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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Mary Nemeth

Assistant to the President for Speechwriting and Policy Advisor

Assistant to the President for Speechwriting and Policy Advisor
Prior to working for President Kent, Ms. Nemeth worked for Secretary of Commerce Mickey Kantor as Deputy Chief of Staff and White House Liaison.

From 2000-2004, Nemeth served as Policy Director and Campaign Speechwriter to James Kent

From 2004-2008, Ms. Nemeth practiced law at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Stepton & Johnston, LLP.

Nemeth's career was heavily promoted by James Kent, and the two have been close. She was one of a handful of intimates constantly in Kent's prescence during two difficult Senate races, criss-crossing the state and working late into the night.

It is an ill-kept secret that the First Lady detests Nemeth, to the extent that Nemeth seldom travels aboard Air Force One if the First Lady is to be present. There has been talk she may return to private practice, though the President clearly values her as a staff member.

Ms. Nemeth received her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1993 and her B.A. from the University of Ohio in 1990.