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{{Infobox US Cabinet
| post = Senior Advisor
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| image = [[file:Annie Tomasini 2021 (cropped).jpg|70px]][[File:John Podesta official WH portrait (cropped).jpg|70px]]<br>[[File:Stephen K. Benjamin 2023.jpg|70px]][[File:Official portrait of United States Secretary of Labor Tom Perez.jpg|70px]]<br>[[File:Ben Labolt Bully Pulpit Portrait.webp|70px]][[file:Karine Jean-Pierre at the White House on 4 December 2023 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| department = [[Executive Office of the President]]
| incumbent = <u>Top row:</u><br />[[Annie Tomasini]] & [[John Podesta]]<br /><u>Middle row:</u><br />[[Stephen K. Benjamin]] & [[Tom Perez]]<br /><u>Bottom row:</u><br /> [[Ben LaBolt]] & [[Karine Jean-Pierre]]
| website = [https://www.whitehouse.gov/ The White House]
}}
'''Senior Advisor to the President''' is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the [[president of the United States]]. White House senior advisors are senior members of the [[White House Office]]. The title has been formally used since 1993.

==Responsibilities==
Over time, a senior advisor has had responsibility for the following groups:

'''Current departments (headed by a senior advisor)'''
* [[White House Deputy Chief of Staff]] for Operations {{efn|Formerly Director of the [[Oval Office Operations]]}} (''Annie Tomasini'')
* [[Inflation Reduction Act of 2022|Clean Energy Innovation]] & [[U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate|International Climate Policy Advisor]] (''John Podesta'')
* [[White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs]] (''Tom Perez'')
* [[Office of Public Liaison|White House Office of Public Engagement]] (''Stephen K. Benjamin'')
* [[White House Communications Director|White House Office of Communications]] (''Ben LaBolt'')
* [[White House Press Secretary|White House Office of Press Operations]] (''Karine Jean-Pierre'')

'''Past departments (previously headed by a senior advisor in the current administration)'''
* [[American Rescue Plan Act of 2021|American Rescue Plan]] / [[COVID-19]] Relief (''[[Gene Sperling]]'')
* [[White House Office of the Staff Secretary]] (''[[Neera Tanden]]'')
* [[Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act|Infrastructure Implementation Coordination]] (''[[Mitch Landrieu]]'')
'''Past departments (previously headed by a senior advisor in past administrations)'''
* [[White House Office of Strategic Initiatives]]
* [[Office of American Innovation]]
* [[White House Office of Political Affairs]]

==Prior administrations==
In prior administrations before 1993, the position of "[[senior advisor]]" was a title used for various other purposes. Numerous examples of the position also exist throughout the [[United States federal executive departments|executive departments]] and in the branch's [[Independent agencies of the United States government|independent agencies]]. For example, the [[Food and Drug Administration]] includes a position with the title Senior Advisor for Science; the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]] has a position with the title Senior Advisor for [[Alaska]]n Affairs.

Examples of people who had the responsibilities and/or influence of a senior advisor without the title included [[Edward M. House]] (to [[Woodrow Wilson]]) and [[Louis Howe]] (to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]])

==List of senior advisors to the president==

=== Senior advisors to [[Bill Clinton|President Bill Clinton]] ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="3" |Senior Advisor
!Portfolio
!Term of office
!Party
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{anchor|Bill Clinton}} 
|[[File:Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel 2012 (cropped).jpg|100px|Rahm Emanuel]]
|[[Rahm Emanuel]]<br />{{small|(born 1959)}}
|Political Affairs<br />Strategic Planning<br />Policy 
|January 20, 1993 – November 7, 1998<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/supp_info/about_the_mayor.html|title=City of Chicago :: About the Mayor}}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:George Stephanopoulos cropped.jpg|100px|George Stephanopoulos]]
|[[George Stephanopoulos]]<br />{{small|(born 1961)}}
|Strategic Planning<br />Policy
|June 7, 1993 – December 10, 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/george-stephanopoulos-good-morning-america-anchor-biography/story?id=133369|title=George's Biography|last=ABC News|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=September 18, 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010171242/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/george-stephanopoulos-good-morning-america-anchor-biography/story?id=133369|archive-date=October 10, 2019}}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Sidney blumenthal 2006.jpg|100px|Sidney Blumenthal]]
|[[Sidney Blumenthal]]<br />{{small|(born 1948)}}
|Political Affairs<br />Communications<br />Policy 
|August 19, 1997 – January 20, 2001<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2015/6/16/8786567/sidney-blumenthal|title=Why Donald Trump brought up Sidney Blumenthal at the second debate|last=Matthews|first=Dylan|date=June 16, 2015|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803162727/https://www.vox.com/2015/6/16/8786567/sidney-blumenthal|archive-date=August 3, 2019}}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|
|[[Doug Sosnik]]<br />{{small|(born 1959)}}
|Political Affairs<br />Strategic Planning<br />Policy 
|November 7, 1998 – January 20, 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leadingauthorities.com/speakers/doug-sosnik|title=Doug Sosnik|first=Leading|last=Authorities}}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|
|[[Joel Johnson (communications strategist)|Joel Johnson]]<br />{{small|(born 1961)}}
|Communications<br />Policy
|May 20, 1999 – January 20, 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gpg.com/team/joel-johnson/|title=Joel Johnson - Glover Park Group}}</ref>
|Democratic
|- 
|}

