To supplement Qorvis MSLGROUP's Guide to the Trump Administration, we have created a set of appendencies highlighting expected cabinet and staff appointments as of 12/1/2016.

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Trump Administration
Expected Cabinet & Staff Appointments
As of December 1, 2016
Some of the material in this document was curated from media and online reports, including
Wikipedia. Sources are cited when and where appropriate.

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Trump Administration
Expected Cabinet Appointments as of December 1, 2016
Some of the material in this document was curated from media and online reports, including
Wikipedia. Sources are cited when and where appropriate.

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Betsy DeVos
Secretary of Education
DeVos is an American billionaire, businesswoman, philanthropist, and
education activist from Michigan. DeVos is known for her advocacy of
school choice and voucher programs. DeVos is married to Dick DeVos,
an heir to the Amway fortune.
From 1982 onward, DeVos participated in the Michigan Republican
Party, including serving as a local precinct delegate. She was a
Republican National Committeewoman for Michigan between 1992 and
1997, and served as chairwoman of the Michigan Republican Party from 1996 to 2000. DeVos
resigned the position in 2000. In 2003, DeVos ran again for party chairman and was elected to
the post without opposition.
DeVos raised more than $150,000 for the 2004 Bush re-election campaign, and hosted a
Republican fundraiser at her home in October 2008 that was headlined by President George W.
Bush. During the Bush Administration she spent two years as the finance chairman for the
National Republican Senatorial Committee and worked closely with the Administration on
"various projects."
DeVos is chairwoman of the Windquest Group, a privately held operating group that invests in
technology, manufacturing, and clean energy. DeVos and her husband founded it in 1989.
In 2011, DeVos and her husband, via the Windquest Group, invested in Energetx Composites, a
wind energy company.
On November 23, 2016, it was announced she was President-elect Trump's choice to be the
next United States Secretary of Education. The announcement was praised by conservative
school choice advocates, with Jeb Bush calling her an "outstanding pick."
Affiliations: Amway, Michigan Republican Party, Windquest Group
Ben Carson
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Carson gained national attention in 2011 by criticizing President Obama’s
health care policies at the National Prayer Breakfast. This inspired his run
for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election. Before
entering politics, he was the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns
Hopkins Hospital.
As a pioneer in neurosurgery, Carson’s achievements include performing
the first and only successful separation of Siamese twins joined at the
back of the head, pioneering the first successful neurosurgical procedure on a fetus inside the
womb, performing the first completely successful separation of type-2 vertical craniopagus
twins, developing new methods to treat brain-stem tumors and reviving hemispherectomy
techniques for controlling seizures. Carson became the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery
in the country at age 33. He has received more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees, dozens of
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100 neurosurgical publications. In 2008, he was bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom,
the highest civilian award in the United States.
As a candidate for the Republican nominee, Carson stood by his life story and Christian base to
appeal to social conservatives. As a candidate, Carson advocated for school choice,
immigration reform, and a proportional tax system.
Affiliations: Conservative Political Action Conference, Robert F. Dees, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Thomas Edmunds "Tom" Price
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Tom Price is an American physician and politician who is the U.S.
Representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district, serving since 2005.
A member of the Republican Party, Price's district serves the northern
suburbs of Atlanta. He previously served as chairman of the Republican
Study Committee and the Republican Policy Committee. Price currently
serves as chairman of the House Budget Committee.
He ran an orthopedic clinic in Atlanta for 20 years before returning to Emory as assistant
professor of orthopedic surgery. Price also was the director of the orthopedic clinic at Atlanta's
Grady Memorial Hospital.
Price served as a state senator, representing the 56th
district, from 1997-2005. In 2005, he was
elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
On November 29, 2016 it was announced that Price would be nominated for Secretary of Health
and Human Services in the coming administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Affiliations: Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Georgia State Senate, Roswell Rotary Club
Elaine Chao
Secretary of Transportation
Elaine Chao is an American who served as the 24th United States
Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009,
and Deputy Secretary of Transportation under President George H. W.
Bush. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, she was the first Asian American woman and
the first Chinese American in U.S. history to be appointed to a U.S.
president's cabinet.
Elaine Chao was born in the capital city Taipei, Taiwan. When she was 8 years old, in 1961,
Chao came to the United States on a freight ship with her mother and two younger sisters. Chao
is married to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
Before entering politics, Chao was vice president for syndications at Bank of America Capital
Markets Group in San Francisco, and an international banker at Citicorp in New York for four
years. Chao was granted a White House Fellowship in 1983 during the Reagan administration.
In 1986, Chao became deputy administrator of the Maritime Administration in the U.S.
Department of Transportation. From 1988 to 1989, she served as chairwoman of the Federal

