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{{short description|U.S. presidential staff member in charge of the White House's media campaign}}

The '''White House Director of Communications''' is part of the senior staff of the [[President of the United States]], and is responsible for developing and promoting the President's agenda. The director, along with his or her staff, work on speeches such as the [[inaugural address]] and the [[State of the Union Address]]. The current holder of this position under President [[George W. Bush]] is [[Kevin Sullivan]], who took over the position from [[Nicolle Wallace]] (nee Devenish) on [[July 24]], [[2006]]. The Communications Director is usually given an office in the [[White_House#The_West_Wing|West Wing]] of the [[White House]].

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{{Infobox US Cabinet

| post = White House Communications Director

| insignia = The White House logo under Trump 2.0.jpg

| insigniasize = 150px

| incumbent = [[Steven Cheung (political advisor)|Steven Cheung]]

| image = [[File:Steven Cheung April 2025.jpg|175px]]

| incumbentsince = January 20, 2025

| department = [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office of the President]]<br/>[[White House Office]]

| reports_to = [[White House Chief of Staff]]

| appointer = [[President of the United States]]

| first = [[Herb Klein (journalist)|Herbert G. Klein]]

| formation = 1969 ([[White House Office]])<br/>1974 (White House Office of the Press Secretary)

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The '''White House communications director''' or '''White House director of communications''', also known officially as '''Assistant to the President for Communications''', is part of the senior staff of the [[president of the United States]]. The officeholder is responsible for developing and promoting the agenda of the president and [[Media strategy|leading its media campaign]].

The director, along with their staff, works on major political speeches such as the [[United States presidential inauguration|inaugural address]] and the [[State of the Union Address]]. The communications director, who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the president, without the need for [[United States Senate]] confirmation, is usually given an office in the [[West Wing]] of the [[White House]].

Historically, the position of White House Communications Director is typically given to a senior public relations staff member of the candidate's campaign staff. Typically this is either the Deputy Campaign Manager or the Campaign Communications Director. The Communications Director works closely with the [[White House Press Secretary]], who typically was a co-worker in the president's campaign. An example of this during the [[1992 Clinton Presidential Campaign]] is Deputy Campaign Manager [[George Stephanopoulos]] who was appointed to Communications Director after Clinton's election.

==History==

As the President's voice and vision must be clear, the Communications Director must ensure that all aspects of communications are covered to ensure that the administration's message has been delivered successfully.

The White House Office of Communications was established by [[Herb Klein (journalist)|Herbert G. Klein]] in January 1969 during the [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]] administration.<ref>"White House Unit Takes on New Life", ''[[The Washington Post]]'', November 26, 1973, p. 9.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F1ucgs8wa9YC&q=Herbert+G.+Klein+in+1969+white+house+communications&pg=PA34|title=Impeachment: Selected Materials|last=Judiciary|first=United States Congress House Committee on the|date=1973|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=9780160577031|language=en}}</ref> It was separate from the Office of the Press Secretary from 1969 to 1974.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/17/archives/press-operations-in-white-house-revised-with-politics-ruled-out.html "Press Operations in White House Revised, With Politics Ruled Out"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 17, 1974, p. 15.</ref>

==FictionKey staff==

* Assistant to the President and [[Senior Advisor to the President of the United States#Senior advisors to President Joe Biden|Senior Advisor to the President]] and '''White House Communications Director''': [[Steven Cheung (political advisor)|Steven Cheung]]<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Meridith| last1=McGraw| first2=Rachael| last2=Bade |title=Trump to tap campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung as communications director |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/15/trump-transition-steven-cheung-communications-director-00189857 |access-date=22 November 2024 |work=Politico |date=15 November 2024}}</ref>

[[Toby Ziegler]] (played by [[Richard Schiff]]) is prominently featured as President [[Jed Bartlet|Bartlet]]'s Communications Director in the television series ''[[The West Wing (TV series)|The West Wing]]''. He was later replaced by [[Will Bailey]] after Toby was fired for leaking classified information.

