Rajesh De

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Raj De

White House Staff Secretary
In office Early 2011 – April 2012
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Lisa Brown
Succeeded by	Douglas Kramer
Personal details
Born	1972 (age 44–45)
Political party	Democratic
Education	Harvard University (BA, JD)

Rajesh "Raj" De (born circa 1972^[1]) is an American lawyer, and former U.S. government official.

From early 2011 through April 2012, De served as White House Staff Secretary. From April 2012 through March 2015, he was general counsel for the U.S. National Security Agency, a period marked by controversy over disclosures of NSA surveillance.^[2]^[3] After leaving the NSA, he joined the law firm Mayer Brown.^[3]

De has a JD from Harvard Law School and an AB from Harvard College^[4] where he graduated in the class of 1999.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Bender, Bryan (9 January 2015). "From Harvard Law School friends to legal architects of the war on terrorism". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 3 April 2015. The trio, now in their early 40s, ...
^ "Rajesh De, NSA General Counsel, Defends Warrantless Wiretapping Program". HuffingtonPost. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "The NSA's former top lawyer talks privacy, security, and Snowden's 'betrayal'". The Daily Dot. April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
^ "Executive Profile: Rajesh De". Bloomberg. Retrieved 3 April 2015.

Political offices
Preceded by Lisa Brown	White House Staff Secretary 2011–2012	Succeeded by Douglas Kramer

Obama administration personnel

Cabinet and cabinet-level

Office	Name	Term	Office	Name	Term
Secretary of State	John Kerry	2013–2017	Secretary of Treasury	Jack Lew	2013–2017
Secretary of Defense	Ashton Carter	2015–2017	Attorney General	Loretta Lynch	2015–2017
Secretary of the Interior	Sally Jewell	2013–2017	Secretary of Agriculture	Tom Vilsack	2009–2017
Secretary of Commerce	Penny Pritzker	2013–2017	Secretary of Labor	Thomas Perez	2013–2017
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Sylvia Mathews Burwell	2014–2017	Secretary of Education Secretary of Transportation	John King Jr. Anthony Foxx	2016–2017 2013–2017
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Julian Castro	2014–2017	Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Robert A. McDonald	2014–2017
Secretary of Energy	Ernest Moniz	2013–2017	Secretary of Homeland Security	Jeh Johnson	2013–2017

Vice President	Joe Biden	2009–2017	White House Chief of Staff	Denis McDonough	2013–2017
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Shaun Donovan	2014–2017	Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Gina McCarthy	2013–2017
Ambassador to the United Nations	Samantha Power	2013–2017	Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers	Jason Furman	2013–2017
Trade Representative	Michael Froman	2013–2017	Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Maria Contreras-Sweet	2014–2017

Below solid line: Granted Cabinet rank although not automatically part of the Cabinet. See also: Confirmations of Barack Obama's Cabinet

