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Appointments

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Transportation	Elaine Chao	January 31, 2017 (Confirmed January 31, 2017, 93–6)^[1]	January 11, 2021
Deputy Secretary of Transportation	Steven G. Bradbury^[2]	September 10, 2019	January 20, 2021
General Counsel of Transportation	Steven G. Bradbury^[2]	November 28, 2017 (Confirmed November 14, 2017, 50–47)^[3]	January 20, 2021
Under Secretary of Transportation (Policy)	Joel Szabat^[4]^[5]	June 2019
Assistant Secretary of Transportation (Aviation and International Affairs)	Joel Szabat^[4]^[5]	January 2, 2019 (Confirmed January 2, 2019, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of Transportation (Transportation Policy)	Vacant
Assistant Secretary of Transportation (Government Affairs)	Adam J. Sullivan^[6]	February 28, 2018 (Confirmed February 13, 2018, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of Transportation (Research and Technology)	Vacant
Chief Financial Officer	John E. Kramer	TBD (Confirmed November 21, 2019, voice vote)
Federal Aviation Administration
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration	Stephen Dickson^[7]^[8]	August 12, 2019 (Confirmed July 24, 2019, 52–40)^[9]	March 31, 2022 (Left Under Biden)
Federal Highway Administration
Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration	Nicole R. Nason^[10]	May 7, 2019 (Confirmed March 28, 2019, 95–1)^[11]
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration	Raymond P. Martinez^[12]	February 28, 2018 (Confirmed February 13, 2018, voice vote)
Federal Railroad Administration
Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration	Ronald Batory^[13]	February 28, 2018 (Confirmed February 13, 2018, voice vote)
Federal Transit Administration
Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration	Vacant
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration	James C. Owens^[14]	September 2019
United States Maritime Administration
Administrator of the United States Maritime Administration	Mark H. Buzby	August 8, 2017 (Confirmed August 3, 2017, voice vote)	January 11, 2021
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	Howard R. Elliott^[15]	October 30, 2017 (Confirmed October 5, 2017, voice vote)

Previous officeholders

Office	Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Secretary of Transportation	Elaine Chao	January 31, 2017	January 11, 2021	Resigned following the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol.^[16]^[17]
Deputy Secretary of Transportation	Jeffrey Rosen	May 18, 2017	May 22, 2019	Became Deputy Attorney General.^[18]
Under Secretary of Transportation (Policy)	Derek Kan	December 4, 2017	July 2019
Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Transportation	Calvin Scovel	October 26, 2006	January 31, 2020
	Mitch Behm	February 1, 2020	May 15, 2020
	Howard R. Elliott	May 16, 2020	December 2020	Eric Soskin became Inspector General.
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration	Daniel Elwell	January 7, 2018	July 24, 2019	Deputy Administrator Elwell was Acting Administrator from the expiration of Michael Huerta's term until the confirmation of Stephen Dickson.

References

^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Elaine L. Chao, of Kentucky, to be Secretary of Transportation)". US Senate. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Steven G. Bradbury". www.transportation.gov. September 16, 2019. Archived from the original on December 20, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Steven Gill Bradbury, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation)". US Senate. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "PN2373 – Nomination of Joel Szabat for Department of Transportation, 115th Congress (2017–2018)". www.congress.gov. August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
^ "Joel Szabat - Acting, Under Secretary Transportation for Policy". www.transportation.gov. July 10, 2019. Archived from the original on December 24, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
^ "PN403 — Adam J. Sullivan — Department of Transportation 115th Congress (2017–2018)", congress.gov, May 10, 2017.
^ "White House to Nominate Steve Dickson as Permanent FAA Head". wsj.com. Wall Street Journal. March 19, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.(subscription required)
^ Hsu, Tiffany, Thomas Kaplan and Zach Wichter, "White House Nominates Former Delta Executive Stephen Dickson as F.A.A. Chief", New York Times, March 19, 2019. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Stephen M. Dickson, of Georgia, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration)". US Senate. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "PN2 – Nomination of Nicole R. Nason for Department of Transportation, 116th Congress (2019–2020)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2019. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Nicole R. Nason, of New York, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration)". US Senate. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ "Trump nominates Raymond P. Martinez to head FMCSA – Overdrive – Owner Operators Trucking Magazine". www.overdriveonline.com. 26 September 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
^ "PN737 – Nomination of Ronald L. Batory for Department of Transportation, 115th Congress (2017–2018)". www.congress.gov. August 2, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
^ Mulero, Eugene (August 12, 2019). "Acting NHTSA Leader Heidi King to Resign Aug. 31". Transport Topics. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Key Additions to his Administration". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved September 9, 2017 – via National Archives.
^ Kaitlan Collins, Jeremy Diamond and Kevin Liptak (7 January 2021). "Elaine Chao to resign as transportation secretary in wake of riot". CNN. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
^ "Trump Administration Officials Who Resigned Over Capitol Violence". The New York Times. 2021-01-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
^ Lynch, Sarah N.; Sullivan, Andy (May 16, 2019). "U.S. Senate confirms Jeffrey Rosen as No. 2 Justice Department official". Reuters. Archived from the original on May 16, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2019.

