White House Deputy Chief of Staff

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 President of the United States. The Deputy Chief of Staff usually has an office in the West Wing and is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the White House bureaucracy, as well as such other duties as the Chief of Staff assigns to him or her. In some administrations, there are multiple deputy chiefs with different duties.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff
Incumbent
Dan Scavino, Chris Liddell, Tony Ornato
since April 21, 2020
Executive Office of the President
White House Office
Reports toWhite House Chief of Staff
AppointerThe President
Websitewww.whitehouse.gov

In the Trump administration, there are three current Deputy Chiefs of Staff:

  • Chris Liddell, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Coordination
  • Tony Ornato, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
  • Dan Scavino, Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications

Six deputy chiefs of staff were subsequently promoted to become chief of staff: Dick Cheney, Ken Duberstein, Andrew Card, Erskine Bowles, John Podesta, and Joshua Bolten.

List of White House Deputy Chiefs of Staff
  • In the NBC television drama The West Wing, the position of White House Deputy Chief of Staff (For Strategic Planning) was held by Josh Lyman in the fictional Bartlet administration and Sam Seaborn in the fictional Santos administration.
  • Chad Lowe portrayed White House Deputy Chief of Staff Reed Pollock, serving under White House Chief of Staff Tom Lennox and President Wayne Palmer on the television drama 24.
  • Adan Canto portrayed White House Deputy Chief of Staff before being promoted White House Chief of Staff in the ABC political drama series Designated Survivor.

Notes
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  9. Restuccia, Andrew; Johnson, Eliana (March 19, 2018). "Kelly taps Kushner ally Chris Liddell as deputy chief for policy". Politico.
  10. Klein, Betsy; Collins, Kaitlan; Acosta, Jim (8 March 2019). "Ex-Fox News executive Bill Shine out at the White House". CNN. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
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