Barack Obama Administration: Jews in the Administration
(Updated March 2016)
| Current Members | |
| Tony Blinken | Deputy National Security Advisor |
| Danielle Borrin | Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Deputy Director of Public Engagement |
| Gary Gensler | Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission |
| Jonathan Greenblatt | Special Assistant to the President and Director, Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation (Domestic Policy Council) |
| Jack Lew | Secretary of the Treasury |
| Eric Lynn | Middle East Policy Adviser |
| Matt Nosanchuk | Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement for Jewish Outreach |
| David Plouffe | Senior Advisor to the President |
| Daniel Rubenstein | Ambassador to Syria |
| Dan Shapiro | Ambassador to Israel |
| Gene Sperling | Director, National Economic Council |
| Aviva Sufian | Special Envoy, U.S. Holocaust Survivor Services (Inaugural role) |
| Adam Szubin | Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control (Treasury) |
| Janet Yellen | Chairwoman, Federal Reserve |
| David Cohen | Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency |
| David Saperstein | Ambassador for Religious Freedom |
| Amy Rosenbaum | Director of Legislative Affairs |
| Raffi Freedman-Gurspan | Liaison to the LGBT Community |
| Wendy Sherman | Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs |
| Jason Furman | Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers |
| Thomas Nides | Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources |
| Former Members | |
| Ben Bernanke (2006-2013) | Chairman, Federal Reserve |
| Mary Schapiro (2009-2012) | Chairwoman, Securities and Exchange Commission |
| Steven Simon (2009-2012) | Senior Director, Middle East/North Africa, National Security Council |
| Rahm Emanuel (2009-2010) | Chief of Staff to the President |
| David Axelrod (2009-2011) | Senior Advisor to the President |
| Elena Kagan (2009-2010) | Solicitor General of the United States |
| Peter Orszag (2009-2010) | Director of the Office of Management and Budget |
| Lawrence Summers ('09-'11) | Director National Economic Council |
| Mona Sutphen (2009-2011) | Deputy White House Chief of Staff |
| James B. Steinberg ('09-'11 ) | Deputy Secretary of State |
| Dennis Ross (2009-2011 ) | Special Assistant to the President |
| Ronald Klain (2009-2011) | Chief of Staff to the Vice President |
| Jared Bernstein (2009-2011) | Chief Economist/Economic Policy Advisor to the Vice President |
| Susan Sher (2009-2011) | Chief of Staff to the First Lady |
| Lee Feinstein (2009) | Campaign Foreign Policy Advisor |
| Mara Rudman (2009) | Foreign Policy Advisor |
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