# List of Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign endorsements by former federal officials

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List of notable federal executive officials that have endorsed Donald Trump for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

## Former Trump administration officials
### Cabinet-level officials

* Alexander Acosta, U.S. Secretary of Labor (2017–2019), U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida (2005–2009), and U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division (2003–2005)
* William Barr, U.S. Attorney General (2019–2020, 1991–1993) and U.S. Deputy Attorney General (1990–1991)
* David Bernhardt, U.S. Secretary of the Interior (2019–2021) and U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior (2017–2019)
* Jovita Carranza, administrator of the Small Business Administration (2020–2021), Treasurer of the United States (2017–2020), and deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration (2006–2009)
* Ben Carson, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2017–2021) and former 2016 Republican presidential candidate
* Kelly Craft, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (2019–2021) and U.S. ambassador to Canada (2017–2019)
* Betsy DeVos, U.S. Secretary of Education (2017–2021)
* Richard Grenell, acting director of National Intelligence (2020), U.S. ambassador to Germany (2018–2020), and Special Envoy for the Serbia and Kosovo Peace Negotiations (2019–2021)
* Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (2017–2018), Governor of South Carolina (2011–2017), and former 2024 Republican presidential candidate
* Robert Lighthizer, U.S. Trade Representative (2017–2021) and U.S. Deputy Trade Representative (1983–1985)
* Linda McMahon, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (2017–2019)
* Mark Meadows, White House Chief of Staff (2020–2021) and U.S. Representative from NC-11 (2013–2020) (Trump's co-defendant)
* Christopher C. Miller, acting U.S. secretary of defense (2020–2021), Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (2020), and acting assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict (2020)
* Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (2017–2021)
* Mick Mulvaney, acting White House chief of staff (2019–2020), Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2017–2020), and U.S. Representative from SC-05 (2011–2017)
* Peter O'Rourke, acting U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2018)
* Rick Perry, U.S. Secretary of Energy (2017–2019), Governor of Texas (2000–2015), and former 2012 and 2016 Republican presidential candidate
* Mike Pompeo, U.S. Secretary of State (2018–2021) and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2017–2018)
* Reince Priebus, White House Chief of Staff (2017), Chair of the Republican National Committee (2011–2017), and Chair of the Wisconsin Republican Party (2007–2011)
* John Ratcliffe, Director of National Intelligence (2020–2021) and U.S. Representative from TX-04 (2015–2020)
* Wilbur Ross, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (2017–2021)
* Eugene Scalia, U.S. Secretary of Labor (2019–2021) and U.S. Solicitor of Labor (2002–2003)
* Jeff Sessions, U.S. Attorney General (2017–2018) and U.S. Senator from Alabama (1997–2017)
* Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2019–2021) and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (2018–2020)
* Robert Wilkie, U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2018–2021), Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (2017–2018), and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs (2006–2009)
* Andrew R. Wheeler, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2018–2021) and Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (2018–2019)
* Matthew Whitaker, acting U.S. Attorney General (2018–2019), chief of staff to the U.S. Attorney General (2017–2018), and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa (2004–2009)
* Chad Wolf, acting U.S Secretary of Homeland Security (2019–2021), Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Strategy, Policy, and Plans (2019–2021), and Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Strategy, Plans, Analysis, and Risk (2019)

### Department of Commerce officials

* Elizabeth Erin Walsh, Director General of the U.S. Commercial Service (2017–2018) and Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets (2017–2018)

### Department of Defense officials

* Katie Arrington, Chief Information Security Officer for the U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (2019–2022)
* Anita K. Blair, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy (2017–2020)
* Ezra Cohen, acting Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (2020–2021) and acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (2020)
* Elbridge Colby, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development (2017–2018)
* Matthew Kroenig, Senior Policy Adviser to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capability (2017–2021)
* Richard B. Landolt, Senior Civilian representative of the secretary of defense in Europe (2017–2021)
* Earl G. Matthews, acting general counsel of the Department of the Army (2017–2018)
* Mark E. Mitchell, acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (2017, 2019)
* Morgan Murphy, Press Secretary to the U.S. Secretary of Defense (2020–2021)
* Paul C. Ney Jr., General Counsel of the Department of Defense (2018–2021) and acting general counsel of the Navy (2006)
* Kash Patel, chief of staff to the acting U.S. secretary of defense (2020–2021)
* Sergio de la Peña, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs (2017–2020)
* Gregory J. Slavonic, acting U.S. Under Secretary of the Navy (2020–2021)
* James N. Stewart, acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (2018–2019) and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (2018–2019)
* Anthony Tata, Senior Official Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (2020–2021) and Senior Official Performing the Duties of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (2020)
* Casey Wardynski, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (2019–2021)
* Joshua Whitehouse, White House Liaison to the Department of Defense (2020–2021)