Executive Office of the President

Office	Name	Term	Office	Name	Term
White House Chief of Staff White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy	Rahm Emanuel Pete Rouse William M. Daley Jack Lew Denis McDonough Mona Sutphen Nancy-Ann DeParle Rob Nabors	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–17 2009–11 2011–13 2013–15	National Security Advisor Deputy National Security Advisor Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan	Jim Jones Thomas E. Donilon Susan Rice Thomas E. Donilon Denis McDonough Tony Blinken Avril Haines Douglas Lute^†	2009–10 2010–13 2013–17 2009–10 2010–13 2013–14 2015–17 2009–13
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations	Jim Messina Alyssa Mastromonaco Anita Decker Breckenridge	2009–11 2011–14 2014–17	Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security	Ben Rhodes John O. Brennan Lisa Monaco	2009–17 2009–13 2013–17
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning	Mark B. Childress Kristie Canegallo	2012–14 2014–17	Deputy National Security Advisor and NSC Chief of Staff	Denis McDonough	2009–10
Senior Advisor to the President	David Axelrod David Plouffe Daniel Pfeiffer Shailagh Murray	2009–11 2011–13 2013–15 2015–17	White House Communications Director	Anita Dunn Daniel Pfeiffer Jennifer Palmieri Jen Psaki	2009 2009–13 2013–15 2015–17
Senior Advisor to the President Counselor to the President	Pete Rouse Brian Deese Pete Rouse John Podesta	2009–10 2015–17 2011–13 2014–15	Deputy White House Communications Director	Jen Psaki Jennifer Palmieri	2009–11 2011–14
Senior Advisor to the President and Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs Director of Public Engagement Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Director, National Economic Council	Valerie Jarrett Christina Tchen Jon Carson Cecilia Muñoz Jerry Abramson Lawrence Summers Gene Sperling Jeffrey Zients	2009–17 2009–11 2011–13 2009–12 2014–17 2009–10 2011–14 2014–17	White House Press Secretary Deputy Press Secretary Director of Special Projects Director of Speechwriting White House Counsel	Robert Gibbs Jay Carney Josh Earnest Bill Burton Josh Earnest Stephanie Cutter Jon Favreau Cody Keenan Greg Craig Robert Bauer Kathryn Ruemmler Neil Eggleston	2009–11 2011–13 2013– 2009–11 2011–13 2010–11 2009–13 2013–17 2009–10 2010–11 2011–14 2014–17
Deputy Director, National Economic Council Deputy Director, National Economic Council Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board	Diana Farrell Brian Deese Jason Furman Paul Volcker	2009–11 2011–13 2009–13 2009–11	Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Phil Schiliro Rob Nabors Katie Beirne Fallon	2009–11 2011–13 2013–2016
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors	Christina Romer Austan Goolsbee Jason Furman	2009–10 2010–13 2013–17	Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Katharine Abraham	2011–17
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Cecilia Rouse	2009–17	Director, Office of Political Affairs	Patrick Gaspard	2009–11
Director, Office of Management and Budget	Peter R. Orszag Jack Lew Jeffrey Zients Sylvia Mathews Burwell Brian Deese Shaun Donovan	2009–10 2010–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2014–17	Chief Technology Officer Chief Information Officer	Aneesh Chopra Todd Park Megan Smith Vivek Kundra Steven VanRoekel	2009–12 2012–14 2014–17 2009–11 2011–14
Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Zients	2009–13	Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Liebman Heather Higginbottom Brian Deese	2010 2011–13 2013–15
Director of Scheduling and Advance Director, White House Military Office	Alyssa Mastromonaco	2009–11	United States Trade Representative	Ron Kirk Michael Froman	2009–13 2013–17
Cabinet Secretary	Chris Lu	2009–13	Director, Domestic Policy Council	Melody Barnes Cecilia Muñoz	2009–12 2012–17
Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council	Heather Higginbottom	2009–11	Staff Secretary	Lisa Brown Rajesh De Douglas Kramer	2009–11 2011–12 2012–13
Director, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	Joshua DuBois Melissa Rogers	2009–2013 2013–17	Director, Office of Health Reform	Nancy-Ann DeParle	2009–11
Deputy Director, Office of Health Reform	Jeanne Lambrew	2009–2011	Personal Aide to the President	Reggie Love	2009–11
Director, Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy	Carol Browner	2009–11	Personal Secretary to the President	Katie Johnson Anita Decker Breckenridge Ferial Govashiri	2009–11 2011–14 2014–17
Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change	Heather Zichal	2009–2013	Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President	Eugene Kang	2009–11
Director, Council on Environmental Quality	Nancy Sutley	2009–2014	Director, Office of National AIDS Policy	Jeffrey Crowley	2009–2011
Chief of Staff to the First Lady	Jackie Norris Christina Tchen	2009 2011–17	Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy	Gil Kerlikowske Michael Botticelli	2009–14 2014–17
White House Social Secretary	Desirée Rogers Julianna Smoot Jeremy Bernard Deesha Dyer	2009–10 2010–11 2011–15 2015–17	Director, Office of Urban Affairs	Adolfo Carrión Jr.	2009–2010
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy	John Holdren	2009–17

^*Senate-confirmation pending. ^†Remained from previous administration (s).

Office of the Vice President

Position	Appointee
Chief of Staff to the Vice President	Steve Ricchetti
Counsel to the Vice President	Cynthia Hogan
Counselor to the Vice President	Mike Donilon
Assistant to the Vice President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison	Evan Ryan
Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Communications	Shailagh Murray
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President	Shailagh Murray
Deputy National Security Adviser to the Vice President	Brian McKeon
Residence Manager and Social Secretary for the Vice President and Second Lady	Carlos Elizondo
National Security Adviser to the Vice President	Colin Kahl

Position	Appointee
Chief of Staff to the Second Lady	Catherine M. Russell
Director of Administration for the Office of the Vice President	Moises Vela
Domestic Policy Adviser to the Vice President	Terrell McSweeny
Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President	Jared Bernstein
Press Secretary to the Vice President	Elizabeth Alexander
Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President	Annie Tomasini
Director of Legislative Affairs	Sudafi Henry
Director of Communications for the Second Lady	Courtney O’Donnell