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* Assistant to the President and [[Senior Advisor to the President of the United States#Senior advisors to President Joe Biden|Senior Advisor to the President]] and '''[[White House Press Secretary]]''': [[Karoline Leavitt]]<ref>{{Cite news |first=Elena| last=Moore |title=Trump picks Karoline Leavitt to be youngest White House press secretary in history |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/11/15/g-s1-34514/trump-karoline-leavitt-press-secretary-white-house-spokesperson |access-date=22 November 2024 |work=NPR |date=15 November 2024}}</ref>

==List of directors==

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!Start

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!colspan=2 |President

|-

|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Herb|Klein|dab=journalist}}

|{{dts|January 20, 1969}}

|{{dts|July 1, 1973}}

|{{ayd|1969|1|20|1973|7|1}}

|<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=3864 |title=Richard Nixon: Letter Accepting the Resignation of Herbert G. Klein as Director of Communications for the Executive Branch.|website=presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref>

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Richard|Nixon}}<br>(1969–1974)

|-

|rowspan=2 |[[File:No image.svg|60px]]

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Ken|Clawson|Ken W. Clawson}}

|{{dts|January 30, 1974}}

|{{dts|August 9, 1974}}

|{{ayd|1974|1|30|1974|8|9}}

|<ref>{{Cite book |last=President (1974-1977 : Ford). White House Press Release Unit. 8/9/1974-1/20/1977 |url=https://dp.la/item/929723e32b371409f36b5dc3e5ff8c21 |title=Correspondence between President Ford and Ken W. Clawson, regarding Clawson's resignation [Letter]}}</ref>

|-

|{{dts|August 9, 1974}}

|{{dts|November 4, 1974}}

|{{ayd|1974|8|9|1974|11|4}}

|

|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=4 |{{sortname|Gerald|Ford}}<br>(1974–1977)

|-

|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Jerry|Warren|Gerald Lee Warren}}

|{{dts|November 4, 1974}}

|{{dts|August 15, 1975}}

|{{ayd|1974|11|4|1975|8|15}}

|<ref name="Managing">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1AMDcjxuok4C|title=Managing the President's Message: The White House Communications Operation |first=Martha Joynt |last=Kumar |date=July 6, 2007 |publisher=JHU Press |isbn=9780801886522 |via=Google Books}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:Margita White, Assistant Deputy Director of Communications in the White House.jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Margita|White}}

|{{dts|August 15, 1975}}

|{{dts|July 12, 1976}}

|{{ayd|1975|8|15|1976|7|12}}

|<ref>{{cite web |last=Shabecoff |first=Philip |date=July 13, 1976 |title=Ford Shifts and Expands Press Staff |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/13/archives/ford-shifts-and-expands-press-staff.html |website=The New York Times |via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:Portraits of Assistants to President Ronald Reagan (cropped7).jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|David|Gergen}}

|{{dts|July 12, 1976}}

|{{dts|January 20, 1977}}

|{{ayd|1976|7|12|1977|1|20}}

|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/guides/findingaid/gergendfiles.asp |title=Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum |website=fordlibrarymuseum.gov}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:Gerald Rafshoon.tif|60px]]

|{{sortname|Gerald|Rafshoon}}

|{{dts|July 1, 1978}}

|{{dts|August 14, 1979}}

|{{ayd|1978|7|1|1979|8|14}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Priluck |first=Lara |date=2024-10-01 |title=Jimmy Carter is 100. His White House comms director — now 90 — has stories to tell. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/01/rafshoon-jimmy-carter-100-00181749 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Politico |language=en}}</ref>

|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|Jimmy|Carter}}<br>(1977–1981)

|-

|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Frank|Ursomarso}}

|{{dts|February 23, 1981}}

|{{dts|June 17, 1981}}

|{{ayd|1981|2|23|1981|6|17}}

|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/textual/smof/ursomarso.pdf |title=URSOMARSO, FRANK: Files, 1981 (3.1 l.ft.; Box 1-8)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ronald Reagan: Appointment of Frank A. Ursomarso as Director of the White House Office of Communications |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=43600 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729172318/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=43600 |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref>

