White House Cabinet Secretary
White House Cabinet Secretary | |
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Incumbent Evan Ryan since January 20, 2021 | |
White House Office | |
Salary | $173,922 Annually[1] |
The White House cabinet secretary is a high-ranking position within the Executive Office of the President of the United States.[2] The White House cabinet secretary is the head of the Office of Cabinet Affairs (OCA) within the White House Office[2] and the primary liaison between the president of the United States and the Cabinet departments and agencies. The position is usually held by a White House commissioned officer,[3] traditionally either a deputy assistant to the president or an assistant to the president.[4][5][6]
According to the White House website, the cabinet secretary helps "to coordinate policy and communications strategy" and plays "a critical role in managing the flow of information between the White House and the federal departments and in representing the interests of the Cabinet to the White House."[4]
The White House cabinet secretary is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the president; the position does not require Senate confirmation. The White House cabinet secretary is among the twenty-two highest paid positions in the White House.[7] The current White House cabinet secretary is Evan Ryan.
List of cabinet secretaries
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Image | Name | Start | End | President | |
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Max Rabb | October 1953 | May 19, 1958 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
Bob Gray | May 19, 1958 | January 20, 1961 | |||
Fred Dutton | January 20, 1961 | December 4, 1961 | John F. Kennedy | ||
Unknown | December 4, 1961 | November 22, 1963 | |||
Horace Busby | November 22, 1963 | September 15, 1965 | Lyndon B. Johnson | ||
Unknown | September 15, 1965 | March 31, 1966 | |||
Bob Kintner | March 31, 1966 | June 14, 1967 | |||
Unknown | June 14, 1967 | January 20, 1969 | |||
John Whitaker | January 20, 1969 | November 4, 1969 | Richard Nixon | ||
Alexander Butterfield Acting | November 4, 1969 | August 9, 1974 | |||
Warren Rustand[8] | August 9, 1974 | January 5, 1975 | Gerald Ford | ||
Jim Connor[9] | January 5, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | |||
Jack Watson[10] | January 20, 1977 | June 11, 1980 | Jimmy Carter | ||
Gene Eidenberg | June 11, 1980 | January 20, 1981 | |||
Craig Fuller | September 14, 1981 | January 30, 1985 | Ronald Reagan | ||
Alfred Kingon | January 30, 1985 | February 18, 1987 | |||
Nancy Risque | February 18, 1987 | January 20, 1989 | |||
Phillip Brady | January 20, 1989 | June 26, 1989 | George H. W. Bush | ||
Steve Danzansky | June 26, 1989 | April 20, 1991 | |||
Gary Blumenthal | June 10, 1991 | September 10, 1992 | |||
Daniel Casse | September 10, 1992 | January 20, 1993 | |||
Christine Varney | January 20, 1993 | October 14, 1994 | Bill Clinton | ||
Kitty Higgins | January 26, 1995 | February 7, 1997 | |||
Thurgood Marshall Jr. | February 7, 1997 | January 20, 2001 | |||
Albert Hawkins | January 20, 2001 | January 2003 | George W. Bush | ||
Brian Montgomery | January 2003 | February 24, 2005 | |||
Heidi Smith | February 24, 2005 | 2006 | |||
Neal Burnham Acting | 2006 | August 9, 2006 | |||
Ross Kyle | August 9, 2006 Acting: August 9, 2006 – November 3, 2006 | January 20, 2009 | |||
Chris Lu | January 20, 2009 | January 25, 2013 | Barack Obama | ||
Danielle Gray | January 25, 2013 | January 13, 2014 | |||
Broderick Johnson | January 13, 2014 | January 20, 2017 | |||
Bill McGinley | January 20, 2017 | July 19, 2019 | Donald Trump | ||
Matthew Flynn Acting | July 19, 2019 | September 24, 2019 | |||
Kristan King Nevins | September 24, 2019 | January 20, 2021 | |||
Evan Ryan | January 20, 2021 | present | Joe Biden |
References
- ^ "White House Salaries". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 13 August 2015 – via National Archives.
- ^ a b "Executive Office of the President". The White House. The White House. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ Hennessey, Keith. "Working in the West Wing: Senior Staff". Keith Hennessey. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
- ^ a b "White House Author". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 13 August 2015 – via National Archives.
- ^ "White House Author". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 13 August 2015 – via National Archives.
- ^ "White House Author". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 13 August 2015 – via National Archives.
- ^ Korte, Gregory (July 1, 2014). "22 White House staffers make $172,200 a year". USA Today. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum". www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- ^ "Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum". www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- ^ "Jack H. Watson, Jr. Oral History". Miller Center. 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
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