=== Senior advisors to [[George W. Bush|President George W. Bush]] ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="3" |Senior Advisor
!Portfolio
!Term of office
!Party
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |{{anchor|George W. Bush}} 
|[[File:Karl Rove.jpg|100px|Karl Rove]]
|[[Karl Rove]]<br />{{small|(born 1950)}}
|Political Affairs<br />Strategic Planning<br />Communications
|January 20, 2001 – August 31, 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rove.com/bio|title=Bio|first=Karl|last=Rove}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Barry Steven Jackson.jpg|100px|Barry Steven Jackson]]
|[[Barry Steven Jackson]]<br />{{small|(born 1960)}}
|Political Affairs<br />Strategic Planning<br />Communications
|September 1, 2007 – January 20, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://americanaustraliancouncil.org/barry-s-jackson/|title=Barry S. Jackson - American Australian Council}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
|}

=== Senior advisors to [[Barack Obama|President Barack Obama]] ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="3" |Senior Advisor
!Portfolio
!Term of office
!Party
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |{{anchor|Barack Obama}} 
|[[File:Valerie Jarrett official portrait small.jpg|100px|Valerie Jarrett]]
|[[Valerie Jarrett]]<br />{{small|(born 1956)}}
|Public Engagement<br />Intergovernmental Affairs
|January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/senior-leadership/valerie-jarrett|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=December 24, 2014}}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Pete Rouse in the Oval Office.jpg|100px|Pete Rouse]]
|[[Pete Rouse]]<br />{{small|(born 1946)}}
|Strategic Planning
|January 20, 2009 – October 1, 2010<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/us/politics/01obama.html|title=Emanuel's Departure Set; Replacement Is Longtime Aide|last1=Shear|first1=Michael D.|date=October 1, 2010|work=The New York Times|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191117015620/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/us/politics/01obama.html|archive-date=November 17, 2019|last2=Zeleny|first2=Jeff|author-link=Michael D. Shear|author-link2=Jeff Zeleny|url-access=limited}}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:David Axelrod.jpg|100px|David Axelrod]]
|[[David Axelrod (political consultant)|David Axelrod]]<br />{{small|(born 1955)}}
|Political Affairs<br />Communications
|January 20, 2009 – January 10, 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/02/10/385099025/david-axelrod-recounts-his-years-as-obamas-adviser-and-believer|title=David Axelrod Recounts His Years As Obama's Adviser And 'Believer'|last=Axelrod|first=David|date=February 10, 2015|publisher=[[NPR]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828164608/https://www.npr.org/2015/02/10/385099025/david-axelrod-recounts-his-years-as-obamas-adviser-and-believer|archive-date=August 28, 2017}}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:David Plouffe official portrait.jpg|100px|David Plouffe]]
|[[David Plouffe]]<br />{{small|(born 1967)}}
|Political Affairs<br />Communications
|January 10, 2011 – January 25, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/david-plouffe|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=David Plouffe|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=August 17, 2011}}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Daniel Pfeiffer.jpg|100px|Daniel Pfeiffer]]
|[[Daniel Pfeiffer]]<br />{{small|(born 1975)}}
|Political Affairs<br />Communications
|January 25, 2013 – March 6, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/12/10/former-white-house-adviser-dan-pfeiffer-joins-gofundme/|title=Former White House Adviser Dan Pfeiffer Joins GoFundMe|last=Tau|first=Byron|date=December 10, 2015|website=[[The Wall Street Journal|The Wall Street Journal blogs]]|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Brian Deese official portrait.jpg|100px|Brian Deese]]
|[[Brian Deese]]<br />{{small|(born 1978)}}
|Climate and Energy<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/01/21/obama-taps-senior-omb-aide-deese-to-succeed-podesta-in-environmental-post/|title=Obama taps senior OMB aide Deese to succeed Podesta in environmental post|author=Eilperin|first=Juliet|date=January 21, 2015|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=August 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191114194447/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/01/21/obama-taps-senior-omb-aide-deese-to-succeed-podesta-in-environmental-post/|archive-date=November 14, 2019|url-access=limited}}</ref>
|February 13, 2015 – January 20, 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/brian-deese|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Brian Deese|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=November 16, 2011}}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Shailagh Murray.jpg|100px|Shailagh Murray]]
|[[Shailagh Murray]]<br />{{small|(born 1965)}}
|Communications
|April 3, 2015 – January 20, 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/senior-leadership/shailagh-murray|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Senior Advisor Shailagh Murray|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|date=January 29, 2016}}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
|}