### Department of Education officials

* Holly Ham, Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. Department of Education (2017–2019) and Assistant Secretary for Management in the U.S. Department of Education (2017)

### Department of Energy officials

* Paul Dabbar, Under Secretary of Energy for Science (2017–2021)
* Karen S. Evans, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response (2018–2020)

### Department of Health and Human Services officials

* Adam Boehler, director for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (2018–2019)
* Michael Caputo, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Public Affairs (2020–2021)
* Robert R. Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018–2021) and Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (2018–2021)
* Vanila Singh, Chief Medical Officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (2017–2019)

### Department of Homeland Security officials

* Troy Edgar, chief financial officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2020–2021)
* Tom Homan, acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (2017–2018)
* Mark A. Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (2019–2021)
* Rodney Scott, chief of U.S. Border Patrol (2020–2021)
* Ronald Vitiello, acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (2018–2019)
* Frank Wuco, White House Advisor to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2017–2019)

### Department of Housing and Urban Development officials

* John Gibbs, acting assistant secretary of housing and urban development for community planning and development (2020–2021) and Republican nominee for U.S. Representative from MI-03 in 2022
* Lynne Patton, Administrator of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Region II (2017–2021)

### Department of the Interior officials

* Douglas Domenech, U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas (2017–2021)

### Department of Justice officials

* Kurt Alme, U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana (2017–2020)
* Michael G. Bailey, U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona (2019–2021)
* John Bash, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas (2017–2020)
* Scott Brady, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania (2017–2021)
* Robert S. Brewer Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California (2019–2021)
* Maria Chapa Lopez, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida (2018–2021)
* Jeffrey Clark, acting United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division (2020-2021) and United States Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division (2018-2021)
* Donald Q. Cochran, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee (2017–2021)
* Stephen J. Cox, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas (2020–2021)
* Bart Davis, U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho (2017–2021)
* Makan Delrahim, U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division (2017–2021)
* David M. DeVillers, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio (2019–2021)
* D. Michael Dunavant, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee (2017–2021)
* Timothy A. Garrison, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri (2018–2021)
* Robert Higdon Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina (2017–2021)
* Jeffrey Jensen, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri (2017–2020)
* Larry Keefe, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida (2019–2021)
* Mark Klaassen, U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming (2017–2021)
* Brian Kuester, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma (2017–2021)
* Anthony Martin, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona (2021)
* Peter McCoy Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina (2020–2021)
* Joshua Minkler, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana (2017–2020)
* Brian T. Moran, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington (2019–2021)
* R. Andrew Murray, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina (2017–2021)
* Ryan Patrick, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas (2018–2021)
* William J. Powell, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia (2017–2021)
* Michael R. Sherwin, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia (2020–2021)
* R. Trent Shores, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma (2017–2021)
* Gregg N. Sofer, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas (2020–2021)
* Katie Sullivan, U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs (2019–2021) and acting director of Office on Violence Against Women (2018–2019)
* Jay Town, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama (2017–2020)
* Ronald G. Woods, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas (1990–1993)

