White House Staff

Dana Power
Assistant to the President for Communications

Dennis Athey
Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff

Dan O'Sullivan
Deputy Chief of Staff, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the President

Mary Nemeth
Assistant to the President for Speechwriting and Policy Advisor

Ed Petzold
Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff

Drew O'Brien
Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary

Judith Kanheman
Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary

Karen Lawn
Assistant to the President and White House Counsel

Marcia Mandi
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs

Colleen Ryan
Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady

Sonny Yocius
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary

Helen Doster
Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications

Eric Corbin
Deputy Assistant to the President, Assistant to the Vice President

Chris Varga
Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs

Matt Flaig
Assistant to the Vice President and Chief of Staff

Salvatore Lawless
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel

Brett Newbanks
Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy

Tom Wadsworth
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Public Liaison

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Helen Doster

Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications

Helen Doster's role is to assist in general communications strategy, planning, and execution of the President's agenda.

Mrs. Doster joined the White House from Portman Giocattoli where she is Senior Vice President and Director of Public Affairs, overseeing communications strategy, message development and media relations for multiple accounts.

Previously, she served as Deputy Director of Communications and Congressional Affairs at the Democratic National Committee where she assisted in the development of communications strategy and management of all DNC communications activities, including media relations, materials development and the creation, production and placement of television, radio and print advertising.

Ms. Doster served as a speechwriter in the Clinton Administration and for former U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy and former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt. She was brought into the Administration by President Kent and is on good terms with Dan O'Sullivan. Portman Giocattoli contributed to the development of the National Liberal Defense Fund, a PAC organized by Dan O'Sullivan.

Ms. Doster is a graduate of Brown University.

Office of Communications

The Office of Communications is responsible for producing the content of the Communications that come from the President. The OOC does not set policy initiatives, but rather determines how the initiatives proposed by the Legislative Affairs, etc., are communicated effectively to the public. The Communications Office is concerned with the President's speeches, exact words, etc., and setting the overall tone for communications

Interview with Mike McCurry about the Office of Communications