=== Senior advisors to [[Donald Trump|President Donald Trump]] ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="3" |Senior Advisor
!Portfolio
!Term of office
!Party
|-

! style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Jared Kushner June 2019.jpg|100px|Jared Kushner]]
|[[Jared Kushner]]<br />{{small|(born 1981)}}
|Strategic Planning<ref name="djt1">{{cite press release |last=Trump |first=Donald J. |date=March 27, 2017 |title=Presidential Memorandum on The White House Office of American Innovation |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/27/presidential-memorandum-white-house-office-american-innovation |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |quote=The Senior Advisor to the President.}}</ref><ref name="spicer29">{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/27/press-briefing-press-secretary-sean-spicer-3272017-29|title=Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, #29|date=March 27, 2017|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|quote=The effort will be led by Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser Jared Kushner.}}</ref>
|January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/09/tumps-son-in-law-jared-kushner-expected-to-join-white-house-as-a-senior-adviser/|title=Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to join White House as senior adviser; no formal role for Ivanka Trump|last1=Wagner|first1=John|date=January 9, 2017|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170110010747/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/09/tumps-son-in-law-jared-kushner-expected-to-join-white-house-as-a-senior-adviser/|archive-date=January 10, 2017|last2=Parker|first2=Ashley|url-access=limited}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]<ref name="KushnerVice">{{Cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mb8jeb/jared-kushner-wasnt-a-republican-until-2018|title=Jared Kushner wasn't a Republican until 2018|last=Ockerman|first=Emma|date=April 12, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114194751/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mb8jeb/jared-kushner-wasnt-a-republican-until-2018|archive-date=November 14, 2019|publisher=[[Vice News]]}}</ref>
|- 
! style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Stephen Miller by Gage Skidmore.jpg|100px|Stephen Miller]]
|[[Stephen Miller (political advisor)|Stephen Miller]]<br />{{small|(born 1985)}}
|Policy
|January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/12/stephen-miller-senior-adviser-policy-232592|title=Trump taps campaign aide Stephen Miller as senior adviser|last=Nussbaum|first=Matthew|date=December 13, 2016|work=[[Politico]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422205617/https://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/12/stephen-miller-senior-adviser-policy-232592|archive-date=April 22, 2019}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[file:Kevin Hassett official photo.jpg|100px|Kevin Hassett]]
|[[Kevin Hassett]]<br />{{small|(born 1962)}}
|Economic Issues
|April 15, 2020 – July 1, 2020<ref name="White House Office, April 15, 2020">{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-announces-addition-white-house-staff/|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Addition to White House Staff|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|language=en}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[file:EricHerschmann (cropped).jpg|100px|Eric Herschmann]]
|[[Eric Herschmann]]<br />{{small|(born 1962)}}
|[[Opposition research]]<ref name="nytimes-hunter-biden-laptop">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/25/business/media/hunter-biden-wall-street-journal-trump.html?referringSource=articleShare | title=Trump Had One Last Story to Sell. The Wall Street Journal Wouldn't Buy It | newspaper=The New York Times | date=25 October 2020 | last1=Smith | first1=Ben }}</ref><br />Legal issues<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.axios.com/2021/02/02/trump-oval-office-meeting-sidney-powell | title=Off the Rails: Inside the craziest meeting of the Trump presidency | date=2 February 2021 }}</ref>
|August 3, 2020 – January 20, 2021<ref name="politico-heads-to-white-house">{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/04/impeachment-lawyer-white-house-391506 | title=Former Trump impeachment lawyer heads to White House | website=[[Politico]] }}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