### Department of State officials

* Alexander Alden, acting Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations (2020–2021)
* Robin Bernstein, U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic (2018–2021)
* Lynda Blanchard, U.S. ambassador to Slovenia (2019–2021)
* Andrew Bremberg, Permanent Representative of the U.S. to the European Office of the United Nations (2019–2021)
* Terry Branstad, U.S. ambassador to China (2017–2020) and Governor of Iowa (2011–2017, 1983–1999)
* Ulrich Brechbuhl, Counselor of the U.S. Department of State (2018–2021) and acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (2020)
* Scott Brown, U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa (2017–2020) and U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (2010–2013)
* Brian Bulatao, Under Secretary of State for Management (2019–2021)
* Thomas L. Carter, Permanent Representative of the U.S. to the International Civil Aviation Organization (2017–2020)
* Joseph Cella, U.S. ambassador to Fiji (2019–2021), U.S. ambassador to Kiribati (2019–2021), U.S. ambassador to Nauru (2019–2021), U.S. ambassador to Tonga (2019–2021), and U.S. ambassador to Tuvalu (2019–2021)
* Ellie Cohanim, U.S. deputy special envoy to combat antisemitism (2019–2021)
* David B. Cornstein, U.S. ambassador to Hungary (2018–2020)
* Michael G. DeSombre, U.S. ambassador to Thailand (2020–2021)
* Robert Destro, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (2019–2021)
* Hugh Dugan, acting Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs (2019–2020)
* Randy Evans, U.S. ambassador to Luxembourg (2018–2021)
* David T. Fischer, U.S. ambassador to Monaco (2020–2021)
* Taryn Frideres, Deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (2019–2021)
* David M. Friedman, U.S. ambassador to Israel (2017–2021)
* Ronald Gidwitz, acting U.S. ambassador to the European Union (2020–2021)
* Jim Gilmore, U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (2019–2021), Governor of Virginia (1998–2002), and former 2016 and 2008 Republican presidential candidate
* Callista Gingrich, U.S. ambassador to the Holy See (2017–2021)
* George Edward Glass, U.S. ambassador to Portugal (2017–2021)
* Deecy Gray, U.S. Delegate to the United Nations (2019)
* Jason Greenblatt, special representative for international negotiations (2017–2019)
* Jeffrey Ross Gunter, U.S. ambassador to Iceland (2019–2021)
* Ken Howery, U.S. ambassador to Sweden (2019–2021)
* Ronald D. Johnson, U.S. ambassador to El Salvador (2019–2021)
* Woody Johnson, U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom (2017–2021)
* Stephen B. King, U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic (2017–2021)
* W. Robert Kohorst, U.S. ambassador to Croatia (2018–2021)
* Keith J. Krach, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (2019–2021)
* Christopher Landau, U.S. ambassador to Mexico (2019–2021)
* Lana Marks, U.S. ambassador to South Africa (2020–2021)
* Jamie McCourt, U.S. ambassador to France (2017–2021) and U.S. ambassador to Monaco (2017–2021)
* Georgette Mosbacher, U.S. ambassador to Poland (2018–2021)
* Morgan Ortagus, Spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State (2019–2021)
* Ed McMullen, U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein (2017–2021)
* J. Peter Pham, U.S. Special Envoy for the Sahel Region of Africa (2020–2021) and U.S. Special Envoy for the African Great Lakes (2018–2020)
* Yleem Poblete, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance (2018–2019)
* Pamela D. Pryor, acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (2020–2021)
* John Rakolta, U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (2019–2021)
* Leandro Rizzuto Jr., Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate in Bermuda (2020–2021)
* Nathan Sales, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (2020–2021), Coordinator for Counterterrorism (2017–2021) and Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights (2017–2020)
* Carla Sands, U.S. ambassador to Denmark (2017–2021)
* Manisha Singh, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs (2017–2021) and acting Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (2018–2019)
* Kiron Skinner, Director of Policy Planning (2018–2019)
* Gordon Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union (2018–2020)
* Donald Tapia, U.S. ambassador to Jamaica (2019–2021)
* Kip E. Tom, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture (2019–2021)
* Trevor Traina, U.S. ambassador to Austria (2018–2021)
* Carlos Trujillo, U.S. ambassador to the Organization of American States (2018–2021)
* Eric Ueland, acting Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights (2020–2021)
* Adrian Zuckerman, U.S. ambassador to Romania (2019–2021)

### Department of the Treasury officials

* Marshall Billingslea, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing (2017–2021)
* Mauricio Claver-Carone, Advisor for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury (2017–20)
* Monica Crowley, U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs (2019–2021)
* Diana Furchtgott-Roth, acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy (2018–2019)
* David Malpass, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs (2017–2019)
* Mitchell Silk, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets (2019–2021)

### Department of Veterans Affairs officials

* James Gferer, Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Information and Technology (2019–2021)
* Paul Lawrence, Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits (2018–2021)