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Office	Name	Term	Office	Name	Term
White House Chief of Staff	Reince Priebus	2017	National Security Advisor	Michael Flynn	2017
	John F. Kelly	2017–19		H. R. McMaster	2017–18
	Mick Mulvaney	2019–20		John Bolton	2018–19
	Mark Meadows	2020–21		Robert C. O'Brien	2019–21
Principal Deputy Chief of Staff	Katie Walsh	2017	Deputy National Security Advisor	K. T. McFarland	2017
	Kirstjen Nielsen	2017		Ricky L. Waddell	2017–18
	James W. Carroll	2017–18		Mira Ricardel	2018
	Zachary Fuentes	2018–19		Charles Kupperman	2019
	Emma Doyle	2019–20		Matthew Pottinger	2019–21
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy	Rick Dearborn	2017–18	Homeland Security Advisor	Tom Bossert	2017–18
	Chris Liddell	2018–21		Doug Fears	2018–19
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations	Joe Hagin	2017–18		Peter J. Brown	2019–20
	Daniel Walsh	2018–19		Julia Nesheiwat	2020–21
	Anthony M. Ornato	2019–21	Dep. Natl. Security Advisor, Strategy	Dina Powell	2017–18
Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications	Bill Shine	2018–19		Nadia Schadlow	2018
	Dan Scavino	2020–21	Dep. Natl. Security Advisor, Middle East and North African Affairs	Victoria Coates	2019–20
Counselor to the President	Kellyanne Conway	2017–20	White House Communications Director	Sean Spicer	2017
	Steve Bannon	2017		Michael Dubke	2017
	Johnny DeStefano	2018–19		Anthony Scaramucci	2017
	Hope Hicks	2020–21		Hope Hicks	2017–18
	Derek Lyons	2020–21		Bill Shine	2018–19
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Senior Advisor, Policy	Stephen Miller	2017–21	White House Press Secretary	Sean Spicer	2017
Senior Advisor, Economic Issues	Kevin Hassett	2020		Sarah Huckabee Sanders	2017–19
Advisor	Ivanka Trump	2017–21		Stephanie Grisham	2019–20
Director, Public Liaison	George Sifakis	2017		Kayleigh McEnany	2020–21
	Johnny DeStefano	2017–18	Deputy Press Secretary	Sarah Huckabee Sanders	2017
	Justin R. Clark	2018		Raj Shah	2017–19
	Steve Munisteri	2018–19		Hogan Gidley	2019–20
	Timothy Pataki	2019–21		Brian R. Morgenstern	2020–21
Director, Intergovernmental Affairs	Justin R. Clark	2017–18	Director, Strategic Communications	Hope Hicks	2017
	Douglas Hoelscher	2019–21		Mercedes Schlapp	2017–19
Director, National Economic Council	Gary Cohn	2017–18		Alyssa Farah	2020
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	Joe Grogan	2019–20	Director, Political Affairs	Bill Stepien	2017–18
	Brooke Rollins	2020–21		Brian Jack	2019–21
Director, National Trade Council	Peter Navarro	2017–21	Director, Presidential Personnel	Johnny DeStefano	2017–18
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Director, Oval Office Operations	Keith Schiller	2017		Russell Vought	2019–21
	Jordan Karem	2017–19	Chief Information Officer	Suzette Kent	2018–20
	Madeleine Westerhout	2019	United States Trade Representative	Robert Lighthizer	2017–21
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Chief of Staff to the First Lady	Lindsay Reynolds	2017–20	Chair, Council on Environmental Quality	Mary Neumayr	2018–21
	Stephanie Grisham	2020–21	Chief of Staff to the Vice President	Josh Pitcock	2017
White House Social Secretary	Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd	2017–21		Nick Ayers	2017–19
White House Chief Usher	Angella Reid†	2017		Marc Short	2019–21
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