=== Senior advisors to [[Joe Biden|President Joe Biden]] ===
'''Current''' <br />
''(listed in chronological order of start date)''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="3" |Senior Advisor
!Portfolio
!Term of office
!Party
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| [[File:John Podesta official WH portrait (cropped).jpg|frameless|100px]]
| [[John Podesta]] <br />{{small|(born 1949)}}
| [[Inflation Reduction Act of 2022|Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation]]<br />and<br />[[U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate|International Climate Policy Advisor]]<br />(effective January 31, 2024)
| September 2, 2022 – present<ref>{{cite web|date=September 2, 2022|title=President Biden announces senior clean energy and climate team|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/02/president-biden-announces-senior-clean-energy-and-climate-team/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902173421/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/02/president-biden-announces-senior-clean-energy-and-climate-team/|archive-date=September 2, 2022|access-date=September 5, 2022|website=[[whitehouse.gov]]}}</ref>
| Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Benjamin021 (cropped).jpg|frameless|100px]]
|[[Stephen K. Benjamin]]<br />{{small|(born 1969)}}
|[[Office of Public Liaison|Public Engagement]]{{efn|Concurrently serves as the Director of the [[Office of Public Liaison|Office of Public Engagement]]}}
|April 1, 2023 – present<ref>{{cite web|date=February 27, 2023|title=President Biden Announces ormer Mayor Stephen Benjamin as Senior Advisor and Director of the Offic of Public Engagement|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/02/27/president-biden-announces-former-mayor-stephen-benjamin-as-senior-advisor-and-director-of-the-office-of-public-engagement/|access-date=June 19, 2023|website=[[whitehouse.gov]]}}</ref><br />
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Official portrait of United States Secretary of Labor Tom Perez.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|[[Tom Perez]]<br />{{small|(born 1961)}}
|[[White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs|Intergovernmental Affairs]]{{efn|Concurrently serves as the Director of the [[White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs|Intergovernmental Affairs Office]]}}
|June 12, 2023 – present<ref>{{cite web|date=June 12, 2023|title=Statement from President Joe Biden on Tom Perez|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/12/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-tom-perez/|access-date=June 19, 2023|website=[[whitehouse.gov]]}}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[file:Annie Tomasini 2021 (cropped).jpg|frameless|100px]]
|[[Annie Tomasini]]<br />
|[[White House Deputy Chief of Staff|Deputy Chief of Staff]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Superville |first1=Darlene |title=Biden chooses longtime aide who runs his Oval Office to be a deputy White House chief of staff |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-tomasini-deputy-chief-white-house-staff-d980247a90494d676d339f4c3c8d630f |website=Associated Press |date=February 8, 2024 |access-date=February 8, 2024}}</ref>
|June 2023 – present
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| [[File:Ben Labolt Bully Pulpit Portrait.webp|frameless|100px]]
|[[Ben LaBolt]]<br />{{small|(born 1981)}}
| [[White House Communications Director|Communications]]{{efn|Concurrently serves as the [[White House Communications Director]]}}
|August 8, 2024<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.axios.com/2024/08/08/ben-labolt-biden-communications-director-promoted-senior-adviser| title=Ben LaBolt, Biden communications director, promoted to senior adviser| author1=Mike Allen| work=Axios| date=August 8, 2024}}</ref> – present 
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
| [[File:Karine Jean-Pierre at the White House on 4 December 2023 (cropped).jpg|frameless|100px]]
|[[Karine Jean-Pierre]]<br />{{small|(born 1974)}}
| [[White House Press Secretary|Press Secretary]]{{efn|Concurrently serves as the [[White House Press Secretary]]}}
|October 7, 2024 – present 
|Democratic

