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Jim Messina

White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
Incumbent
Assumed office January 20, 2009 Serving with Mona Sutphen
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Blake Gottesman

Born	1969
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of Montana (B.A.)
Occupation	White House Deputy Chief of Staff

Jim Messina (born 1969)^[1] is the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations for President Barack Obama.^[2] Prior to taking up that post he was Director of Personnel for the transition team.

Career

Messina served as national Chief of Staff for Sen. Obama's presidential campaign. Previous to that, Messina was chief of staff for two US Senators and one Representative: Max Baucus (D-MT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and U.S. Rep Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY). As Baucus' chief of staff, Messina was integral in devising the Democratic strategy that prevented the privatization of Social Security.^[3]

Messina has also managed and consulted on many other political campaign organizations from Alaska to New York, including Montana Senator Jon Tester's successful election in 2006.^[3]

Education

Messina graduated from Boise High School in Boise, Idaho in 1988 and earned his B.A. in political science from the University of Montana in 1993.^[4]

References

^ "Obama's People". The New York Times Magazine. http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/magazine/2009-inauguration-gallery/index.html?WT.mc_id=PO-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-MII-ROS-0109-NA&WT.mc_ev=click. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
^ "Obama makes early appointments". marcambinder.theatlantic.com. http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/11/obamas_filling_the_white_house.php. Retrieved 2008-11-18.
^ ^a ^b http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/20/AR2009022003853.html?sub=new
^ "Obama Hires Boise High Graduate as Chief of Staff". New West Boise. http://www.newwest.net/city/article/obama_hires_boise_high_graduate_as_chief_of_staff/C108/L108/. Retrieved 2009-11-24.

Barack Obama's Executive Office of the President

Office	Name	Term	Office	Name	Term
White House Chief of Staff	Rahm Emanuel	2009–	National Security Advisor	Jim Jones	2009–
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy	Mona Sutphen	2009–	Deputy National Security Advisor	Thomas E. Donilon	2009–
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations	Jim Messina	2009–	Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan	Douglas Lute^†	2009–
Senior Advisor to the President	David Axelrod	2009–	Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications	Ben Rhodes	2009–
Senior Advisor to the President	Peter Rouse	2009–	Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security	John O. Brennan	2009–
Senior Advisor to the President and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement	Valerie Jarrett	2009–	Deputy National Security Advisor and NSC Chief of Staff White House Communications Director	Denis McDonough Anita Dunn	2009- 2009-
Director of Public Engagement	Christina Tchen	2009–	Deputy White House Communications Director	Dan Pfeiffer	2009–
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs	Cecilia Muñoz	2009–	White House Press Secretary	Robert Gibbs	2009–
Director, National Economic Council	Lawrence Summers	2009–	Deputy Press Secretary	Bill Burton	2009–
Deputy Director, National Economic Council	Diana Farrell	2009–	Deputy Press Secretary	Jennifer Psaki	2009–
Deputy Director, National Economic Council	Jason Furman	2009–	Deputy Press Secretary	Josh Earnest	2009–
Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board	Paul Volcker	2009–	Director of Speechwriting	Jon Favreau	2009–
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors	Christina Romer	2009–	White House Counsel	Robert Bauer	2009–
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors and Staff Director of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board	Austan Goolsbee	2009–	Deputy White House Counsel Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Phil Schiliro	2009–
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Cecilia Rouse	2009–	Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Lisa Konwinski	2009–
Director, Office of Management and Budget	Peter R. Orszag	2009–	Executive Clerk	George T. Saunders^†	2009–
Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Zients	2009–	Director, Office of Political Affairs Chief Technology Officer	Patrick Gaspard Aneesh Chopra	2009– 2009–
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget	Rob Nabors	2009–	Chief Information Officer	Vivek Kundra	2009–
United States Trade Representative	Ron Kirk	2009–	Director, Office of Presidential Personnel	Don Gips	2009–
Director, Domestic Policy Council	Melody Barnes	2009–	Director of Scheduling and Advance	Alyssa Mastromonaco	2009–
Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council	Heather Higginbottom	2009–	Director, White House Military Office	vacant	2009–
Director, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	Joshua DuBois	2009–	Cabinet Secretary	Chris Lu	2009–
Director, Office of Health Reform	Nancy DeParle	2009–	Deputy Cabinet Secretary	Liz Sears Smith	2009–
Deputy Director, Office of Health Reform	Jeanne Lambrew	2009–	Staff Secretary	Lisa Brown	2009–
Director, Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy	Carol Browner	2009–	Director, Office of Management and Administration	Bradley Kiley	2009–
Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change	Heather Zichal	2009–	Director, Oval Office Operations	Micaela Fernandez	2009–
Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers	Edward B. Montgomery	2009–	Personal Aide to the President	Reggie Love	2009–
Director, Council on Environmental Quality	Nancy Sutley	2009–	Personal Secretary to the President	Katie Johnson	2009–
Director, Office of National AIDS Policy	Jeffrey Crowley	2009–	Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President	Eugene Kang	2009–
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy	Gil Kerlikowske	2009–	Chief of Staff to the First Lady	Susan Sher	2009–
Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy	A. Thomas McLellan*	2009–	White House Social Secretary	Desirée Rogers	2009–
Director, Office of Urban Affairs Policy	Adolfo Carrión, Jr.	2009–	Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy	John Holdren	2009–

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

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