|rowspan=7 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=7 |{{sortname|Ronald|Reagan}}<br>(1981–1989)

|-

|[[File:Portraits of Assistants to President Ronald Reagan (cropped7).jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|David|Gergen}}

|{{dts|June 17, 1981}}

|{{dts|January 15, 1984}}

|{{ayd|1981|6|17|1984|1|15}}

|<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Key Reagan Administration Officials |url=http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/reference/keyofficials.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050304004827/http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/reference/keyofficials.html |archive-date=March 4, 2005 |website=reagan.utexas.edu}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:Portraits of Assistants to President Ronald Reagan (cropped2).jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Michael|McManus|Michael A. McManus Jr.}}

|{{dts|January 15, 1984}}

|{{dts|February 6, 1985}}

|{{ayd|1984|1|15|1985|2|6}}

|<ref name="Managing"/>

|-

|[[File:Pat Buchanan 1985a (1).jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Pat|Buchanan}}

|{{dts|February 6, 1985}}

|{{dts|March 1, 1987}}

|{{ayd|1985|2|6|1987|3|1}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-26 |title=Buchanan, Patrick J.: Files, 1985-1987 {{!}} Ronald Reagan |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/research/finding-aids/buchanan-patrick-j-files-1985-1987 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.reaganlibrary.gov |language=en}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Jack|Koehler}}

|{{dts|March 1, 1987}}

|{{dts|March 13, 1987}}

|{{ayd|1987|3|2|1987|3|13}}

|<ref>{{cite web |title=Letter Accepting the Resignation of John O. Koehler as Assistant to the President and Director of Communications |url=https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/speeches/1987/030987c.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508130720/https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/speeches/1987/030987c.htm |archive-date=May 8, 2016 |website=reaganlibrary.archives.gov}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:Tom Griscom 1987.jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Tom|Griscom}}

|{{dts|April 2, 1987}}

|{{dts|July 1, 1988}}

|{{ayd|1987|4|2|1988|7|1}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-25 |title=Griscom, Thomas C.: Files, 1987-1988 {{!}} Ronald Reagan |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/research/finding-aids/griscom-thomas-c-files-1987-1988 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.reaganlibrary.gov |language=en}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:Mari Maseng 1988.jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Mari|Maseng Will}}

|{{dts|July 1, 1988}}

|{{dts|January 20, 1989}}

|{{ayd|1988|7|1|1989|1|20}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mari Will Maseng Communications debate coach Washington, DC |url=https://www.masengcommunications.com/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=masengcommunications |language=en}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]

|{{sortname|David|Demarest|dab=politician}}

|{{dts|January 20, 1989}}

|{{dts|August 23, 1992}}

|{{nowrap|{{ayd|1989|1|20|1992|8|23}}}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |title=David F. Demarest |url=https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/david-f-demarest |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Stanford Graduate School of Business |language=en}}</ref>

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|George H. W.|Bush}}<br>(1989–1993)

|-

|[[File:Tutwilermd 175.jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Margaret|Tutwiler|Margaret D. Tutwiler}}

|{{dts|August 23, 1992}}

|{{dts|January 20, 1993}}

|{{ayd|1992|8|23|1993|1|20}}

|<ref>[https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PPP-1992-book2/pdf/PPP-1992-book2-doc-pg1417.pdf Appointment of Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler as Assistant to the President for Communications], ''gpo.gov''.</ref>

|-

|[[File:George Stephanopoulos cropped.jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|George|Stephanopoulos}}

|{{dts|January 20, 1993}}

|{{dts|June 7, 1993}}

|{{ayd|1993|1|20|1993|6|7}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-01-16 |title=the clinton years |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/interviews/stephanopoulos.html |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.pbs.org}}</ref>

|rowspan=5 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=5 |{{sortname|Bill|Clinton}}<br>(1993–2001)

|-

|[[File:Mark Gearan NCMNPS.jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Mark|Gearan}}