### Executive Office officials

* Nick Ayers, Chief of Staff to the Vice President (2017–2019)
* Peter J. Brown, Homeland Security Advisor (2019–2020) and special representative for Puerto Rico's Disaster Recovery (2020–2021)
* John Eisenberg, Legal Adviser to the National Security Council (2017–2021)
* Michael Ellis, senior director for intelligence on the National Security Council (2020)
* Frederick H. Fleitz, Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the National Security Council (2018)
* Michael Flynn, U.S. National Security Advisor (2017) and Director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (2012–2014) (Constitution)
* Joe Grogan, Director of the Domestic Policy Council (2019–2020)
* Ivan Kanapathy, deputy senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council (2020–2021) and director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia at the National Security Council (2018–2019)
* Keith Kellogg, National Security Advisor to the U.S. Vice President (2018–2021) and acting U.S. National Security Advisor (2017)
* Larry Kudlow, Director of the National Economic Council (2018–2021)
* K. T. McFarland, U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor (2017)
* Robert C. O'Brien, U.S. National Security Advisor (2019–2021) and Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs (2018–2019)
* Scott Pace, Executive Secretary of the National Space Council (2017–2021)
* Brooke Rollins, acting director of the Domestic Policy Council (2020–2021)
* Dennis C. Shea, U.S. Deputy Trade Representative (2018–2021)
* Ray Washburne, Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (2019–2020)

### Other federal officials

* Greg Autry, White House Liaison to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2017)
* John Barsa, acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (2020)
* Don Benton, Director of the Selective Service System (2017–2021)
* Erik Bethel, U.S. director of the World Bank (2018–2020)
* Sean Cairncross, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (2019–2021)
* Paul Dans, chief of staff at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (2020–2021)
* J. Steven Dowd, U.S. director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2020–2021)
* Bonnie Glick, Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (2019–2020)
* James Morhard, Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2018–2021)
* Mark Moyar, Director of the Office for Civilian-Military Cooperation at the U.S. Agency for International Development (2018–2019)
* Jennifer Nordquist, U.S. executive director of the World Bank (2018–2021)
* Tony Perkins, Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (2019–2020) and Member of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (2018–2022)
* Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (2019–2021)
* Stephen Stepanek, Regional Administrator of the General Services Administration's New England Region (2018)
* Louis Sola, Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission (2019–present)
* David Urban, chair of the American Battle Monuments Commission (2018–2021)
* Kenneth R. Weinstein, chair of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (2017–2020)
* Paula White, special advisor to the Faith and Opportunity Initiative at the Office of Public Liaison (2019–2021)

### White House officials

* Steve Bannon, White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the U.S. President (2017)
* Steven Cheung, Assistant White House Communications Director (2017–2018) and Special Assistant to the U.S. President (2017–2018)
* Kellyanne Conway, Senior Counselor to the President (2017–2020)
* Boris Epshteyn, Assistant White House Communications Director for Surrogate Operations (2017)
* Hogan Gidley, White House Deputy Press Secretary (2019–2020)
* Andrew Giuliani, Special Assistant to the U.S. President (2019–2021), Associate Director for the Office of Public Liaison (2017–2021), and Republican candidate for Governor of New York in 2022
* Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to the U.S. President (2017)
* Brian Jack, White House Director of Political Affairs (2019–2021) and Republican nominee for U.S. Representative from GA-03 in 2024
* Jared Kushner, Director of the Office of American Innovation (2017–2021) and Senior Advisor to the President (2017–2021) (Trump's son-in-law)
* Karoline Leavitt, White House Assistant Press Secretary (2020) and Republican nominee for U.S. Representative from NH-01 in 2022
* Derek Lyons, Counselor to the President (2020) and White House Staff Secretary (2018–2020)
* Kayleigh McEnany, White House Press Secretary (2020–2021)
* John McEntee, Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office (2020–2021) and Personal Aide to the U.S. President (2017–2018)
* Stephen Miller, Senior Advisor to the President (2017–2021) and White House Director of Speechwriting (2017–2021)
* Walt Nauta, Member of the Presidential Food Service (2012–2021) (Trump's co-defendant)
* Peter Navarro, Director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy (2017–2021) and Director of the National Trade Council (2017)
* Dan Scavino, White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications (2020–2021) and White House Director of Social Media (2017–2021)
* Mercedes Schlapp, White House Director of Strategic Communications (2017–2019)
* Cliff Sims, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Strategy and Communications (2020–2021)
* Ja'Ron Smith, Deputy Assistant to the U.S. President (2019–2021) and Deputy Director of the Office of American Innovation (2019–2020)
* Caroline Sunshine, White House Press Assistant (2018)
* Ivanka Trump, Director of the Office of Economic Initiatives and Entrepreneurship (2017–2021) and Advisor to the President (2017–2021) (Trump's daughter)
* Scott Turner, Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (2019–2021)

