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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Judith Kanheman

Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary

Judith Kanheman, born 1 September 1968 in Flushing, Long Island, serves as White House Press Secretary for Kent administration. In the first months of the Kent Administration she was widely seen as something of a pretender, as Kent Communications Director Dana Powers actually conducted the daily press briefings instead of Myers. However, after a few verbal missteps by Powers early in the administration, Kanheman was conveniently allowed to serve in the traditional role of the press secretary, and is considered to have had a successful tenure.

Kanheman holds the distinction of being only the second female to serve as White House Press Secretary (Dee Dee Myers under Clinton was the first), as well as being the third-youngest press secretary ever.

Kanheman is a graduate of Brown University. After graduation she worked in Broadcasting and on several political campaigns, and in television production with one of the major networks. She was involved in the organization of the Kent Web presence before it was given over largely to O'Sullivan Consulting.

She was brought into the administration after work on the Kent Campaign at the suggestion of the VPOTUS, but has generally polarized more towards Athey, and the President, based on her early reception.

Office of the Press Secretary
Is responsible for carrying out the Communications of the Whitehouse in regards to the Press. While the Office of Communications establishes the tone and content of Communications, the Office of the Press Secretary actually carries out much of the day to day Communication on behalf of the Whitehouse. The Office of the Press Secretary is less about long-range policy and more about what we are going to say tomorrow.

Interview with Mike McCurry about the Office of Communications and the Press Secretary