Appointee/Nominee Name Alexandra "Sasha" Baker
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Senior Director for Strategic Planning for the National Security Council
Harvard position Alumni
School Kennedy School
Harvard connection M.P.P. '11
Appointee/Nominee Name Ali A. Zaidi
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Deputy National Climate Advisor
Harvard position Alumni
School College
Harvard connection College '08
Appointee/Nominee Name Amanda Sloat
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Senior Director for Europe for the National Security Council
Harvard position Fellow
School Kennedy School
Harvard connection Non-Resident Fellow in the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship at the Kennedy School
Appointee/Nominee Name Annie Tomasini
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Director of Oval Office Operations
Harvard position Staff
School N/A
Harvard connection Former Senior Director of State, Local, and Community Relations and Strategic Outreach for Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
Appointee/Nominee Name Antony J. Blinken
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Secretary of State*
Harvard position Alumni
School College
Harvard connection College '84
Appointee/Nominee Name Bharat R. Ramamurti
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Deputy Director for the National Economic Council for Financial Reform and Consumer Protection
Harvard position Alumni
School College
Harvard connection College '03
Appointee/Nominee Name Carlyn A. Reichel
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Senior Director for Speechwriting and Strategic Initiatives for the National Security Council
Harvard position Alumni
School Kennedy School
Harvard connection M.P.P. '09
Appointee/Nominee Name Caroline M. McKay
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Chief of Staff to the White House Counsel and Deputy Associate Counsel
Harvard position Alumni
School College
Harvard connection College '14
Appointee/Nominee Name Catherine M. "Cathy" Russell
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel
Harvard position Fellow
School Kennedy School
Harvard connection Institute of Politics Resident Fellow Spring 2019
Appointee/Nominee Name Cecilia E. Rouse
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers*
Harvard position Alumni
School College, GSAS
Harvard connection College '86, A.M. '91, Ph.D. '92
Appointee/Nominee Name Cedric L. Richmond
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Senior Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement
Harvard position Alumni
School Kennedy School
Harvard connection K.S.G.E.E. '03
Appointee/Nominee Name Dana A. Remus
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) White House Counsel
Harvard position Alumni
School College
Harvard connection College '97
Appointee/Nominee Name David A. Kessler
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Chief Science Officer of COVID Response
Harvard position Alumni
School Medical School
Harvard connection M.D. '77
Appointee/Nominee Name Deanne B. Millison
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Deputy Policy Director for the Vice President
Harvard position Alumni
School Law
Harvard connection J.D. '08
Appointee/Nominee Name Elizabeth D. Sherwood-Randall
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor
Harvard position Fellow, Alumni
School College, Kennedy School
Harvard connection College '81, Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School
Appointee/Nominee Name Ephraim A. McDowell
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Deputy Associate Counsel
Harvard position Alumni
School Law
Harvard connection J.D. '16
Appointee/Nominee Name Eric S. Lander
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy*, Presidential Science Advisor
Harvard position Faculty
School Medical School
Harvard connection Founding Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Medical School Professor of Systems Biology
Appointee/Nominee Name Erica Knievel Songer
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Associate Counsel
Harvard position Alumni
School Law
Harvard connection J.D. '06
Appointee/Nominee Name Funmi E. Olorunnipa Badejo
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Associate Counsel
Harvard position Alumni
School Kennedy School
Harvard connection M.P.A. '07
Appointee/Nominee Name Gina M. Raimondo
Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Secretary of Commerce*
Harvard position Alumni
School College
Harvard connection College '93
Appointee/Nominee Name Administration position (*requires Senate approval) Harvard position School Harvard connection
Alexandra "Sasha" BakerSenior Director for Strategic Planning for the National Security CouncilAlumniKennedy SchoolM.P.P. '11
Ali A. ZaidiDeputy National Climate AdvisorAlumniCollegeCollege '08
Amanda SloatSenior Director for Europe for the National Security CouncilFellowKennedy SchoolNon-Resident Fellow in the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship at the Kennedy School
Annie TomasiniDirector of Oval Office OperationsStaffN/AFormer Senior Director of State, Local, and Community Relations and Strategic Outreach for Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
Antony J. BlinkenSecretary of State*AlumniCollegeCollege '84
Bharat R. RamamurtiDeputy Director for the National Economic Council for Financial Reform and Consumer ProtectionAlumniCollegeCollege '03
Carlyn A. ReichelSenior Director for Speechwriting and Strategic Initiatives for the National Security CouncilAlumniKennedy SchoolM.P.P. '09
Caroline M. McKayChief of Staff to the White House Counsel and Deputy Associate CounselAlumniCollegeCollege '14
Catherine M. "Cathy" RussellDirector of the White House Office of Presidential PersonnelFellowKennedy SchoolInstitute of Politics Resident Fellow Spring 2019
Cecilia E. RouseChair of the Council of Economic Advisers*AlumniCollege, GSASCollege '86, A.M. '91, Ph.D. '92
Cedric L. RichmondSenior Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public EngagementAlumniKennedy SchoolK.S.G.E.E. '03
Dana A. RemusWhite House CounselAlumniCollegeCollege '97
David A. KesslerChief Science Officer of COVID ResponseAlumniMedical SchoolM.D. '77
Deanne B. MillisonDeputy Policy Director for the Vice PresidentAlumniLawJ.D. '08
Elizabeth D. Sherwood-RandallHomeland Security Advisor and Deputy National Security AdvisorFellow, AlumniCollege, Kennedy SchoolCollege '81, Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Kennedy School
Ephraim A. McDowellDeputy Associate CounselAlumniLawJ.D. '16
Eric S. LanderDirector of the Office of Science and Technology Policy*, Presidential Science AdvisorFacultyMedical SchoolFounding Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Medical School Professor of Systems Biology
Erica Knievel SongerAssociate CounselAlumniLawJ.D. '06
Funmi E. Olorunnipa BadejoAssociate CounselAlumniKennedy SchoolM.P.A. '07
Gina M. RaimondoSecretary of Commerce*AlumniCollegeCollege '93