|{{dts|June 7, 1993}}

|{{dts|August 14, 1995}}

|{{ayd|1993|6|7|1995|8|14}}

|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=60004 |title=William J. Clinton: Press Briefing by David Gergen and Mark Gearan |website=presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Don|Baer|Donald A. Baer}}

|{{dts|August 14, 1995}}

|{{dts|July 31, 1997}}

|{{ayd|1995|8|14|1997|7|31}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Don Baer |url=https://www.brunswickgroup.com/don-baer-i18202/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Brunswick |language=en-US}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:Ann Lewis (138) (13315485475).jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Ann|Lewis}}

|{{dts|July 31, 1997}}

|{{dts|March 10, 1999}}

|{{ayd|1997|7|31|1999|3|10}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ann Lewus, White House Director of Communications for President Bill Clinton, to Speak at State Museum on April 15 {{!}} The New York State Museum |url=https://www.nysm.nysed.gov/about/press/ann-lewis |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.nysm.nysed.gov}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Loretta|Ucelli}}

|{{dts|March 10, 1999}}

|{{dts|January 20, 2001}}

|{{ayd|1999|3|10|2001|1|20}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |title=White House names new communications director - March 10, 1999 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/10/staff/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=CNN}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:KarenHughes.jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Karen|Hughes}}

|{{dts|January 20, 2001}}

|{{dts|October 2, 2001}}

|{{ayd|2001|1|20|2001|10|2}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karen P. Hughes |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/hughes-bio.html |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov}}</ref>

|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=4 |{{sortname|George W.|Bush}}<br>(2001–2009)

|-

|[[File:Daniel Joseph Bartlett.jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Dan|Bartlett}}

|{{dts|October 2, 2001}}

|{{dts|January 5, 2005}}

|{{ayd|2001|10|2|2005|1|5}}

|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=79123 |title=George W. Bush: Statement by the Press Secretary: Bartlett Named White House Communications Director |website=presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:Nicolle Wallace (cropped).jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Nicolle|Wallace}}

|{{dts|January 5, 2005}}

|{{dts|July 24, 2006}}

|{{ayd|2005|1|5|2006|7|24}}

|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Balk |first=Tim |date=2024-11-02 |title=Nicolle Wallace Calls on Her Former Boss, George W. Bush, to Denounce Trump |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/us/politics/george-w-bush-nicole-wallace-2024-election.html |access-date=2025-04-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:Kevin Sullivan (18578730486) (cropped).jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Kevin|Sullivan|dab=communications professional}}

|{{dts|July 24, 2006}}

|{{dts|January 20, 2009}}

|{{ayd|2006|7|24|2009|1|20}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kevin Sullivan |url=https://www.bushcenter.org/people/kevin-sullivan |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=George W. Bush Presidential Center |language=en}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Ellen|Moran}}

|{{dts|January 20, 2009}}

|{{dts|April 21, 2009}}

|{{ayd|2009|1|20|2009|4|21}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ellen Moran, Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Commerce {{!}} Department of Commerce |url=https://2010-2014.commerce.gov/About%20Commerce/Commerce%20Leadership/Ellen%20Moran.html |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=2010-2014.commerce.gov}}</ref>

|rowspan=5 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=5 |{{sortname|Barack|Obama}}<br>(2009–2017)

|-

|[[File:Anita Dunn.jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Anita|Dunn}}

|{{dts|April 21, 2009}}

|{{dts|November 30, 2009}}

|{{ayd|2009|4|21|2009|11|30}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anita Dunn |url=https://womenin.wsj.com/person/anita-dunn/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=WSJ Women In |language=en-US}}</ref><br />

|-

|[[File:Daniel Pfeiffer.jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Dan|Pfeiffer|Daniel Pfeiffer}}

|{{dts|November 30, 2009}}

|{{dts|January 25, 2013}}

|{{ayd|2009|11|30|2013|1|25}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/staff/dan-pfeiffer |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=The White House |language=en}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:Jennifer Palmieri, Aug. 2013 (cropped).jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Jen|Palmieri|Jennifer Palmieri}}

