Office of the Vice President of the United States

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Office of the Vice President
Seal of the Vice President of the United States.svg
Agency overview
Formed1939
HeadquartersEisenhower Executive Office Building
EmployeesApprox 100
Annual budgetUS$ 2,591,000 (FY2022)[1]
Agency executive
Parent agencyFederal government of the United States
WebsiteVice President Kamala Harris

The Office of the Vice President includes personnel who directly support or advise the vice president of the United States. The Office is headed by the chief of staff to the Vice President of the United States, currently Hartina Flournoy. The office also provides staffing and support to the second gentleman of the United States. It is primarily housed in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (containing the vice president's ceremonial office),[2] with offices for the Vice President also in the West Wing, the U.S. Capitol, and in the Vice President's official residence.

History[]

With only 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) – Vice Presidents had few official duties in the executive branch, and were thus considered part of the legislative branch for purposes of salary. Salary for staff of the Office of the Vice President continues to be funded through both legislative and executive branch appropriations.

For the first century and half of its history, the Vice President had no staff other than a secretary and a personal assistant or two. 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.

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.

The Office of the Vice President has been located in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building since the 1950s, while the Vice President individually has also been provided an office in the West Wing since 1977. 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.

Current staff[]

Office of the Vice President[]

  • Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President: Tina Flournoy[3]
    • Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President: Michael Fuchs[3]
    • Assistant to the Chief of Staff: Yael Belkind[4]
    • Personal Aide to the Vice President: Opal Vadhan[5]
  • Special Assistant to the President and Counsel to the Vice President: Josh Hsu[4]
    • Associate Counsel to the Vice President: Nasrina Bargzie[6]
    • Associate Counsel to the Vice President: R. Brandon Rios[7]
  • Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President: Nancy McEldowney[3]
    • Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President: Philip Gordon[8]
    • Advisor for the Western Hemisphere: Hillary Quam[9]
    • Special Advisor for the Northern Triangle: Kidd Manville[10]
  • Communications Director for the Vice President: Ashley Etienne[3]
    • Deputy Communications Director for the Vice President: Herbie Ziskend[11]
    • Deputy Digital Director for the Vice President: Brenna Parker[12]
  • Senior Advisor and Chief Spokesperson for the Vice President: Symone D. Sanders[3]
    • Deputy Press Secretary: Sabrina Singh
    • Assistant Press Secretary: Rachel Palermo
    • Director of Press Operations: Peter Velz[11]
  • Director of Speechwriting: Kate Childs Graham[3]
    • Deputy Director of Speechwriting: Sarah Nadia Gouda[13]
  • Deputy Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President: Rohini Kosoglu[3]
    • Deputy Policy Director to the Vice President: Deanne Millison[4]
    • Chief Economic Advisor to the Vice President: Mike Pyle[4]
    • Policy Advisor to the Vice President: Dr. Ike Irby[4]
    • Policy Advisor to the Vice President: Michael C. George[14]
    • Labor Policy Advisor to the Vice President: Dan Pedrotty[15]
    • Policy Fellow, Office of the Vice President: Keshav Poddar[16]
  • Special Assistant to the President and Director of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Vice President: Michael Collins[17]
    • Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs for the Vice President: Vincent Evans
  • Operations Coordinator for the Vice President: Michael deForest[18]
    • Deputy Operations Director for the Vice President: David Gins[19]
    • Associate Operations Director for the Vice President: Andy Vargas[13]
  • Deputy Director of Research: Tyler Lykins[20]
  • Director of Scheduling for the Vice President: Lindsay Baker Hayes[13]
    • Deputy Director of Scheduling for the Vice President: Marguerite Biagi[21]
      • Scheduler: Cambria Hayashino
      • Advance Associate Lead: Robert Bucknam[22]
      • Advance Associate: Morgann McSwain[23]
  • Director of Legislative Affairs for the Vice President: Kristine Joy Lucius[13]
    • Associate Director of Legislative Affairs for the Vice President: Brittany Carmon[24]
      • Legislative Assistant: Halle Ewing[13]
  • Staff Secretary, Office of the Vice President: Emily Langner[13]
    • Associate Director/ Staff Secretary, Office of the Vice President: Kaitlin Denney[25][13]
  • Director of Management and Administration for the Office of the Vice President: Cynthia Bernstein[4]
    • Vetting Researcher: Silas Woods III[13]
  • Social Secretary & Residence Manager to the Vice President: Storm Horncastle[26]
    • Deputy Social Secretary: David W. Nelson[27]
  • Photographer to the Vice President: Lawrence Jackson [4][28]
    • Director of Video for the Vice President: Hope Hall[29]