|}

'''Former'''<br />''(listed in chronological order of departure date)''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="3" |Senior Advisor
!Portfolio
!Term of office
!Party
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Cedric Richmond official photo.jpg|100px]]
|[[Cedric Richmond]]<br />{{small|(born 1973)}}
|[[Office of Public Liaison|Public Engagement]]{{efn|Concurrently served as the Director of the [[Office of Public Liaison|Office of Public Engagement]]}}
|January 20, 2021 – May 18, 2022<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/politics/cedric-richmond-biden.html | title=Representative Cedric Richmond Set to be a Senior Biden Adviser | newspaper=The New York Times | date=November 18, 2020 | last1=Glueck | first1=Katie | last2=Martin | first2=Jonathan }}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Keisha Lance Bottoms in 2019.jpg|frameless|100px]]
|[[Keisha Lance Bottoms]]<br />{{small|(born 1970)}}
|[[Office of Public Liaison|Public Engagement]]{{efn|Concurrently served as the Director of the [[Office of Public Liaison|Office of Public Engagement]]}}
|July 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/15/president-biden-announces-former-atlanta-mayor-keisha-lance-bottoms-as-senior-advisor-for-public-engagement/ | title=President Biden Announces Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms as Senior Advisor for Public Engagement | date=June 15, 2022 }}</ref><br />
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Julie Chavez Rodriguez (cropped).jpg|frameless|100px]]
|[[Julie Chávez Rodriguez|Julie Rodriguez]]<br />{{small|(born 1978)}}
|[[White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs|Intergovernmental Affairs]]{{efn|Concurrently served as the Director of the [[White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs|Intergovernmental Affairs Office]]}}
|June 15, 2022 – May 16, 2023<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/06/15/president-biden-announces-former-atlanta-mayor-keisha-lance-bottoms-as-senior-advisor-for-public-engagement/ | title=President Biden Announces Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms as Senior Advisor for Public Engagement | date=June 15, 2022 }}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Neera Tanden by Gage Skidmore (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[Neera Tanden]]<br />{{small|(born 1970)}}
|Health care Policy{{efn|Concurrently served as [[White House Office of the Staff Secretary|White House Staff Secretary]]}}
[[United States Digital Service]]
|May 17, 2021 – May 26, 2023<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-appoints-neera-tanden-former-pick-budget-director-senior-adviser-2021-05-14/ | title=Biden appoints Neera Tanden, former pick for budget director, as senior adviser | newspaper=Reuters | date=May 14, 2021 | last1=Mason | first1=Jeff }}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Former NOLA Mayor Mitch Landrieu Sept. 2018 (cropped).jpg|frameless|100px]]
|[[Mitch Landrieu]]<br />{{small|(born 1960)}}
|[[Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act|Infrastructure Implementation Coordination]]
|November 15, 2021 – January 8, 2024<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/11/14/president-biden-announces-former-new-orleans-mayor-mitch-landrieu-as-senior-advisor-and-infrastructure-coordinator/ | title=President Biden Announces Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu as Senior Advisor and Infrastructure Coordinator | date=November 14, 2021 }}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Mike Donilon 2022.jpg|100px]]
|[[Mike Donilon]]<br />{{small|(born 1958)}}
| Chief Strategist
|January 20, 2021 – January 23, 2024<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/us/politics/mike-donilon-biden.html | title=Mike Donilon, Who Helped Draft Biden's Message, is Named a Senior Adviser | newspaper=The New York Times | date=November 18, 2020 | last1=Shear | first1=Michael D. }}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Anita Dunn.jpg|100px]]
|[[Anita Dunn]]<br />{{small|(born 1958)}}
| Communications
|<u>1st:</u> Jan. 20 – August 12, 2021<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.axios.com/2021/01/15/scoop-anita-dunn-to-join-white-house-as-senior-adviser | title=Anita Dunn to join Biden White House as senior adviser | date=January 15, 2021 }}</ref><br /> <u>2nd:</u> May 5, 2022 – July 31, 2024<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/05/president-biden-announces-karine-jean-pierre-as-white-house-press-secretary/ | title=President Biden Announces Karine Jean-Pierre as White House Press Secretary | date=May 5, 2022 }}</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/07/30/anita-dunn-biden-harris-2024/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
|Democratic
|-
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Gene Sperling (National Economic Council) (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[Gene Sperling]]<br />{{small|(born 1958)}}
|[[COVID-19]] Relief
([[American Rescue Plan Act of 2021|American Rescue Plan]])
|March 15, 2021 – August 2024<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/15/us/politics/gene-sperling-stimulus-plan.html | title=Biden picks Gene Sperling, a Democratic policy aide, to oversee spending from the $1.9 trillion relief plan | newspaper=The New York Times | date=March 15, 2021 |access-date=September 13, 2024 | last1=Tankersley | first1=Jim }}</ref>
|Democratic
|}