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Maritime Commission. In 1989, President George H. W. Bush nominated Chao to be Deputy
Secretary of Transportation. From 1991 to 1992, Chao was Director of the Peace Corps. She
was the first Asian Pacific American to serve in any of these positions.
Following her service in the government, Chao worked for four years as President and CEO of
United Way of America. She returned to the Heritage Foundation after leaving the government
in January 2009.
Chao was the only cabinet member in the George W. Bush administration to serve for the
entirety of his eight years. She was also the longest-serving Secretary of Labor since Frances
Perkins, who served from 1933 to 1945, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
On November 29, 2016, it was announced that President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate
Chao for Secretary of Transportation when he takes office.
Affiliations: Maritime Administration, Peace Corps
Wilbur Louis Ross, Jr.
Secretary of Commerce
Wilbur Ross is an American investor, and former banker, known for
restructuring failed companies in industries such as steel, coal,
telecommunications, foreign investment and textiles. He specializes in
leveraged buyouts and distressed businesses. As of August 2014, Forbes
magazine lists Ross as one of the world's billionaires with a net worth of
$2.9 billion.
Ross served under U.S. President Bill Clinton on the board of the U.S.-
Russia Investment Fund, and later, under New York City Mayor Rudy
Giuliani as the Mayor's privatization advisor. Although he was an early supporter of Trump's
presidential campaign, Ross in earlier years was a registered Democrat, served as an officer of
the New York State Democratic Party and held fundraisers for Democratic candidates at his
apartment in New York City.
On November 24, 2016, it was reported by the Associated Press that Ross will be tapped for
Secretary of Commerce by the incoming Trump Administration.
Affiliations: Turnaround Management Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, Committee on Capital Markets
Regulation
James Mattis
Secretary of Defense
James Mattis is a retired United States Marine Corps general who last
served as the 11th commander of United States Central Command from
August 11, 2010 to March 22, 2013.
Mattis is known for implementing the COIN strategy. Before President
Obama appointed him to replace General Petraeus on August 11, 2010,
he previously commanded United States Joint Forces Command from
November 9, 2007 to August 2010 and served concurrently as NATO's Supreme Allied

