White House Cabinet Secretary

Summary

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]

White House Cabinet Secretary
Incumbent
Evan Ryan
since January 20, 2021
White House Office
Salary$173,922 Annually[1]

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 edit

Image Name Start End President
  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 edit

  1. ^ "White House Salaries". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 13 August 2015 – via National Archives.
  2. ^ a b "Executive Office of the President". The White House. The White House. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ^ Hennessey, Keith. "Working in the West Wing: Senior Staff". Keith Hennessey. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  4. ^ a b "White House Author". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 13 August 2015 – via National Archives.
  5. ^ "White House Author". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 13 August 2015 – via National Archives.
  6. ^ "White House Author". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 13 August 2015 – via National Archives.
  7. ^ Korte, Gregory (July 1, 2014). "22 White House staffers make $172,200 a year". USA Today. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum". www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
  9. ^ "Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum". www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  10. ^ "Jack H. Watson, Jr. Oral History". Miller Center. 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2021-06-29.