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For Immediate Release
January 4, 2017
President-Elect Donald J. Trump Names Additional Senior White House Staff Appointments
(New
York,
NY) - President-elect Donald J. Trump today announced Katie Walsh
will serve as Deputy Chief of Staff to the White House, Rick Dearborn
will serve as Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative, Intergovernmental
Affairs and Implementation, and Joe Hagin will serve as Deputy Chief of
Staff for Operations.
“The President-elect’s bold vision to make America great again demands
a team of doers who can hit the ground running on day one,” said
incoming Chief of Staff and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus. “Katie, Rick,
and Joe will fill critical roles as we push forward on all of the key
priorities for our great nation.”
“Rick and Katie have been instrumental in our victory and transition
efforts,” said Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. “These leaders will guide
critical White House operations as we aggressively follow through on
President-elect Trump’s promise to put America First.”
“President-elect Trump is assembling a phenomenal team to implement the
change of status quo that the American people voted for in November,”
said Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to the President. “Katie Walsh is an
all-star. She helped our party achieve sweeping
victories across the
country, and I’m thrilled to have another strong female leader on
our
Senior White House team.”
Walsh will serve as the Deputy Chief of Staff for the White House. In
this role she will assist Chief of Staff Priebus in overseeing senior
staff as well as the scheduling operation and the Office of Public
Liason. She is currently the Chief of Staff for Chairman Priebus
at the
Republican National Committee (RNC). She joined the RNC in 2013 and was
elevated to Finance Director in June of that year and helped the RNC
break several fundraising records leading to GOP success in the last
several election cycles. Walsh became Chief of Staff in 2015 and helped
oversee national ground and data operations in
the Presidential victory
where she worked on a daily basis with senior members of the Trump
campaign to seamlessly integrate the RNC with the campaign. Walsh
maintains close relationships in the U.S. Senate having worked at
the
National Republican Senatorial Committee and for Senate Majority Whip
John Cornyn. She has also served on numerous political campaigns
including Governor Matt Blunt and Senator John Ashcroft.
Dearborn will lead the White House Office of Legislative Affairs,
Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Cabinet affairs. He is
currently Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions and the
Executive Director of the Presidential Transition Team. Dearborn has
worked for six U.S. Senators, including two members of Leadership, and
spent more than 25 years working on Capitol Hill. He was
nominated by
President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate to become the
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional Affairs, where he
worked with the Senate, House and Tribal Governments on the President’s
Energy agenda.
Hagin will lead operations in the White House including
Management
& Administration, Advance, Security and
the Military Office. He
served in the White House for 14 years, working for the administrations
of President Reagan, President Georg H.W. Bush and President George W.
Bush. Most recently in government, he served as the White House Deputy
Chief of Staff for Operations.