90 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE

THE VICE PRESIDENT

Article II, section I, of the Constitution provides that the President ‘‘shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years ... together with the Vice President ... .’’ In addition to his role as President of the Senate, the Vice President is empowered to succeed to the Presidency, pursuant to Article II and the 20th and 25th amendments to the Constitution. The executive functions of the Vice President include participation in Cabinet meetings and, by statute, membership on the National Security Council and the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

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 Office 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 Office and defined their functions. Subsequently, Presidents have used Executive orders, reorganization plans, and legislative initiatives to reorganize the Executive Office to make its composition compatible with the goals of their administrations.

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Chief of Staff to the President ERSKINE B. BOWLES Assistants to the President and Deputy Chiefs SYLVIA M. MATHEWS, JOHN D. of Staff PODESTA Assistant to the President and Cabinet KITTY HIGGINS Secretary Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to VICTORIA RADD the Chief of Staff Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to MELANNE VERVEER the First Lady Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel BRUCE LINDSEY to the President Assistant to the President and Director of Communications Assistant to the President and Director of MICKEY IBARRA Intergovernmental Affairs Assistant to the President and Director of CRAIG T. SMITH Political Affairs Assistant to the President and Director of BOB NASH Presidential Personnel Assistant to the President and Director of MARIA ECHAVESTE Public Liaison Assistant to the President and Director of STEPHANIE STREETT Scheduling EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 91

Assistant to the President and Director of MICHAEL A. WALDMAN Speechwriting Assistant to the President and Director of DONALD BAER Strategic Planning Assistant to the President and Press Secretary MICHAEL MCCURRY Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary TODD STERN Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy BRUCE N. REED and Director of the Domestic Policy Council Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council Assistant to the President for International DANIEL K. TARULLO Economic Affairs Assistant to the President for Management and JODIE R. TORKELSON Administration Assistant to the President for National Security SAMUEL R. BERGER Affairs Counsel to the President CHARLES F. RUFF Counselor to the President DOUGLAS B. SOSNIK Counselor to the President and Special Envoy THOMAS F. MCLARTY III for the Americas Senior Advisor to the President and Director of JOHN HILLEY Legislative Affairs Senior Advisor to the President for Policy and RAHM I. EMANUEL Strategy and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Policy Senior Advisor to the President for Policy IRA MAGAZINER Development Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of MARSHA SCOTT Staff for Presidential Personnel Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy STEPHEN B. SILVERMAN Cabinet Secretary Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy ELLEN LOVELL Chief of Staff to the First Lady Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy CHERYL MILLS Counsel to the President Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy SUSAN A. BROPHY Director of Legislative Affairs Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy PATSY L. THOMASSON Director of Presidential Personnel Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy JAMES TERRY EDMONDS Director of Speechwriting Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy LORRAINE MCHUGH WYTKIND Press Secretary for Media Affairs and Operations Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy PHILLIP M. CAPLAN Staff Secretary Deputy Assistant to the President and Director DAN K. ROSENTHAL of Advance Deputy Assistant to the President and Director MARSHA BERRY of Communications Deputy Assistant to the President and Director NANCY HERNREICH of 92 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL

