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Presidential Nominees

Position to be held by Nominee

Name of Nominee

Committee Hearing and Date

Committee Vote

Senate Vote

Chair of Council of Environmental Quality

Nancy Sutley

Environment and Public Works
01/14/09

  Confirmed

Deputy Director of the Office of Environmental Quality

Gary S. Guzy

Environment and Public Works
08/04/09

  Confirmed

Science Advisor to the President and Director of the Office of Science Technology Policy

John Holdren

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
03/12/09

 
Confirmed

Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy

Aneesh Chopra

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
05/21/09

 
 Confirmed

Associate Director of Environment, Office of Science and Technology Policy

Sherburne "Shere" Abbott

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
04/21/09

 
Confirmed

Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget

Cass Sunstein

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
05/20/09

  Confirmed

Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator

Victoria Angelica Espinel

Judiciary
12/03/09

  Confirmed

Secretary of Agriculture

Tom Vilsack

Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
01/14/09

  Confirmed

Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics at the Department of Agriculture

Rajiv Shah

Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
05/07/09

  Confirmed*
Resigned to be Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development

Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment at the Department of Agriculture

Harris D. Sherman

Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
09/30/09

  Confirmed

Secretary of Commerce

Gary Locke

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
03/19/09

Approved
25-0
Confirmed

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

David J. Kappos

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
08/06/09

 
Confirmed

Director of National Institute of Standards and Technology

Patrick Gallagher

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
10/15/09

 
Confirmed

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrator

Jane Lubchenco

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
03/12/09

 
Confirmed

Secretary of Defense*

Appointed during the Bush administration and does not need to be reconfirmed

Robert Gates

     

Assistant to the Secretary of Defense

Michael Nacht

Armed Services
04/28/09

 
  Confirmed

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics

Ashton Carter

Armed Services
03/26/09

 
Confirmed

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics

Frank Kendall III

Armed Services
10/22/09

  Confirmed

Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs

Andrew C. Weber

Armed Services
05/12/09

 
Confirmed

Director of Defense Research & Engineering, Department of Defense

Zachary J. Lemnios

Armed Services
06/11/09

 
Confirmed

Secretary of Education

Arne Duncan

Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
01/13/09

  Confirmed

Director, Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education

John Q. Easton

Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Date yet to be scheduled

  Confirmed

Secretary of Energy

Steven Chu

Energy and Natural Resources
01/13/09

  Confirmed
Deputy Secretary of Energy
Daniel B. Poneman
Energy and Natural Resources
05/05/09
 
Confirmed
Under Secretary of Energy
Kristina M. Johnson
Energy and Natural Resources
04/23/09
 
Confirmed
Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy
Steven Elliot Koonin
Energy and Natural Resources
04/23/09
 
Confirmed
Director of Office of Science, Department of Energy
William F. Brinkman
Energy and Natural Resources
Date yet to be scheduled 
 
 Confirmed
Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy
Cathy Zoi
Energy and Natural Resources
06/02/09
 
 Confirmed
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, Department of Energy
Ines R. Triay
Energy and Natural Resources
04/23/09
 
Confirmed
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Domestic Policy, Department of Energy
David B. Sandalow
Energy and Natural Resources
05/05/09
 
Confirmed
Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Departmetn of Energy,
Warren F. Miller, Jr.

Energy and Natural Resources
08/04/09

 
Confirmed
Energy Information Administration Administrator, Department of Energy
Richard G. Newell
Energy and Natural Resources
07/09/09
 
Confirmed
Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy
Arun Majumdar
Energy and Natural Resources
10/08/09
 
Confirmed
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Department of Energy
James J. Markowsky
Energy and Natural Resources
08/04/09
 
Confirmed

Secretary of the Interior

Sen. Ken Salazar

Energy and Natural Resources
01/15/09

  Confirmed

Deputy Secretary of the Interior

David Hayes

Energy and Natural Resources
03/12/09

  Confirmed

Assistant Secretary of the Interior

Rhea S. Suh

Energy and Natural Resources
05/05/09

  Confirmed
Assistant Secretary for the Interior
Anne Castle
Environment and Public Works
06/02/09
 
Confirmed

Assistant Secretary of the Interior

Wilma A. Lewis

Energy and Natural Resources
07/28/09 

  Confirmed

Assistant Secretary of the Interior

Anthony Marion Babauta

Energy and Natural Resources
07/28/09

  Confirmed

Director of the United States Geological Survey and Science Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior

