High-Level Presidential Appointments

High-Level Staff in the Executive Office of the President

CAWP includes women who hold senior staff positions in the Executive Office of the President (EOP), including: (1) women who head top-tier entities (offices and councils) in the EOP that are not designated as cabinet-level; (2) women who head top-tier entities (offices and councils) in the White House Office; (3) women serving as Senior Advisors and Counselors to the President; and (4) women who serve as Coordinators of or top-level Advisors to White House initiatives. We do not include deputy-level posts or staff positions other than Chiefs of Staff in the Office of the Vice President and the Office of the First Lady.

Kate Bedingfield, White House Communications Director
Anne Filipic, Director of Management and Administration
Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Press Secretary
Krystal Ka’ai, Executive Director of White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders
Shanthi Kalathil, Coordinator for Democracy and Human Rights
Jennifer Klein, Co-Chair of the White House Gender Policy Council
Keisha Lance Bottoms, Senior Advisor for Public Engagement
Brenda Mallory, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality 
Gina McCarthy, National Climate Advisor
Alondra Nelson, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Susan Rice, Director of the Domestic Policy Council
Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President
Emmy Ruiz, Director of Political Strategy and Outreach
Evan Ryan, Cabinet Secretary
Neera Tanden, Staff Secretary and Senior Adviser to the President
Louisa Terrell, Director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs
Annie Thomasini, Director of Oval Office Operations
Lorraine Voles, Chief of Staff to the Vice President