## Former executive branch officials
### U.S. vice president

* Dan Quayle, 44th vice president of the United States (1989-1993), U.S. Senator from Indiana (1981-1989), and U.S. Representative from IN-04 (1977-1981)

### Cabinet-level officials

* William Bennett, U.S. Secretary of Education (1985–1988), Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (1989–1990), and Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (1981–1985)
* Edwin Meese, U.S. Attorney General (1985–1988)
* Jim Nicholson, U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2005–2007) and U.S. ambassador to the Holy See (2001–2004)
* George J. Terwilliger III, acting U.S. Attorney General (1993) and U.S Deputy Attorney General (1991–1993)
* Tommy Thompson, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (2001–2005), Governor of Wisconsin (1987–2001), and former 2008 Republican presidential candidate

### Department of Defense officials

* Jed Babbin, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Planning (1990–1991)
* William G. Boykin, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (2002–2007)
* John G. Cotton, Chief of the U.S. Navy Reserve (2003–2008)
* Terrence R. Dake, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps (1998–2000)
* James B. Davis, chief of staff to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (1991–1993)
* Timothy F. Ghormley, Inspector General of the U.S. Marines Corps (1999–2001)
* Alfred G. Hansen, commander of the Air Force Logistics Command (1987–1989)
* Murray A. Hansen, special assistant to deputy director of the Air National Guard (2016–2017)
* Henry J. Hendrix, director of the secretary of the Navy Advisory Panel (2011–2012)
* Van Hipp Jr, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Reserve Forces and Mobilization (1990–1993)
* James R. Hogg, U.S. Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee (1988–1991)
* Jerome Johnson, Vice Chief of Naval Operations (1990–1992)
* Timothy A. Kinnan, U.S. Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee (2001–2004)
* James E. Livingston, Commanding General of the Marine Forces Reserves (1992–1995) and Medal of Honor recipient
* William J. Luti, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (2001–2005)
* Tidal W. McCoy, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (1981–1988)
* William C. Moore, director of operations, Readiness and Mobilization in the Office of the deputy chief of staff for Operations and Plans (1983–1987)
* Robert C. Oaks, commander of the Air Training Command (1990–1994)
* Raymund E. O'Mara, director of the Defense Mapping Agency (1993–1994)
* Michael Pillsbury, Assistant Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning (1984–1986)
* Lance L. Smith, commander of the U.S. Joint Forces Command (2005–2007)
* Richard O. Wightman Jr., acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (2014–2015)
* Jessica L. Wright, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (2013–2015) and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower and Reserve Affairs (2012)

### Department of Education officials

* Gary Bauer, U.S. Under Secretary of Education (1985–1987) and U.S. Deputy Under Secretary of Education for Planning and Budget (1982–1985)

### Department of Energy officials

* Rick Dearborn, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs (2003–2004)
* William Flynn Martin, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy (1986–1988)

### Department of Health and Human Services officials

* Kevin Moley, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (1992–1993)

### Department of Homeland Security officials

* Emilio T. Gonzalez, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (2005–2008)
* Richard D. Herr, Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard (1996–1998)

### Department of Housing and Urban Development officials

* Frank Keating, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1992–1993), U.S. Associate Attorney General (1988–1990), and Governor of Oklahoma (1995–2003)

### Department of the Interior officials

* Douglas Domenech, U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas (2017–2021)

