JEWS IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

Current Members

Tony Blinken Deputy National Security Advisor

Danielle Borrin Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Deputy Director of Public Engagement

Gary Gensler Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Jonathan Greenblatt (ADL) Special Assistant to the President and Director, Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation (Domestic Policy Council)

Jack Lew Secretary of the Treasury

Eric Lynn Middle East Policy Adviser

Matt Nosanchuk Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement for Jewish Outreach

David Plouffe Senior Advisor to the President

Daniel Rubenstein Ambassador to Syria

Dan Shapiro Ambassador to Israel

Gene Sperling Director, National Economic Council

Aviva Sufian Special Envoy, U.S. Holocaust Survivor Services (Inaugural role)

Adam Szubin Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control (Treasury)

Janet Yellen Chairwoman, Federal Reserve

David Cohen Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency

David Saperstein Ambassador for Religious Freedom

Amy Rosenbaum Director of Legislative Affairs

Raffi Freedman-Gurspan Liaison to the LGBT Community

Wendy Sherman

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs

Jason Furman Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

Thomas Nides Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources

Former Members

Ben Bernanke (2006-2013) Chairman, Federal Reserve

Mary Schapiro (2009-2012) Chairwoman, Securities and Exchange Commission

Steven Simon (2009-2012) Senior Director, Middle East/North Africa, National Security Council

Rahm Emanuel (2009-2010) Chief of Staff to the President

David Axelrod (2009-2011) Senior Advisor to the President

Elena Kagan (2009-2010) Solicitor General of the United States

Peter Orszag (2009-2010) Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Lawrence Summers ('09-'11) Director National Economic Council

Mona Sutphen (2009-2011) Deputy White House Chief of Staff

James B. Steinberg ('09-'11 ) Deputy Secretary of State

Dennis Ross (2009-2011 ) Special Assistant to the President

Ronald Klain (2009-2011) Chief of Staff to the Vice President

Jared Bernstein (2009-2011) Chief Economist/Economic Policy Advisor to the Vice President

Susan Sher (2009-2011) Chief of Staff to the First Lady

Lee Feinstein (2009) Campaign Foreign Policy Advisor

Mara Rudman (2009) Foreign Policy Advisor

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JEWS IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

Aaron Keyak Deputy Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism

Alan Leventhal U.S. Ambassador to Denmark

Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary of Homeland Security

Amos Hochstein Bureau of Energy Resources Special Envoy

Amy Gutmann U.S. Ambassador to Germany

Anne Neuberger Deputy National Security Adviser for Cybersecurity

Avril Haines Director of National Intelligence

Constance Milstein U.S. Ambassador to Malta

Dan Shapiro Adviser on Iran (2021-2023), Senior Advisor for Regional Integration (2023), Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Policy (2023-2024)

Daniel Rosenblum U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan

David Cohen CIA Deputy Director

David Cohen U.S. Ambassador to Canada

David Kessler Co-chair of the COVID-19 Advisory Board and Head of Operation Warp Speed

David Pressman U.S. Ambassador to Hungary

Deborah Lipstadt Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism

Edward Siskel White House Counsel

Ellen Germain U.S. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues

Eric Garcetti U.S. Ambassador to India

Eric Lander Science and Technology Adviser

Gary Gensler Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman*

Genine Macks Fidler National Council on the Humanities

Jack Lew U.S. Ambassador to Israel (replaced Thomas Nides)

Jack Markell U.S. Ambassador to Italy and San Marino

Janet Yellin Secretary of Treasury

Jared Bernstein Council of Economic Advisers

Jed Kolko Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs at the Department of Commerce

Jeffrey Zients COVID-19 Response Coordinator (2021-2023), Chief of Staff (2023)

Jennifer Klein Co-chair Council on Gender Policy

Jessica Rosenworcel Chair of the Federal Communications Commission

Jonathan Kanter Assistant Attorney General in the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division

Jonathan Kaplan U.S. Ambassador to Singapore

Mandy Cohen Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2023) replaced Rochelle Walensky

Marc Nathanson U.S. Ambassador to Norway

Marc Ostfield U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay

Marc Stanley U.S. Ambassador to Argentina

Mark Gitenstein U.S. Ambassador to the European Union

Merrick Garland Attorney General

Michael Adler U.S. Ambassador to Belgium

Michèle Taylor U.S. Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council

Mira Resnick State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Security

Ned Price** State Department Spokesperson

Polly Trottenberg Deputy Secretary of Transportation

Rachel Levine Deputy Health Secretary

Rahm Emanuel U.S. Ambassador to Japan

Randi Charno Levine U.S. Ambassador to Portugal

Roberta Jacobson National Security Council “border czar”

Rochelle Walensky Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021 - resigned July 2023)

Ron Klain Chief of Staff (2021-2023), replaced by Jeffrey Zients

Sharon Kleinbaum Commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

Shelley Greenspan White House liaison to the Jewish community

Stephanie Pollack Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration (resigned February 2023)

Steven Dettelbach Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

Stuart Eizenstat Special Adviser on Holocaust Issues

Tony Blinken Secretary of State

Wendy Sherman Deputy Secretary of State (resigned July 2023)

Yael Lempert U.S. Ambassador to Jordan

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