|{{dts|January 25, 2013}}

|{{dts|April 1, 2015}}

|{{ayd|2013|1|25|2015|4|1}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Obama hugs Jennifer Palmieri during a farewell party |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/photos-and-video/photo/2015/03/president-obama-hugs-jennifer-palmieri-during-farewell-party |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=The White House |language=en}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:Jen Psaki April 1 2015 (cropped).jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Jen|Psaki}}

|{{dts|April 1, 2015}}

|{{dts|January 20, 2017}}

|{{ayd|2015|4|1|2017|1|20}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jen Psaki |url=https://politics.georgetown.edu/profile/jen-psaki/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Institute of Politics and Public Service |language=en-US}}</ref>

|-

|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |[[File:Press secretary Sean Spicer (cropped).jpg|60px]]

|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |{{sortname|Sean|Spicer}}

|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |{{dts|January 20, 2017}}

|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |{{dts|March 6, 2017}}

|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |{{ayd|2017|1|20|2017|3|6}}

|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sean Spicer {{!}} Trump's Road to the White House |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interactive/trumps-road-whitehouse-frontline-interviews/transcript/sean-spicer.html |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=apps.frontline.org |language=en}}</ref>

|rowspan=8 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=8 |{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}<br>(2017–2021)

|-

|[[File:Michael D. Dubke.jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Michael|Dubke}}

|{{dts|March 6, 2017}}

|{{dts|June 2, 2017}}

|{{ayd|2017|3|6|2017|6|2}}

|<ref>[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/06/president-donald-j-trump-announces-white-house-staff-appointments "President Donald J. Trump Announces White House Staff Appointments"], ''whitehouse.gov'', March 6, 2017.</ref><ref name="Dubke">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11870660 |title=Mysterious disappearance of Donald Trump's mouthpiece Sean Spicer |date=June 6, 2017 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=June 6, 2017}}</ref>

|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"

|[[File:Press secretary Sean Spicer (cropped).jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Sean|Spicer}}

|{{dts|June 2, 2017}}

|{{dts|July 21, 2017}}

|{{ayd|2017|6|2|2017|7|21}}

|<ref name="Dubke"/><ref>{{citation |last=The White House |title=Press Briefing with Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Sanders |date=July 21, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-oM21Td-JE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/8-oM21Td-JE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=July 21, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/shakeup-puts-different-face-on-white-house-communications/3954273.html |title=Shakeup Puts Different Face on White House Communications |last=Herman |first=Steve |work=VOA |date=July 21, 2017 |access-date=2017-08-15 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11870660 |title=Mysterious disappearance of Donald Trump's mouthpiece Sean Spicer |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=2017-08-15 |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref name="Shen1">{{cite web |last=Shen |first=Lucinda |title=Anthony Scaramucci Thinks the White House Is About to Have a 'Phenomenal Relationship' With the Press |url=http://fortune.com/2017/07/21/anthony-scaramucci-trump-white-house-communications-director |access-date=August 13, 2017 |publisher=Fortune |date=July 21, 2017}}</ref>

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|[[File:Anthony Scaramucci at SALT Conference 2016 (cropped).jpg|60px]]

|{{nowrap|{{sortname|Anthony|Scaramucci}}}}

|{{dts|July 21, 2017}}

|{{dts|July 31, 2017}}

|{{ayd|2017|7|21|2017|7|31}}

|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shear |first1=Michael D. |last2=Thrush |first2=Glenn |last3=Haberman |first3=Maggie |title=John Kelly, Asserting Authority, Fires Anthony Scaramucci |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/us/politics/anthony-scaramucci-white-house.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 31, 2017 |access-date=August 1, 2017}}</ref><ref name=record>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/scaramucci-sets-new-record-shortest-term-communications-director-n788281 |title=Scaramucci Sets New Record for Shortest Term as Communications Director|last=Santos |first=Amanda Proença |date=July 31, 2017 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |access-date=August 14, 2017 |quote=Though President Donald Trump appointed Scaramucci to the role 10 days ago, he only held the position for six days thanks to an official start date of July 25.}}</ref><ref name=reports>{{cite magazine |title=White House Holds Press Briefing after Anthony Scaramucci Resigns as Communications Director |url=https://time.com/4881269/anthony-scaramucci-fired-white-house-briefing/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=July 31, 2017 |access-date=August 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anthony Scaramucci: Five top tips to lose a job in 10 days |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40788535 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=1 August 2017 |quote=Anthony Scaramucci had not yet made it to his official start date before he was fired}}</ref>

