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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
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. The deputy chief of staff usually has an office in the West Wing and is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the
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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. In the Biden administration, there are two current deputy chiefs of staff: *
Jen O'Malley Dillon Jennifer Brigid O'Malley Dillon (born September 28, 1976) is an American political strategist and campaign manager serving as the White House deputy chief of staff under President Joe Biden. She was the manager of Biden's 2020 presidential campa ...
, Deputy Chief of Staff * Bruce Reed, Deputy Chief of Staff Six deputy chiefs of staff were subsequently promoted to become chief of staff:
Dick Cheney Richard Bruce Cheney ( ; born January 30, 1941) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He is currently the oldest living former ...
, Ken Duberstein, Andrew Card,
Erskine Bowles Erskine Boyce Bowles (born August 8, 1945) is an American businessman and political figure from North Carolina. He served from 2005 to 2010 as the president of the University of North Carolina system. In 1997–98 he served as White House C ...
,
John Podesta John David Podesta Jr. (born January 8, 1949) is an American political consultant who has served as Senior Advisor to President Joe Biden for clean energy innovation and implementation since September 2022. Podesta previously served as Whit ...
, and Joshua Bolten.


List of White House deputy chiefs of staff

* Ford administration **
Dick Cheney Richard Bruce Cheney ( ; born January 30, 1941) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President George W. Bush. He is currently the oldest living former ...
, Deputy Chief of Staff *
Carter administration Jimmy Carter's tenure as the 39th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1977, and ended on January 20, 1981. A  Democrat from Georgia, Carter took office after defeating incumbent Republican Preside ...
** Landon Butler, Deputy Chief of Staffhttps://www.whitehousetransitionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/WHTP2021-20-Chief-of-Staff.pdf ** William G. Simpson, Deputy Chief of Staff * Reagan administration ** Michael Deaver, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1981–1985 **
Kenneth Duberstein Kenneth Marc Duberstein (April 21, 1944 – March 2, 2022) was an American lobbyist who served as U.S. President Ronald Reagan's White House Chief of Staff from 1988 to 1989. Early life and education Duberstein was born to a Jewish family in Br ...
, 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 William Henson Moore III (born October 4, 1939) is an American attorney and businessman who is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, having represented Louisiana's 6th congressional district, based about Baton Rouge, from 1975 to ...
, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1992 ** Robert Zoellick, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1992–1993 *
Clinton administration Bill Clinton's tenure as the 42nd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1993, and ended on January 20, 2001. Clinton, a Democrat from Arkansas, took office following a decisive election victory over ...
** Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations ***
Philip Lader Philip Lader, is a former US Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s and former Chairman of WPP plc, the global advertising/communications services firm (including Ogilvy & Mather, J. Walter Thompson, Young & Rubicam, Grey, Hill & Knowlton, B ...
, 1993–1994 ***
Erskine Bowles Erskine Boyce Bowles (born August 8, 1945) is an American businessman and political figure from North Carolina. He served from 2005 to 2010 as the president of the University of North Carolina system. In 1997–98 he served as White House C ...
, 1994–1996 *** Evelyn S. Lieberman, 1996 ***
John Podesta John David Podesta Jr. (born January 8, 1949) is an American political consultant who has served as Senior Advisor to President Joe Biden for clean energy innovation and implementation since September 2022. Podesta previously served as Whit ...
, 1997–1998 *** Steve Ricchetti, 1998–2001 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy ***
Mark Gearan Mark Daniel Gearan (born September 19, 1956) is a public servant, lawyer, higher education expert, and the director of the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics. From 1999 to 2017, Gearan was the president of Hobart and William Smith Colleg ...
, 1993 ***
Roy Neel Roy M. Neel (born 1948/1949) is a Democratic Party operative who served as a top assistant to Vice President Al Gore and President Bill Clinton. Biography Raised in Smyrna, Tennessee, Neel joined the United States Navy and served a tour of dut ...
, 1993 ***
Harold M. Ickes Harold McEwen Ickes (; born September 4, 1939) is the former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton. He was a leading figure in the Clinton administration's healthcare reform initiative. Ickes is the son of Harold L. Icke ...
, 1993–1996 *** Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 1997–1998 ***
Maria Echaveste Maria Echaveste (born May 31, 1954) is a former U.S. presidential advisor to Bill Clinton and White House Deputy Chief of Staff during the second Clinton administration.
, 1998–2001 * George W. Bush administration ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations ***
Joe Hagin Joseph Whitehouse Hagin II (born January 6, 1956) is an American political aide who served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2018, a role he also served in for President George W. Bush fro ...
, 2001–2008 ***
Blake Gottesman Blake Lanier Gottesman (born March 6, 1980) served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff to former U.S. President George W. Bush, becoming, at age 28, the youngest member of the Bush senior staff. He previously served in the Bush administration as ...
, 2008–2009 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy *** Joshua Bolten, 2001–2003 *** Harriet Miers, 2003–2005 *** Karl Rove, 2005–2007 ***
Joel Kaplan Joel David Kaplan (born 1969) is an American political advisor and former lobbyist working as Facebook's vice president of global public policy. Previously, he served eight years in the George W. Bush administration. After leaving the Bush admin ...
, 2006–2009 *
Obama administration Barack Obama's tenure as the 44th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2009, and ended on January 20, 2017. A Democrat from Illinois, Obama took office following a decisive victory over Republican ...
** 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 Robert Lee Nabors II (; born March 27, 1971) was the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from 2014 to 2016. He previously served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and several other senior roles in the Obama Wh ...
, 2013–2015 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning *** Mark B. Childress, 2012–2014 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Implementation *** Kristie Canegallo, 2014–2017 *
Trump administration Donald Trump's tenure as the List of presidents of the United States, 45th president of the United States began with Inauguration of Donald Trump, his inauguration on January 20, 2017, and ended on January 20, 2021. Trump, a Republican Party ...
** Principal Deputy Chief of Staff *** Katie Walsh, 2017 (Implementation) *** Kirstjen Nielsen, 2017 *** Jim Carroll, 2017–2018 *** Zachary Fuentes, 2018–2019 *** Emma Doyle, 2019–2020 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations ***
Joe Hagin Joseph Whitehouse Hagin II (born January 6, 1956) is an American political aide who served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2018, a role he also served in for President George W. Bush fro ...
, 2017–2018 *** Dan Walsh, 2018–2019 *** Anthony M. Ornato, 2019–2021 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy ***
Rick Dearborn Ricky "Rick" Allen Dearborn (born July 19, 1965) is an American government official and lobbyist who served as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Intergovernmental Affairs and Implementation in the administration of U.S. Presi ...
, 2017–2018 ***
Chris Liddell Christopher Pell Liddell (born 24 April 1958) is a New Zealand-American businessperson who served as Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft, the Vice Chairman of General Motors, Senior Vice President and CFO of International Paper, Director and ...
, 2018–2021 ** Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications ***
Bill Shine William Shine (born July 4, 1963) is a former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. He spent most of his career as a producer and executive at Fox News. Most recently, he w ...
, 2018–2019 *** Dan Scavino, 2020–2021 * Biden administration **
Jen O'Malley Dillon Jennifer Brigid O'Malley Dillon (born September 28, 1976) is an American political strategist and campaign manager serving as the White House deputy chief of staff under President Joe Biden. She was the manager of Biden's 2020 presidential campa ...
, 2021–present ** Bruce Reed, 2021–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
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in the fictional Bartlet administration and Sam Seaborn in the fictional Santos administration. * Chad Lowe portrayed White House deputy chief of staff
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, serving under White House chief of staff
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and President
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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.''


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