White House Office

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82 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Under authority of the Reorganization

Act of 1939 (5 U.S.C. 133–133r, 133t

note), various agencies were transferred

to the Executive Off‌i ce of the President

by the President’s Reorganization Plans I

and II of 1939 (5 U.S.C. app.), effective

July 1, 1939. Executive Order 8248

of September 8, 1939, established the

divisions of the Executive Off‌i ce and

def‌i ned their functions. Subsequently,

Presidents have used Executive orders,

reorganization plans, and legislative

initiatives to reorganize the Executive

Off‌i ce to make its composition

compatible with the goals of their

administrations.

White House Off‌i ce

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20500

Phone, 202–456–1414. Internet, http://www.whitehouse.gov.

Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff DENIS R. MCDONOUGH

Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of

Staff for Operations

ALYSSA M. MASTROMONACO

Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of

Staff for Policy

ROBERT NABORS

Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President

for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public

Engagement

VALERIE B. JARRETT

Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser DANIEL H. PFEIFFER

Counselor to the President PETER M. ROUSE

Assistant to the President and National Security

Adviser

SUSAN E. RICE

Assistant to the President and Deputy National

Security Adviser

ANTONY J. BLINKEN

Assistant to the President for Homeland Security

and Counterterrorism

LISA O. MONACO

Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary CHRISTOPHER P. LU

Assistant to the President and Counsel to the

President

KATHRYN H. RUEMMLER

Assistant to the President and Director, Off‌i ce of

Legislative Affairs

MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ

Assistant to the President and Director of

Speechwriting

CODY S. KEENAN

Assistant to the President and Press Secretary JAMES F. CARNEY

Assistant to the President for Management and

Administration

KATY A. KALE

Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to

the First Lady

CHRISTINA M. TCHEN

The White House Off‌i ce serves the President in the performance of the many detailed

activities incident to his immediate off‌i ce.

The President’s staff facilitates and

maintains communication with the

Congress, the heads of executive

agencies, the press and other information

media, and the general public. The

various Assistants to the President aid

the President in such matters as he may

direct.