==List of advisors to the president==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan="3" |Advisor
!Portfolio
!Term of office
!Party
!President
|- 
! style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|[[File:Stephanie Cutter 2011.jpg|100px|Stephanie Cutter]]
|[[Stephanie Cutter]]{{refn|name=DeputySeniorAdvisor|group=n|Stephanie Cutter held the official title of "Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor" during her time in office.}}<br />{{small|(born 1968)}}
|Message and Communications
|January 2011 – September 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/stephanie-cutter|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|title=Stephanie Cutter - Former Assistant to the President and Deputy Senior Advisor|date=January 11, 2011 }}</ref>
|Democratic
|[[Barack Obama]]
|- 
! style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|[[file:Ivanka Trump official portrait (cropped).jpg|100px|Ivanka Trump]]
|[[Ivanka Trump]]{{refn|name=IvankaNotSenior01a|group=n|[[President Trump]]'s daughter [[Ivanka Trump]] was sometimes called a 'Senior Advisor to the President' (or sometimes a 'senior advisor to the President', without the upper case 'S' and 'A') by unofficial sources,<ref name=Cosmopolitan2017-09-14a>{{cite magazine |title=Ivanka Trump, Senior Advisor to the President, Says It's "Unrealistic" to Expect Her to Influence Him|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a12241968/ivanka-trump-talks-about-donald-trump|author=Laura Beck|date= 14 September 2017|access-date=4 May 2019 |magazine=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]|quote=Ivanka Trump, senior advisor to the president, said that it's "unrealistic" to expect her to influence his decisions. That's not her job, OK?! (Even though it sort of is, actually?)}}</ref><ref name=APNews2018-02-26a>{{cite web |title=Ivanka Trump's dual roles as senior adviser, first daughter|url=https://www.apnews.com/2b3bab9741604a448e1c2b8bd49e6931|author=Catherine Lucey|date= 26 February 2018|access-date=4 May 2019 |publisher=[[AP news]]|quote=Ivanka Trump expects to be treated seriously as a senior White House adviser. ... “You’re either a senior adviser or a daughter. ..." ... "Especially since she was last in the news as a senior adviser going to the Olympics.” ... “she did choose to play this senior advisory role.”)}}</ref> even though that was actually the title of her husband [[Jared Kushner]], while her own title was 'Advisor to the President'.<ref name=WhiteHouse2018-12-18a>{{cite web |title=Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-sarah-sanders-121818/|date= 18 December 2018|access-date=4 May 2019 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|quote=MS. SANDERS:  ... the World Economic Forum ... delegation ... will also include ..., Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, Senior Advisor to the President Jared Kushner, ...}}</ref>}} <br />{{small|(born 1981)}}
|Women's Issues<br />Workforce Development<br />Entrepreneurship
|March 29, 2017 – January 20, 2021<ref name="White House Office, June 30, 2017">{{cite web|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/docs/disclosures/07012017-report-final.pdf|title=Executive Office Of The President Annual Report To Congress On White House Office Personnel White House Office As Of: Friday, June 30, 2017|page=15|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120195132/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/docs/disclosures/07012017-report-final.pdf|archive-date=January 20, 2021|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|access-date=June 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/politics/ivanka-trump-white-house-job/index.html|title=Ivanka Trump is making her White House job official|last1=Merica|first1=Dan|date=March 30, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308011951/https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/29/politics/ivanka-trump-white-house-job/index.html|archive-date=March 8, 2019|publisher=CNN|last2=Borger|first2=Gloria|last3=Acosta|first3=Jim|last4=Klein|first4=Betsy|author-link2=Gloria Borger|author-link3=Jim Acosta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://apnews.com/2b3bab9741604a448e1c2b8bd49e6931|title=Ivanka Trump's dual roles as senior adviser, first daughter|last=Lucey|first=Catherine|date=February 26, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314154433/https://apnews.com/2b3bab9741604a448e1c2b8bd49e6931|archive-date=March 14, 2018|work=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
|[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]<ref name="KushnerVice"/>
|[[Donald Trump]]
|}

==See also==
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* [[Counselor to the President]]
*[[Senior advisor]]

==Notes==
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== Explanatory footnotes ==
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==References==
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