forces Kathleen Hicks
Strategy and Planning
Deputy Janine Davidson
Forces Transformation and Resources
Deputy David Ochmanek
International Security Affairs Sandy Vershbow
Principal Deputy Joseph McMillan
Principal Deputy (Europe and NATO) Julianne Smith
Deputy (Europe and NATO) James Townsend
Deputy (Russia and Eurasia) Celeste Wallander
Deputy (Africa) Theresa Whelan (holdover)
Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Wallace “Chip” Gregson
Deputy (Middle East) Colin Kahl
Deputy (Central Asia) Craig Mullaney
(advisor on Afghanistan and Pakistan) Vikram Singh
Global Security Affairs Joseph Benkert (holdover)
Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict and Michael Vickers (holdover)
Interdependent Capabilities
Homeland Defense and America’s Security Affairs
Principal Deputy Christine Wormuth
Deputy (detainee issues) Phil Carter
Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Rebecca Hersmann
Undersecretary for Intelligence James Clapper (holdover)
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation
Defense Intelligence Agency Ronald Burgess
Undersecretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Ashton Carter
Deputy for Acquisition and Technology
Deputy for Logistics and Material Readiness
Director of Research and Engineering
Assistant for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological
Defense Programs
Secretary of the Army Pete Geren (holdover)
Undersecretary
Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Dean Popps (acting)
Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy
Deputy Terrence Salt
Financial Management and Comptroller
Installations and Environment
Manpower and Reserve Affairs
General Counsel Donald Remy
Secretary of the Air Force Mike Donley (holdover)
Undersecretary
Deputy for Space Gary Payton
Acquisition
Financial Management and Comptroller
General Counsel Charles Blanchard
Installations, Environment, and Logistics
Manpower and Reserve Affairs Craig Duehring (holdover)
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus
Undersecretary Robert Work
Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Installations and Environment BJ Penn (holdover)
Deputy for Installations and Facilities Howard Snow (holdover)
Research, Development, and Acquisition Sean Stackley (holdover)
Financial Management and Comptroller
General Counsel Frank Jimenez (holdover)
Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness
Principal Deputy
Deputy for Military Personnel Policy Bill Carr
Health Affairs
Reserve Affairs
Undersecretary (Comptroller) Robert Hale
General Counsel Jeh Johnson
Networks and Information Integration Robert Williamson
Public Affairs Jennifer Palmieri
(press secretary) Geoff Morrell (holdover)
Legislative Affairs Elizabeth King
Principal Deputy Christian Marrone (holdover)