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Tracker: Senior Official Appointments
Updated: August 8, 2019
Total Appointments: 55
Career Appointments: 5*/9.1%
Political Appointments: 50/90.9%
Names in italics are still awaiting confirmation. (*) stands for a recalled career Foreign Service nominee. A line through a name means the individual has vacated the position.
State | USAID | FCS | FAS | USAGM | APHIS
Department of State
| Name | Position | Career/Political |
|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State | Political | |
| Mike Pompeo | Secretary of State | Political |
| John J. Sullivan | Deputy Secretary of State | Political |
| David Hale | U/S Political Affairs | Career |
| U/S Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy | Political | |
| Andrea L. Thompson | U/S Arms Control and International Security | Political |
| Brian Bulatao | U/S Management | Political |
| Marshall Billingslea | U/S Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights | Political |
| Keith Krach | U/S Economics, Energy and the Environment | Political |
| Manisha Singh | A/S Economic and Business Affairs | Political |
| Carl Risch | A/S Consular Affairs | Political |
| A/S Legislative Affairs | Political | |
| Mary Elizabeth Taylor | A/S Legislative Affairs | Political |
| A/S European and Eurasian Affairs | Political | |
| Michael Evanoff | A/S Diplomatic Security | Political |
| A/S Administration | Political¹ | |
| Christopher Ashley Ford | A/S International Security and Non-Proliferation | Political |
| Michelle Giuda | A/S Global Public Affairs | Political¹ |
| Kevin Edward Moley | A/S International Organization Affairs | Political |
| A/S Arms Control, Verification and Compliance | Political | |
| Marie Royce | A/S Educational and Cultural Affairs | Political |
| Francis Fannon | A/S Energy Resources | Political |
| Kirsten Dawn Madison | A/S International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs | Political |
| A/S Western Hemisphere Affairs | Political | |
| Tibor Nagy, Jr. | A/S African Affairs | Career* |
| Ellen McCarthy | A/S Intelligence and Research | Political |
| Denise Natali | A/S Conflict and Stabilization Operations | Political |
| R. Clarke Cooper | A/S Political-Military Affairs | Political |
| David Schenker | A/S Near Eastern Affairs | Political |
| David Stilwell | A/S East Asian and Pacific Affairs | Political |
| Ronald Mortensen | A/S Population, Refugees and Migration | Political* |
| Robert A. Destro | A/S Democracy, Human Rights and Labor | Political |
| Carol Z. Perez | Director General of the Foreign Service | Career |
| Nathan Sales | Counterterrorism Coordinator | Political |
| Legal Adviser | Political | |
| Chief of Protocol | Political | |
| Stephen Akard | Director, Office of Foreign Missions | Political |
| Samuel Dale Brownback | Ambassador-at-Large, International Religious Freedom | Political |
| John Cotton Richmond | Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons | Political |
| Jeffrey Eberhardt | Ambassador-at-Large for Nonproliferation | Political/Civil Service |
| Morse Tan | Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice | Political |
| Kelley Eckels Currie | Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues | Political |
U.S. Agency for International Development
| Name | Position | Career/Political |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Green | Administrator | Political |
| Bonnie Glick | Deputy Administrator | Political |
| Brock Bierman | Assistant Administrator, Europe & Eurasia | Political |
| Michael T. Harvey | Assistant Administrator, Middle East | Career |
| Mina Chang | Assistant Administrator, Asia | Political |
| John Barsa | Assistant Administrator, Latin America and the Caribbean | Political |
| Richard C. Parker | Assistant Administrator, Legislative and Public Affairs | Political |
| Alma Golden | Assistant Administrator, Global Health | Political |
| Michelle Bekkering | Assistant Administrator, Economic Growth/Education/Environment | Political |
Foreign Commercial Service
| Name | Position | Career/Political |
|---|---|---|
| FCS Director General | Political | |
| Ian Paul Steff | FCS Director General | Political |
Foreign Agricultural Service
| Name | Position | Career/Political |
|---|---|---|
| Ted McKinney | U/S Trade and Foreign Agricultural Services | Political |
| William Northey | U/S Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services | Political |
U.S. Agency for Global Media (formerly Broadcasting Board of Governors)
| Name | Position | Career/Political |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Pack | CEO | Political |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
| Name | Position | Career/Political |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Positions marked with ¹ do not require Senate confirmation.