Deputy Assistant to the President and Director ALAN SULLIVAN of the White House Military Office Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic ELENA KAGAN Policy Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic KATHLEEN M. WALLMAN Policy and Chief of Staff and Counselor to the National Economic Council Deputy Assistant to the President for Health CHRISTOPHER C. JENNINGS Policy Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative ALPHONSO MALDON Affairs Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative JANET MURGUIA Affairs (House) Deputy Assistant to the President for National DONALD L. KERRICK Security Affairs Deputy Assistants to the President and Deputy EMILY BROMBERG, LYNN CUTLER,F Directors of Intergovernmental Affairs RED DUVAL Deputy Assistants to the President and Deputy MINYON MOORE, KAREN SKELTON Directors of Political Affairs Deputy Assistants to the President and Deputy ROBERT B. JOHNSON, DORIS O. Directors of Public Liaison MATSUI Deputy National Security Advisor and Deputy JAMES B. STEINBERG Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Special Assistant to the President and Deputy JENNIFER PALMIERI Director of Scheduling Special Assistant to the President and Director KELLY CRAIGHEAD of Advance for the First Lady Special Assistant to the President and Director JAMES A. DORSKIND of Correspondence and Presidential Messages Special Assistant to the President and Director CAROLYN HUBER of Personal Correspondence Special Assistant to the President and Director ANNE M. EDWARDS of Press Advance Special Assistant to the President and Director PATRICIA SOLIS DOYLE of Scheduling for the First Lady Special Assistant to the President and Director ANN F. WALKER of Special Projects Special Assistant to the President and Director MICHAEL D. MALONE of White House Operations Special Assistant to the President and Director, MELINDA BATES Visitors Office Special Assistant to the President and ALISON MUSCATINE Presidential Speechwriter Special Assistant to the President and Press NEEL LATTIMORE Secretary to the First Lady Special Assistant to the President and Records JANIS F. KEARNEY Manager Special Assistant to the President and Senior RICHARD SOCARIDES Advisor for Public Liaison Special Assistant to the President and Senior D. VANESSA WEAVER Advisor to the Director of Presidential Personnel EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 93

Special Assistant to the President and Social ANN STOCK Secretary Special Assistant to the President for ELI ATTIE Communications Special Assistant to the President for Domestic CYNTHIA RICE Policy Special Assistant to the President for Legislative DONALD F. GOLDBERG Affairs Special Assistant to the President for Legislative JEFFREY FORBES Affairs and Staff Director Special Assistant to the President for Policy THOMAS FREEDMAN Planning Special Assistant to the President for Political LINDA L. MOORE Affairs Special Assistant to the President for Public CHERYL M. CARTER Liaison and Staff Director Special Assistants to the President and MARIE TERESE DOMINGUEZ,C Associate Directors of Presidential HARLES DUNCAN, THOMAS SHEA Personnel Special Assistants to the President and MARILYN DIGIACOBBE, JAY FOOTLIK,D Associate Directors of Public Liaison ANIEL WEXLER Special Assistants to the President and Deputy CATHERINE A. CORNELIUS,C Directors of Presidential Advance HRISTOPHER WAYNE Special Assistants to the President and Deputy JOSEPH LOCKHART, BARRY J. TOIV Press Secretaries Special Assistants to the President and Senior CAROLYN CURIEL, DAVID SHIPLEY Presidential Speechwriters Special Assistants to the President for Cabinet KRIS M. BALDERSTON, ANNE E. Affairs MCGUIRE Special Assistants to the President for ANANIAS BLOCKER, PETER JACOBY,D Legislative Affairs (House) ANIEL TATE, LUCIA WYMAN Special Assistants to the President for PAUL CAREY, BARBARA CHOW,T Legislative Affairs (Senate) RACEY THORNTON Associate Counsels to the President VIRGINIA CANTER, DAWN CHIRWA,P ETER C. ERICHSEN, MICHAEL IMBROSCIO, WILLIAM P. MARSHALL, DIMITRI NIONAKIS,M ICHELLE PETERSON, KAREN POPP, KARL RACINE, ROBERT W. SCHROEDER Senior Counsel ROBERT WEINER Special Associate Counsels to the President ADAM GOLDBERG, SALLY PAXTON,J ONATHAN YAROWSKY Special Counsels to the President LANNY BREUER, LANNY DAVIS,M ICHAEL WAITZKIN

The serves the President in the performance of the many detailed activities incident to his immediate office.

The staff of the President facilitates and The various Assistants to the President maintains communication with the assist the President in such matters as he Congress, the individual Members of the may direct. Congress, the heads of executive agencies, the press and other information media, and the general public.