Council on Foreign Relations Members in the Barack Obama Administration (January 20, 2009-present) Cabinet and White House Staff: John Forbes Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State (2013-present) Chuck Hagel, U.S. Secretary of Defense (2013-present) Jacob J. Lew, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (2013-present); Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2010-2012); White House Chief of Staff (2012-2013) Robert M. Gates, U.S. Secretary of Defense (2006-2011) Timothy F. Geithner, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (2009-2013) Janet Napolitano, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (2009-2013) Jeh Charles Johnson, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (2013-present) (Gen.) Eric Shinseki, U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2009-present) John E. Bryson, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (2011-2012) Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (2013-present) Ernest J. Moniz, U.S. Secretary of Energy (2013-present) (Gen.) James L. Jones Jr., National Security Advisor (2009-2010) Thomas E. Donilon, National Security Advisor (2010-2013); Deputy National Security Advisor (2009-2010) Susan E. Rice, National Security Advisor (2013-present) Antony John Blinken – Deputy National Security Advisor (2013-present) David C. Gompert – Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (2009-2011) Lisa O. Monaco – United States Homeland Security Advisor (2013-present); Assistant U.S. Attorney General for National Security (2011-2013) William M. Daley – White House Chief of Staff (2011-2012) Mona Sutphen – White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy (2009-2011) Lawrence H. Summers – Director of National Economic Council (2009-2011) Gene B. Sperling – Director of National Economic Council (2011-2014); Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury (2009-2011) Diana Farrell – Deputy Director of National Economic Council and Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (2009-2011) Michael B.G. Froman – Dep. Assistant to the President for National Security and Economic Policy (2009-2013); U.S. Trade Rep. (2013-pres.) Louis E. Caldera – Director of White House Military Office (2009) Peter R. Orszag – Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2009-2010) Sylvia Mathews Burwell – Director of Office of Management and Budget (2013-present) Gen. David H. Petraeus – Director of Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012) Stephen W. Preston – General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency (2009-2013); General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Defense (2013-present) Michael E. Leiter – Director of the United States National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) (2007-2011) Miriam Sapiro – Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (2009-present) Claire Reade – Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for China Affairs (2009-present) Peter F. Cowhey – Senior Counselor to the U.S. Trade Representative (2009-present) Mariano-Florentino Cuellar – Special Assistant to the President for Justice and Regulatory Policy (2009-2010) David L. Boren – Co-Chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (2009-2013) Chuck Hagel – Co-Chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (2009-2013) Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall – Spec. Asst. to the President and National Security Council Senior Director for European Affairs (2009-pres.) Michael McFaul – Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Director for Russian Affairs (2009-2011) *Michelle D. Gavin – Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Director for African Affairs (2009-2011) Puneet Talwar – Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Director for the Gulf States, Iran and Iraq (2009-pres.) Jason Bordoff – Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change (2009-2013) John P. Holdren – Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (2009-present) *Nancy-Ann Min DeParle – Director, White House Office of Health Reform (2009-2011); White House Dep. Chief of Staff for Policy (2011-13) Economic Recovery Advisory Board (not an official agency within the Federal Government): Paul A. Volcker – Chairman; William H. Donaldson – Member; Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. – Member; Penny Pritzker – Member James W. Owens – Member; Monica C. Lozano – Member; Laura D’Andrea Tyson – Member; Martin Feldstein – Member U.S. Department of State: John Forbes Kerry – U.S. Secretary of State (2013-present) James B. Steinberg – Deputy U.S. Secretary of State (2009-2011) William J. Burns – Deputy U.S. Secretary of State (2011-present); Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2008-2011) Jacob J. Lew – Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources (2009-2010) Thomas R. Nides – Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources (2011-2013) Wendy R. Sherman – Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2011-present) Maria Otero – Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs (2009-2013) Ellen O. Tauscher – Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (2009-2012); Special Envoy for Strategic Stability and Missile Defense (2012-2013) Robert D. Hormats – Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment (2009-2013) Tara D. Sonenshine – Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (2012-2013) Richard Stengel – Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (2014-present) Sarah Sewall – Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights (2014-present) Esther Brimmer – Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (2009-2013) Philip H. Gordon – Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs (2009-2013) *Jeffrey D. Feltman – Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (2009-2012) Kurt Campbell – Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2009-2013) Johnnie Carson – Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (2009-2013) Reuben E. Brigety II – Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (2011-2013); Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (2009-2011); U.S. Representative to the African Union (2013-present) Arturo Valenzuela – Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (2009-2011) Roberta S. Jacobson – Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs (2012-present) Andrew J. Shapiro – Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs (2009-2013) Michael H. Posner – Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2009-2013) Jose W. Fernandez – Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (2009-2013) Rose E. Gottemoeller – Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (2009-present); Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs [Acting] (2012-present) Eric Paul Schwartz – Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration (2009-2011) Anne C. Richard – Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (2012-present) Kerri-Ann Jones – Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (2009-present) Anne-Marie Slaughter – Director of Policy Planning Staff (2009-2011) David McKean – Director of Policy Planning Staff (2013-present) Derek Chollet – Principal Deputy Director of Policy Planning Staff (2009-2011) Bathsheba N. Crocker – Principal Deputy Director of Policy Planning Staff (2011-present) Susan E. Rice – U.S. Representative to the United Nations (2009-2013) Ivo H. Daalder – U.S. Representative to NATO (2009-2013) (Lt. Gen.) Douglas E. Lute – U.S. Representative to NATO (2013-present) Cameron R. Hume – U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia (2007-2010) James Franklin Jeffrey – U.S. Ambassador to Turkey (2008-2010); U.S. Ambassador to Iraq (2010-2012) James B. Cunningham – U.S. Ambassador to Israel (2008-2011); U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (2012-present) Tatiana C. Gfoeller – U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan (2008-2011) Eric G. John – U.S. Ambassador to Thailand (2008-2010) *Jon M. Huntsman Jr. – U.S. Ambassador to Communist China (2009-2011) Carlos E. Pascual – U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (2009-2011) (Lt. Gen.) Karl W. Eikenberry – U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (2009-2011) Jeffrey L. Bleich – U.S. Ambassador to Australia (2009-2013) Lee A. Feinstein – U.S. Ambassador to Poland (2009-2012) Laurie S. Fulton – U.S. Ambassador to Denmark (2009-2013) *Vilma S. Martinez – U.S. Ambassador to Argentina (2009-2013) Mari Carmen Aponte – U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador (2010-present) Raul H. Yzaguirre – U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic (2010-2013) *Michelle D. Gavin – U.S. Ambassador to Botswana (2011-present) Ryan C. Crocker – U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (2011-2012) Mark F. Brzezinski – U.S. Ambassador to Sweden (2011-present) Michael McFaul – U.S. Ambassador to Russia (2012-2014) Nancy Jo Powell – U.S. Ambassador to India (2012-present); Director General of U.S. Foreign Service (2009-2012) Gina K. Abercrombie-Winstanley – U.S. Ambassador to Malta (2012-present) Caroline Kennedy – U.S. Ambassador to Japan (2013-present) Stephen W. Bosworth – Special Representative for North Korea Policy (2009-2011) Farah Pandith – Special Representative to Muslim Communities (2009-present) Elizabeth Frawley Bagley – Special Representative for Global Partnerships (2009-2010); Special Advisor for Secretary Initiatives (2010-pres.) Barbara Shailor – Special Representative for International