Marcia K. McNutt

Environment and Public Works
10/08/09

 
Confirmed

Director of Fish and Wildlife Service

Samuel D. Hamilton

Environment and Public Works
07/22/09

  Confirmed
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife
Thomas L. Strickland
Environment and Public Works
03/26/09
 
Confirmed

Director of the Bureau of Land Management

Robert V. Abbey

Energy and Natural Resources
07/28/09

  Confirmed

Director of Office of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior

Jonathan B. Jarvis

Energy and Natural Resources
08/04/09

  Confirmed

Director of Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior

Joseph G. Pizarchik

Energy and Natural Resources
08/06/09

  Confirmed

Secretary of Health and Human Services

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
04/2/09

Approved
15-8
Confirmed
Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
William V. Corr
 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
04/30/09
 
 Confirmed
Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services  
Dr. Howard Koh
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
06/10/09
 
Confirmed
Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology, Department of Health and Human Services
Ellen Murray
Finance
10/15/09  
 
Confirmed

Director, National Institutes of Health, Health and Human Services

Francis S. Collins

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
08/04/09  

 
Confirmed

Director of Center for Disease Control

No confirmation needed

Dr. Thomas Frieden

 

   

Secretary of Homeland Security

Gov. Janet Napolitano

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
01/15/09

  Confirmed

Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security

Tara Jeanne O'Toole

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
06/10/09

  Confirmed

Under Secretary of Homeland Security

Rand Beers

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
06/02/09

  Confirmed

Secretary of State

Sen. Hillary Clinton

Foreign Relations
01/13/09

Approved
16-1

Confirmed
94-2

Assistant Secretary of State

Rose Eilene Gottemoeller

Foreign Relations
04/02/09

 

Confirmed

Assistant Secretary of State Public Affairs

Philip J. Crowley

Foreign Relations
05/19/09

 

Confirmed

Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

Kerri-Ann Jones

Foreign Relations
07/28/09

 

Confirmed

Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, Department of State

Robert D. Hormats

Foreign Relations
09/09/09

 

Confirmed

Secretary of Transportation

Rep. Ray LaHood

Commerce, Science and Transportation
01/21/09

  Confirmed

Administrator, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Department of Transportation

Peter H. Appel

Commerce, Science and Transportation
04/21/09

  Confirmed

Attorney General

Eric Holder

Judiciary
01/15/08

Approved
17-2

Confirmed 75-21

Director of National Science Foundation*

Has 2 of 6 years remaining on his appointment, which was made by the Bush administration

Arden Bement

 

   

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator

Lisa Jackson

Environment and Public Works
01/14/09

  Confirmed

Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Robert Perciasepe

Environment and Public Works
07/08/09

  Confirmed

Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Michelle DePass

Environment and Public Works
04/28/09

 
Confirmed

Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Regina McCarthy

Environment and Public Works
04/02/09

  Confirmed

Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Peter S. Silva

Environment and Public Works
05/12/09

 
Confirmed

Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency

Cynthia Giles

Environment and Public Works
04/28/09

 
Confirmed

Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Colin Scott Cole Fulton

Environment and Public Works
06/24/09

 
Confirmed

Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Craig E. Hooks

Environment and Public Works
07/08/09

 

Confirmed

Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances of the Environmental Protection Agency

Stephen Alan Owens

Environment and Public Works
05/12/09

 
Confirmed

Assistant Administrator for Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency

Paul Anastas

Environment and Public Works
06/24/09

  Confirmed

NASA Administrator

Gen. Charles Bolden

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
07/08/09

 
Confirmed

Deputy Administrator of NASA

Lori Garver

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
07/08/09

 
Confirmed

Chair of Consumer Product Safety Commission

Inez M. Tenenbaum

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
06/16/09

 
Confirmed

Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission

Robert S. Adler

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
08/05/09

 
Confirmed

Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission

Inez M. Tenenbaum

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
06/16/09

 
Confirmed

Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission

Anne M. Northup

Commerce, Science, and Transportation
08/05/09

 
Confirmed

Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration

Margaret Hamburg

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
05/07/09

 
Confirmed

Principal Deputy Commisioner of the Food and Drug Administration*

No confirmation needed

Josh Sharfstein


   

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chairman*

No confirmation needed

Gregory Jaczko


   
 
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