Office of the Second Gentleman[]

  • Special Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Second Gentleman: Julie Mason[3]
    • Deputy Director for Policy to the Second Gentleman: Rukku Singla[30]
    • Deputy Director for Advance to the Second Gentleman: Zaina Javaid[30]
    • Deputy Director for Scheduling to the Second Gentleman: Elizabeth Ivey Purcell[13]
    • Deputy Assistant to the President and Communications Director to the Second Gentleman: Katie Peters
      • Communications Assistant, Office of the Second Gentleman: Megha Bhattacharya[30]
    • Associate Director of Projects and Special Assistant to the Second Gentleman: Edgar Estrada[31]

See also[]

  • Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations

References[]

  1. ^ "Budget of the U.S. Government Fiscal Year 2022 - Appendix" (PDF). govinfo.gov.
  2. ^ "Vice President of the United States - Ceremonial Office". whitehouse.gov – via National Archives.
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  5. ^ Meyer, Theodoric; Thompson, Alex. "To tweet or not to tweet? That is the question". POLITICO. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  6. ^ "Nasrina Bargzie LinkedIn profile".
  7. ^ "R. Brandon Rios LinkedIn profile".
  8. ^ "President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announce Additional Members of the Office of the Vice President". Biden-Harris Transition (Press release). January 16, 2021. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
  9. ^ "Hillary Quam LinkedIn profile".
  10. ^ "Kidd Manville LinkedIn profile".
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b "Kamala Harris Announces New Additions To Her Incoming Staff". BET.com. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
  12. ^ Sfondeles, Tina; Thompson, Alex. "The women in the White House who earn more than Klain". POLITICO. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "Senate Office of the Vice President - Staff Salaries". www.legistorm.com. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
  14. ^ "Michael C. George LinkedIn profile".
  15. ^ "Dan Pedrotty LinkedIn profile".
  16. ^ "Keshav Poddar LinkedIn profile".
  17. ^ Bade, Rachael; Lizza, Ryan; Palmeri, Tara; Daniels, Eugene. "Pelosi's big headache — and the Post's black-box editor search". POLITICO. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  18. ^ "Michael deForest LinkedIn profile".
  19. ^ "David Gins LinkedIn profile".
  20. ^ "Tyler Lykins LinkedIn profile".
  21. ^ "Marguerite Biagi LinkedIn profile".
  22. ^ "Robert W. Bucknam III LinkedIn profile".
  23. ^ "Morgann McSwain LinkedIn profile".
  24. ^ "Brittany Carmon LinkedIn profile".
  25. ^ "Kaitlin Denney LinkedIn profile".
  26. ^ "Storm Horncastle LinkedIn profile".
  27. ^ "David W. Nelson LinkedIn profile".
  28. ^ "Lawrence Jackson: Black Photographer Will Document Historic White House Tenure of Incoming Vice President Kamala Harris". Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  29. ^ "Hope Hall LinkedIn profile".
  30. ^ Jump up to: a b c Bade, Rachael; Palmeri, Tara; Lizza, Ryan; Daniels, Eugene. "POLITICO Playbook: McCarthy has another Trump problem on his hands". POLITICO. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  31. ^ "Edgar Estrada LinkedIn profile".
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