*** Updated Cabinet census: Here’s our updated list after the Solis and Kirk picks:
-- 8 State Schoolers (Daschle, Vilsack, Chu, Napolitano, Salazar, Gates, Solis, Kirk)
-- 7 Ivy Leaguers (Clinton, Duncan, Geithner, Holder, Donovan, Orszag, Jackson)
-- 5 Raised in the Midwest (Clinton, Daschle, Gates, Duncan, LaHood, Vilsack) Note: This doesn’t include Chu, who was born in Missouri but grew up in New York or Vilsack who can be now considered a "midwesterner" since he had lived in and lives in Iowa, but he grew up in Pennsylvania.
-- 5 Women (Clinton, Napolitano, Solis, Rice, Jackson)
-- 4 Raised in New York (Holder, Donovan, Geithner, Chu -- who grew up on Long Island) Note: This does not include Napolitano who was born in NYC or Clinton who currently lives there.
-- 4 Basketball Players (Duncan, Rice, Holder, Kirk -- who also was a cheerleader in college)
-- 4 African Americans (Holder, Kirk, Rice, Jackson)
-- 3 Hispanics (Salazar, Richardson, Solis)
-- 3 Westerners (Salazar, Richardson, Napolitano -- who was born in NYC but raised in Albuquerque) Note: Solis is from L.A., but is that really a Westerner?
-- 2 Asian Americans (Shinseki, Chu)
-- 2 Republicans (Gates, LaHood)
-- 2 Sitting Senators (Clinton, Salazar)
-- 2 Sitting Governors (Napolitano, Richardson)
-- 2 Raised in the South (Kirk, Jackson -- who was born in Philadelphia, but adopted a few weeks later and grew up in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward)
link Cabinet-levelWhite House Chief of Staff
Rahm Emanuel Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Peter Orszag Secretary of Defense
Robert Gates**
Secretary of Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano Secretary of Commerce
Bill Richardson Secretary of Health and Human Services
Tom Daschle Secretary of Energy
Steven Chu Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan Secretary of Agriculture
Tom Vilsack Trade Representative
Ronald Kirk Secretary of the Treasury
Timothy Geithner Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton Attorney General
Eric Holder Ambassador to the United Nations
Susan Rice Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Eric Shinseki Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Shaun Donovan Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
Lisa Jackson Secretary of the Interior
Ken Salazar Secretary of Transportation
Ray LaHood Secretary of Labor
Hilda Solis Executive Office of the PresidentSenior Adviser to the President, Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs Public Liaison
Valerie Jarrett Senior Adviser to the President
Pete Rouse Deputy White House Chief of Staff
Jim Messina Staff Secretary
Lisa Brown Cabinet Secretary
Chris Lu Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Jackie Norris White House Press Secretary
Robert Gibbs White House Social Secretary, Special Assistant to the President
Desirée Rogers Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (Director of the National Economic Council)
Lawrence Summers Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy (Director of the Domestic Policy Council)
Melody Barnes Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Carol Browner Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Rob Nabors Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Paul Volcker Director of Speechwriting
Jon Favreau Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs National Security Adviser)
James Jones Director of Public Liaison
Christina Tchen Director of White House Office of Health Reform
Tom Daschle Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Heather Zichal Director of Mail and Messenger Operations
Kevin Cariato *
Deputy Director of Mail and Messenger Operations
Alexander Daley *
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Phil Schiliro Deputy White House Chief of Staff
Mona Sutphen Senior Adviser to the President
David Axelrod White House Counsel
Greg Craig Director of the Office of Political Affairs
Patrick Gaspard Assistant to the President for Communications (White House Director of Communications)
Ellen Moran Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications (Deputy White House Director of Communications)
Dan Pfeiffer Deputy Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Melissa Winter Director of the Council of Economic Advisers
Christina Romer Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy (Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council)
Heather Higginbottom White House Director of Scheduling and Advance
Alyssa Mastromonaco Staff Director and Chief Economist of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory, Board Member of the Council of Economic Advisers
Austan Goolsbee Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Cecilia Muñoz Director of the White House Military Office
Louis Caldera Chief of Staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations, Public Liaison
Michael Strautmanis Deputy Director of White House Office of Health Reform
Jeanne Lambrew Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality
Nancy Sutley Director of White House Office of Urban Policy
Adolfo Carrion*
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
John P. Holdren*
Office of the Vice PresidentChief of Staff to the Vice President
Ron Klain Counsel to the Vice President
Cynthia Hogan Counselor to the Vice President
Mike Donilon Assistant to the Vice President for Intergovernmental Affairs Public Liaison
Evan Ryan Assistant to the Vice President, Director of Communications
Jay Carney Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President
Annie Tomasini Chief of Staff to the Second Lady
Catherine Russell Director of Administration for the Office of the Vice President
Moe Vela Domestic Policy Adviser to the Vice President
Terrell McSweeny Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President
Jared Bernstein Press Secretary to the Vice President
Elizabeth Alexander OtherChair of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Mary Schapiro Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Daniel Tarullo Surgeon General
Gail Rosseau *
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere
Jane Lubchenco *
Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Gary Gensler Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Karen Mills Director of National Intelligence
Dennis Blair*
Deputy Secretary of State
James Steinberg*
*
Although identified by sources to the press, selection awaits official announcement by the Office of the President-elect **
Gates has been Defense Secretary since 2006 and therefore does not need reconfirmation. link
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