The Obama Cabinet
Office Name Term
President Barack Obama 2009–2017
Vice President Joe Biden 2009–2017
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton 2009–2013
John Kerry 2013–2017
Secretary of Treasury Tim Geithner 2009–2013
Jack Lew 2013–2017
Secretary of Defense Bob Gates* 2006–2011
Leon Panetta 2011–2013
Chuck Hagel 2013–2015
Ash Carter 2015–2017
Attorney General Eric Holder 2009–2015
Loretta Lynch 2015–2017
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar 2009–2013
Sally Jewell 2013–2017
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack 2009–2017
Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke 2009–2011
John Bryson 2011–2012
Penny Pritzker 2013–2017
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis 2009–2013
Thomas Perez 2013–2017
Secretary of Health and
Human Services Kathleen Sebelius 2009–2014
Sylvia Burwell 2014–2017
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan 2009–2016
John King 2016–2017
Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development Shaun Donovan 2009–2014
Julian Castro 2014–2017
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood 2009–2013
Anthony Foxx 2013–2017
Secretary of Energy Steven Chu 2009–2013
Ernest Moniz 2013–2017
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki 2009–2014
Bob McDonald 2014–2017
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano 2009–2013
Jeh Johnson 2013–2017
Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel 2009–2010
William Daley 2011–2012
Jack Lew 2012–2013
Denis McDonough 2013–2017
Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency Lisa Jackson 2009–2013
Gina McCarthy 2013–2017
Director of the Office of
Management and Budget Peter Orszag 2009–2010
Jack Lew 2010–2012
Sylvia Burwell 2013–2014
Shaun Donovan 2014–2017
Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice 2009–2013
Samantha Power 2013–2017
United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk 2009–2013
Michael Froman 2013–2017
Chair of the
Council of Economic Advisers Christina Romer 2009–2010
Austan Goolsbee 2010–2011
Alan Krueger 2011–2013
Jason Furman 2013–2017
Administrator of the
Small Business Administration Karen Mills** 2009–2013
Maria Contreras-Sweet 2014–201