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|rowspan=2 |[[File:Hope Hicks November 2017.jpg|60px]]

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Hope|Hicks}}

|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |{{dts|August 16, 2017}}

|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |{{dts|September 12, 2017}}

|rowspan=2 |{{ayd|2017|8|16|2018|3|29}}

|rowspan=2 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hope-hicks-tapped-for-interim-white-house-communications-director |title=Hope Hicks tapped for interim White House communications director |publisher=Fox News |date=August 16, 2017 |access-date=August 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/hope-hicks-named-white-house-communications-director-after-assuming-role-on-interim-basis-1505231198 |title=Hope Hicks Named Permanent White House Communications Director |last=Ballhaus |first=Rebecca |date=2017-09-12 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=2018-03-04 |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/us/politics/hope-hicks-white-house.html |title=Hope Hicks is Gone, and It's Not Clear Who Can Replace Her |last1=Rogers |first1=Katie |date=2018-03-29 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2018-03-30 |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

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|{{dts|September 12, 2017}}

|{{dts|March 29, 2018}}

|-

|[[File:Bill Shine (cropped).jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Bill|Shine}}

|{{dts|July 5, 2018}}

|{{dts|March 8, 2019}}

|{{ayd|2018|7|5|2019|3|8}}

|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/395627-trump-announces-ex-fox-news-exec-bill-shine-will-join-white-house/ |title= Ex-Fox News exec Bill Shine to join White House |work=The Hill |date=July 5, 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2018}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:Stephanie Grisham.jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Stephanie|Grisham}}

|{{dts|July 1, 2019}}

|{{dts|April 7, 2020}}

|{{ayd|2019|7|1|2020|4|7}}

|<ref>{{cite web |last=Wise |first=Alana |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/04/07/828134122/white-house-press-secretary-grisham-moves-back-to-first-ladys-office |title=White House Press Secretary Grisham Moves Back To First Lady's Office |date=April 7, 2020 |work=NPR |access-date=April 7, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

|-

|[[File:Kate Bedingfield (The Circus on SHOWTIME).jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Kate|Bedingfield}}

|{{dts|January 20, 2021}}

|{{dts|March 1, 2023}}

|{{ayd|2021|1|20|2023|3|1}}

|<ref>{{cite web |title=Kate Bedingfield, White House Communications Director |url=https://buildbackbetter.gov/nominees-and-appointees/kate-bedingfield |access-date=2020-12-12 |website=President-Elect Joe Biden |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/06/kate-bedingfield-to-depart-the-white-house-after-over-3-years-leading-the-presidents-communications-operation/ |title=Kate Bedingfield to Depart the White House after over 3 Years Leading the President's Communications Operation |date=July 6, 2022}}</ref>

|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |

|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Joe|Biden}}<br>(2021–2025)

|-

|[[File:Ben LaBolt.png|60px]]

|{{sortname|Ben|LaBolt}}

|{{dts|March 1, 2023}}

|{{dts|January 20, 2025}}

|{{ayd|2023|3|1|2025|1|20}}

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|[[File:Steven Cheung addresses press outside Trump trial in New York 05-28-24 A (cropped) (cropped).jpg|60px]]

|{{sortname|Steven|Cheung|dab=political advisor}}

|{{dts|January 20, 2025}}

|Incumbent

|{{ayd|2025|1|20}}

|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-15 |title=Trump to tap campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung as communications director |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/15/trump-transition-steven-cheung-communications-director-00189857 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Politico |language=en}}</ref>

|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |

|{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}<br>(2025–present)

|}

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