Deputy Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President: Carmel Martin.Director of Video for the Vice President: Hope Hall.Photographer to the Vice President: Lawrence Jackson.Associate Director of Speechwriting: Alexandra Robinson.Deputy Director of Speechwriting: Steven Kelly.Director of Press Operations: Tate Mitchell.Deputy Press Secretary: Ernesto Apreza.Press Secretary for the Vice President: Kirsten Allen.Deputy Digital Director for the Vice President: Brenna Parker.Deputy Communications Director for the Vice President: Rachel Palermo.Deputy Assistant to the President & Communications Director for the Vice President: Jamal Simmons.Special Advisor to the Vice President for Europe and Russia: Alton Buland.

Special Advisor for the Western Hemisphere: Joseph Salazar.Special Advisor for Global Economic Issues: Lindsey Zuluaga.Special Advisor to the Vice President for Africa: Safia Mohamoud.Special Advisor to the Vice President for South Asia: Lisa Sawyer.Special Advisor to the Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific: Nancy Leou.Special Advisor to the Vice President for Middle East and North Africa: Abram Paley.Special Advisor to the Vice President for National Security and Foreign Policy speechwriter: Dean Lieberman.Executive Secretary and Special Advisor for Defense: James Martin.Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President: Rebecca Lissner.Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President: Philip Gordon.Associate Counsel to the Vice President: Sharmistha Das.Associate Counsel to the Vice President: R.Associate Counsel to the Vice President: Nasrina Bargzie.Deputy Counsel to the Vice President (Detail): Samantha Chaifetz.Special Assistant to the President and Counsel to the Vice President: Josh Hsu.Personal Aide to the Vice President: Opal Vadhan.Assistant to the Chief of Staff: Yael Belkind.Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President: Erin Wilson.Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President: Lorraine Voles.Much of the Office of the Vice President centers around the offices once provided to the secretary of the Navy when the Eisenhower building was first constructed.Ĭurrent staff Office of the Vice President The vice president individually has also been provided an office in the West Wing since 1977. The room in the EEOB was redesigned and included emblems of the Navy Department, coinciding with the office's original purpose, the process was spearheaded by a Boston interior designer, William McPherson. The Office of the Vice President has been located in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building since the 1950s. Vice President Henry Wallace was given actual executive duties during World War II, as was Alben Barkley, who became a member of the National Security Council in 1949. This began to change with the 1939 Reorganization Act, which included an 'Office of the Vice President' (who at the time was John Nance Garner), under the Executive Office of the President. Salary for staff of the Office of the Vice President continues to be funded through both legislative and executive branch appropriations.įor the first century and half of its history, the vice president had no staff other than a secretary and a personal assistant or two. Vice presidents had few official duties in the executive branch, and were thus considered part of the legislative branch for purposes of salary. According to Roger Sherman, a Connecticut congressional cabinet member and Founding Father, if the vice-president did not maintain the role of president of the Senate, then another member would have to occupy the neutral position and thus would make the Senate disproportionate. The vice president has three constitutional functions: to replace the president in the event of death, disability or resignation to count the votes of electors for president and vice president and declare the winners before a joint session of Congress and to preside over the Senate (with the role of breaking ties). Capitol, and in the vice president's official residence. It is primarily housed in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (containing the vice president's ceremonial office), with offices for the vice president also in the West Wing, the U.S. The office also provides staffing and support to the second gentleman of the United States. The office is headed by the chief of staff to the vice president of the United States, currently Lorraine Voles. The Office of the Vice President includes personnel who directly support or advise the vice president of the United States.

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