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 them. In all recent administrations, there have been multiple deputy chiefs with different duties.
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Current Deputy Chiefs of Staff
In the second Trump administration, there are five deputy chiefs of staff:
Dan Scavino, deputy chief of staff
Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff for policy
James Blair, deputy chief of staff for legislative, political, and public affairs
Nick Luna, deputy chief of staff for strategic implementation
Beau Harrison, deputy chief of staff for operations
List of past White House deputy chiefs of staff
Ford, Carter, Reagan & H.W. Bush administrations
Ford administration
Dick Cheney, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1974-1975
Carter administration
Landon Butler, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1977-1981
William G. Simpson, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1979-1981
Reagan administration
Michael Deaver, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1981–1985
Kenneth Duberstein, 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, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1992
Robert Zoellick, Deputy Chief of Staff, 1992–1993
Clinton administration
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
Philip Lader, 1993–1994
Erskine Bowles, 1994–1996
Evelyn S. Lieberman, 1996
John Podesta, 1997–1998
Steve Ricchetti, 1998–2001
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
Mark Gearan, 1993
Roy Neel, 1993
Harold M. Ickes, 1993–1997
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, 1997–1998
Maria Echaveste, 1998–2001
George W. Bush administration
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
Joe Hagin, 2001–2008
Blake Gottesman, 2008–2009
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
Joshua Bolten, 2001–2003
Harriet Miers, 2003–2005
Karl Rove, 2005–2007
Joel Kaplan, 2006–2009
Obama administration
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, 2013–2015
Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning
Mark B. Childress, 2012–2014
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Implementation
Kristie Canegallo, 2014–2017
First Trump administration (2017–2021)
Principal Deputy Chief of Staff
Kirstjen Nielsen, 2017
Jim Carroll, 2017–2018
Zachary Fuentes, 2018–2019
Emma Doyle, 2019–2020
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
Joe Hagin, 2017–2018
Dan Walsh, 2018–2019
Anthony M. Ornato, 2019–2021
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
Rick Dearborn, 2017–2018
Chris Liddell, 2018–2021
Deputy Chief of Staff for Implementation
Katie Walsh, 2017
Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications
Bill Shine, 2018–2019
Dan Scavino, 2020–2021
Biden administration (2021–2025)
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
Jen O'Malley Dillon, 2021–2024
Annie Tomasini, 2024–2025
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
Bruce Reed, 2021–2025
Deputy Chief of Staff for Implementation
Natalie Quillian, 2023–2025
Second Trump administration (2025–present)
Deputy Chief of Staff
Dan Scavino, 2025–present
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
Stephen Miller, 2025–present
Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Political and Public Affairs
James Blair, 2025
Richard Walters, 2026–present (acting)
Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Personnel
Taylor Budowich, 2025
Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Implementation
Nick Luna, 2025–present
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
Beau Harrison, 2025–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 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 the White House deputy chief of staff before being promoted to White House chief of staff in the ABC political drama series Designated Survivor.
Kristen Connolly portrayed White House deputy chief of staff Christina Gallagher in House of Cards.