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Commander Transformation from November 9, 2007 to September 8, 2009. Prior to that, he
commanded I Marine Expeditionary Force, United States Marine Forces Central Command, and
1st Marine Division during the Iraq War.
On December 1, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump announced that Mattis would be
nominated to serve as United States Secretary of Defense in the coming administration.
Affiliations: National War College, Hoover Institution
Nikki Haley
Ambassador to United Nations
Nikki Haley is the 116th Governor of South Carolina, serving since 2011.
Prior to becoming governor, she represented Lexington County in the
South Carolina House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011.
Haley is the first woman to serve as Governor of South Carolina; at the
age of 44, she is the youngest current governor in the United States. She
is the second Indian-American, after Bobby Jindal, to serve as governor in
the United States. Besides serving as governor, she also serves as chair,
ex-officio, of the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina
during her term in office.
On November 4, 2014, Haley was re-elected to a second term as governor, a term that will
expire on January 9, 2019. She delivered the Republican response to Barack Obama's final
State of the Union address on January 12, 2016.
On November 23, 2016 it was announced that President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate
Haley for Ambassador to the United Nations when he takes office.
Affiliations: South Carolina Army National Guard, South Carolina House of Representatives
Steven Mnuchin
Secretary of Treasury
Steven Mnuchin is a banker, film producer and political fundraiser, most recently
serving as the Finance Chairman of the Trump campaign. He is a co-founder, co-
chief and Chairman of Dune Capital Management LP. Mnuchin amassed over
$40 million working for Goldman Sachs, and went on to build RatPac-Dune
Entertainment. He is divorced and has three children, and is among Trump’s top choices for
Treasury Secretary.
Affiliations: Goldman Sachs, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Mitt Romney for President (2012)
Jeff Sessions
Attorney General
Sessions was elected to the United States Senate in 1997. Before becoming the
Senator of Alabama, Sessions served as the Assistant United States Attorney
for the Southern District of Alabama (1975-1977). He was then nominated by

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President Reagan in 1981 and confirmed by the Senate to serve as the United States Attorney
for Alabama’s Southern District, a position he held for 12 years.
His judicial nomination in 1986 was killed by the Senate Judiciary Committee due to his
perceived “gross insensitivity” to racial issues. Sessions was then elected Alabama Attorney
General in 1995.
As a United States Senator, Sessions has focused his energies on maintaining a strong military,
upholding the rule of law, limiting the role of government, and providing tax relief to stimulate
economic growth and empowering Americans to keep more of their hard earned money.
Dubbed a “budget hawk” by the Alabama press, Sen. Sessions was selected for the 112th and
113th Congresses to serve as the Ranking Member on the Senate Budget Committee to
restrain the growth of federal spending and make permanent tax cuts that benefit American
families. As a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sessions is a leading
advocate of confirming federal judges who follow the law and do not legislate from the bench.
As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sessions is a strong advocate for
America’s military. Sessions also authored the Honoring Every Requirement of Exemplary
Service (HEROES) Act, which was signed into law in May 2005. This legislation increased the
payment received by the families of fallen combat soldiers from $12,000 to $100,000 and also
increased the maximum servicemen’s life insurance benefit from $250,000 to $400,000.
Sessions played a leading role in ensuring that the Medicare Prescription Drug law included a
rural health care component that reduced the disparity in Medicare payments. He also joined in
efforts to make funding more equal in the Ryan White CARE Act. He also authored the Paul
Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Law of 2000, which authorized badly
needed funds for state and local crime labs to reduce the backlog of ballistics, blood, and DNA
tests
Affiliations: McWane Inc - top contributor to campaign, Northrop Grumman – top contributor to campaign, Center for
Immigration Studies

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Trump Administration
Staff Appointments as of December 1, 2016
Some of the material in this document was curated from media and online reports, including
Wikipedia. Sources are cited when and where appropriate.

