Senior Advisor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the

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. White House senior advisors are senior members of the

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. The title has been formally used since 1993.

Responsibilities

Over time, a senior advisor has had responsibility for the following groups: Current departments (headed by a senior advisor) *

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(''Julie Rodriguez'') *

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(''Keisha Lance Bottoms'') * American Rescue Plan Coordination aka

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Relief Plan (''Gene Sperling'') * Infrastructure Implementation Coordination (''Mitch Landrieu'') * United States Digital Services (''Neera Tanden'') * Climate and Clean Energy Innovation & Implementation (''John Podesta'')
Past departments (previously headed by a senior advisor in past administrations) *

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Prior administrations

In prior administrations before 1993, the position of "

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" was a title used for various other purposes. Numerous examples of the position also exist throughout the executive departments and in the branch's

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. For example, the

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includes a position with the title Senior Advisor for Science; the

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has a position with the title Senior Advisor for

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List of senior advisors to the president

Senior advisors to
President Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again f ...

Senior advisors to
President George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...

Senior advisors to
President Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Obama was the first Af ...

Senior advisors to
President Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...

Senior advisors to President Joe Biden

List of advisors to the president

Notes

Explanatory footnotes

References

{{EOP agencies Executive Office of the President of the United States White House Office United States presidential advisors 1993 establishments in Washington, D.C.