Holdovers from previous administrations in the Trump administration

This is a list of holdovers from previous administrations who served during at least part of the Trump administration.

Holdovers from previous administrations

Office

Incumbent

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Appointed By

Executive Office of the President


White House Chief Usher

Angella Reid

October 4, 2011 – May 5, 2017

Barack Obama

Department of Commerce


Inspector General of Commerce

Peggy E. Gustafson

January 9, 2017 – present

Barack Obama


Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Administration)

Lisa Casias

March 2016 – present


Under Secretary of Commerce (Intellectual Property)


Michelle Lee

March 12, 2015 – June 6, 2017


Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

January 13, 2014 – June 6, 2017


Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis


Brian Moyer

September 9, 2014 – present


Director of the United States Census Bureau


John H. Thompson

August 8, 2013 – June 30, 2017

Department of Defense


Deputy Secretary of Defense

Bob Work

May 1, 2014 – July 18, 2017

Barack Obama


Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff


Joseph Dunford

October 1, 2015 – present


Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff


Paul J. Selva

July 31, 2015 – present


Inspector General of Defense


Glenn A. Fine

January 14, 2016 – present


Assistant Secretary of Defense (Chemical and Biological Defense)

Christian Hassell

July 2015 – present

National Security Agency


Director of the National Security Agency


Michael S. Rogers

April 2, 2014 – present

Barack Obama

Department of Energy


Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security


Frank Klotz

April 8, 2014 – present

Barack Obama


Deputy General Counsel, Department of Energy


Eric J. Fygi

October 1, 1977 – present

Jimmy Carter

Department of Health & Human Services


National Institutes of Health


Francis Collins

August 7, 2009 – present

Barack Obama

Department of Homeland Security


Director of the Secret Service


Joseph Clancy

October 1, 2014 – March 4, 2017

Barack Obama


Deputy Director of the Secret Service

William J. Callahan

December 29, 2016 – present

Department of Justice


United States Deputy Attorney General


Sally Yates

January 10, 2015 - January 30, 2017

Barack Obama


Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation


James Comey

September 4, 2013 – May 9, 2017


Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation


Andrew McCabe

February 1, 2016 – present

James Comey

Department of State


Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs)


Thomas A. Shannon Jr.

February 12, 2016 – present

Barack Obama


Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant


Brett H. McGurk

October 23, 2015 – present


Bureau of Intelligence and Research


Daniel B. Smith

February 14, 2014 – present


Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs)


Stuart E. Jones

January 9, 2017 – present


Director General of the Foreign Service


Arnold A. Chacón

December 22, 2014 – June 2, 2017


Assistant Secretary of State
(Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs)


Judith G. Garber

April 28, 2014 – present


Assistant Secretary of State (Public Affairs)


Susan Stevenson

January 18, 2016 – present


Assistant Secretary of State
(Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance)


Anita Friedt

March 7, 2014 – present


Assistant Secretary of State (International Security and Nonproliferation)


C.S. Eliot Kang

January 10, 2017 – present


Assistant Secretary of State (Conflict and Stabilization Operations)

Thomas Hushek

August 17, 2015 – present


Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration)


Simon Henshaw

July 15, 2013 – present

Department of Transportation


Federal Aviation Administration


Michael Huerta

December 6, 2011 – present

Barack Obama

Department of Veterans Affairs


United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police

Frederick Jackson

December 1, 2009 – present

Barack Obama

Independent intelligence agencies


National Counterterrorism Center


Nicholas Rasmussen

December 18, 2014 – present

Barack Obama

Other independent agencies


Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission


Ellen L. Weintraub

June 6, 2002 – April 30, 2007
Expired—serving until replaced

George W. Bush


Lee E. Goodman

October 22, 2013 – April 30, 2015
Expired—serving until replaced

Barack Obama


Matthew S. Petersen

June 24, 2008 – April 30, 2011
Expired—serving until replaced

George W. Bush


Steven T. Walther

June 27, 2008 – April 30, 2009
Expired—serving until replaced


Caroline C. Hunter

June 24, 2008 – April 30, 2013
Expired—serving until replaced


Archivist of the United States


David Ferriero

November 6, 2009 – present

Barack Obama

United States Postmaster General


Megan Brennan

February 1, 2015 – present


National Science Foundation


France A. Córdova

March 2014 – present


Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Sharon Bowen

June 9, 2014 – September 29, 2017


Commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission


Stephen G. Burns

November 5, 2014 – present
(Term expires June 30, 2019)


Chair of the Federal Reserve


Janet Yellen

February 3, 2014 – present
(Term expires February 3, 2018)


Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency


Mel Watt

January 6, 2014 – present


Director of the Office of Government Ethics


Walter Shaub

January 9, 2013 – July 19, 2017


Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau


Richard Cordray

January 4, 2012 – November 24, 2017