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Reince Priebus
White House Chief of Staff
Reince Priebus has served as Chairman of the Republican National
Committee since 2011. Previously, he served as RNC General Counsel from
2009 to 2011 and former Chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin
from 2007 to 2009. As one of the top Republican strategists in Wisconsin,
Priebus has a long professional relationship with Speaker Paul Ryan.
Priebus inherited a $23 million debt at the Republican National Committee, and began repairing
relationships with major Republican donors. Following President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-
election, Priebus convened the Growth and Opportunity Project to review the Republican Party’s
poor showing with young voters, women, and Hispanics. Priebus increased outreach to these
groups.
During the 2016 campaign, President-elect Trump referred to Priebus as “Mr. Switzerland” for
his studious neutrality during the Republican primary. Priebus engineered the drafting of a
loyalty pledge signed by every Republican presidential candidate, a move which ultimately
foreclosed a potential independent run by Trump and unified nearly every Republican candidate
behind the ultimate nominee.
After the Republican National Convention, Priebus told William J. Bennett for a profile in Politico
Magazine that ““The job of being chairman entails racking up victories or killing bad ideas that
no one will ever know about, herding cats, taking complaints, and keeping your head down and
doing the fundamentals of the ground game and fundraising. But I love it and it’s what I’ve done
for most of my life.”
Priebus began his career as a lawyer with Michael Best & Friedrich LLP in Wisconsin, where he
became partner in 2006. He is married to Sally Priebus and has two children.
Affiliations: Speaker Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Tea Party, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Steve Bannon
Chief Strategist and Senior Advisor
Bannon is the former executive chairman of Breitbart News LLC, the
parent company of conservative news and opinion network Breitbart News,
where he made significant efforts to grow the outlet’s readership. Bannon
is also co-founder and executive chairman of the Government
Accountability Institute.
Bannon has been identified as a leader in the “alt-right” movement, and has described Breitbart
News as “the platform of the alt-right.” Former Breitbart employees, including former Editor-at-
Large Ben Shapiro, have described Bannon’s role with the alt-right as follows: “Breitbart has
become the alt-right go-to website… pushing white ethno-nationalism as a legitimate response
to political correctness, and the comment section turning into a cesspool for white supremacist
mememakers.” Shapiro further describes Bannon as “a vindictive, nasty figure, infamous for
verbally abusing supposed friends and threatening enemies.”
Bannon previously worked at Goldman Sachs. He was involved in the financing and production
of several films. He is also a former officer of the U.S. Navy. Bannon joined the Trump

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campaign in August 2016 as the chief executive officer. Bannon has been described as having
a “desire to destroy the left,” as well as reform the conservative base.
Affiliations: Breitbart.com; Donald Trump; Government Accountability Institute
Michael Flynn
National Security Advisor
Michael Flynn is a Retired United States Army Lieutenant General. He served as
the Head of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2012 to 2014. Prior positions
include Director of Intelligence, International Security Assistance Force; Director
of Intelligence, Joint Staff and Director of Intelligence, United States Central Command. He now
serves as the Chairman and CEO of the Flynn Intel Group, located in Alexandria, Virginia.
In 2010, Flynn said the U.S. was too focused on insurgent groups in Iraq and Afghanistan and
lacks concentration on future threats. In February he tweeted, “fear of Muslims is RATIONAL.”
Affiliations: Flynn Intel Group, Russia Today
Kathleen Troia "K.T." McFarland
Deputy National Security Advisor
K.T. McFarland was selected on November 25, 2016 as President-
elect Donald Trump's Deputy National Security Advisor. Previously
she was an American national security analyst and a former and
designated government security official. McFarland had been serving
as a Fox News national security analyst, host of its DEFCON
program, and contributor to its Opinions page columnist.
McFarland was senior speechwriter to and principal deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense Pentagon spokesman under Secretary of
Defense Caspar Weinberger. In 1985, she received the Defense Department's highest civilian
award, the Department of Defense Distinguished Civilian Service Award.
In 2006, McFarland ran as a Republican in the New York United States Senate election, the
seat then held by Democrat Hillary Clinton.
McFarland has been highly critical of President Obama's approach to combating terrorism,
saying he has not acknowledged the threat that global Islamism poses to Western civilization.
Affiliations: Fox News, The Jamestown Foundation, the Pentagon
Donald F. McGahn
White House Counsel
Donald F. “Don” McGahn is an American campaign finance lawyer and
former member of the United States Federal Election Commission. He was
chief counsel for the National Republican Congressional Committee from
1999 to 2008. He was nominated to the Federal Election Commission in
2008 by George W. Bush and served in that role until 2013. McGahn was
named White House Counsel for President-elect Donald Trump in
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McGahn served as Donald Trump's campaign counsel during his 2016 bid for president. In
November 2015, he averted an attempt to remove Trump from the New Hampshire Republican
Party primary ballot.
Affiliations: House Banking Committee, Jones Day, Freedom Partners