### Department of Justice officials

* Bob Barr, U.S. Attorney for the District of Northern Georgia (1986–1990), U.S. Representative from GA-07 (1995–2003), and president of the National Rifle Association (2024–present)
* Lawrence Finder, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas (1993)
* William Kolibash, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia (1982–1993)
* Mark Levin, chief of staff to the U.S. Attorney General (1988–1989)
* David O'Meilia, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma (2001–2009)
* Joseph Russoniello, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California (2008–2010)
* Brett Tolman, U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah (2006–2009)
* Dennis Vacco, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York (1988–1993) and Attorney General of New York (1995–1998)
* Ronald G. Woods, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas (1990–1993)

### Department of State officials

* Ken Blackwell, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (1992–1993)
* Paula Dobriansky, U.S. Special Envoy for Northern Ireland (2007–2009) and Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs (2001–2009)
* Bradford Higgins, Assistant Secretary of State for Resource Management (2006–2009)
* Reuben Jeffery III, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs (2007–2009)
* Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (2007–2009), U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (2018–2021), U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan (2005–2007), and U.S. ambassador to Iraq (2004–2005)
* Ellen Sauerbrey, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration (2006–2007)
* Clifford M. Sobel, U.S. ambassador to Brazil (2006–2009) and U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands (2001–2005)

### Department of the Treasury officials

* Emil Henry, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions (2005–2007)
* David McCormick, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs (2007–2009) and Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from Pennsylvania in 2024

### Executive Office officials

* Mark Albrecht, Executive Secretary of the National Space Council (1989–1992)
* Cesar Conda, assistant to the vice president for domestic policy (2001–2003)
* Michael Scott Doran, director for Near East and North African Affairs at the National Security Council (2005–2007)
* David McIntosh, director of the Domestic Policy Council (1987–1988) and U.S. Representative from IN-02 (1995–2001)
* John Poindexter, U.S. National Security Advisor (1985–1986) and U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor (1983–1985)
* Stephen J. Yates, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President (2001–2005)

### Other federal officials

* Greg Autry, White House Liaison to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2017)
* John Barsa, acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (2020)
* Don Benton, director of the Selective Service System (2017–2021)
* Erik Bethel, U.S. director of the World Bank (2018–2020)
* Sean Cairncross, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (2019–2021)
* James J. Carey, Chair of the Federal Maritime Commission (1989–1991)
* Paul Dans, chief of staff at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (2020–2021)
* Hal Daub, Chairman of the Social Security Advisory Board (2002–2006) and U.S. Representative from NE-02 (1981–1989)
* J. Steven Dowd, U.S. director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (2020–2021)
* Bonnie Glick, deputy administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (2019–2020)
* Curtis Herbert Jr., chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (2001)
* Hugh Hewitt, deputy director of the Office of Personnel Management (1988–1989), president and CEO of the Richard Nixon Foundation (1989–1990, 2019–2021)
* Zuhdi Jasser, member of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (2012–2014)
* David H. Leroy, U.S. Nuclear Waste Negotiator (1990–1993)
* James Morhard, Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2018–2021)
* Mark Moyar, Director of the Office for Civilian-Military Cooperation at the U.S. Agency for International Development (2018–2019)
* Jennifer Nordquist, U.S. executive director of the World Bank (2018–2021)
* Bob Pacheco, Member of the United States Naval Academy Board of Visitors (2005–2010)
* Tony Perkins, Chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (2019–2020) and Member of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (2018–2022)
* Daniel FitzGerald Runde, Director of the Global Development Alliances at the U.S. Agency for International Development (2005–2007)
* Andrew Saul, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (2019–2021)
* Stephen Stepanek, regional administrator of the General Services Administration's New England Region (2018)
* Louis Sola, commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission (2019–present)
* Kelly Tshibaka, acting inspector general of the Federal Trade Commission (2014–2015)
* David Urban, chair of the American Battle Monuments Commission (2018–2021)
* Kenneth R. Weinstein, chair of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (2017–2020)
* Paula White, special advisor to the Faith and Opportunity Initiative at the Office of Public Liaison (2019–2021)

### White House officials

* Haley Barbour, White House Director of Political Affairs (1986–1987), Governor of Mississippi (2004–2012), and Chair of the Republican National Committee (1993–1997)
* Robert G. Darling, White House Physician (1996–1999)
* Scott Jennings, Special Assistant to the U.S. President (2006–2008) and Deputy Director of Political Affairs (2006–2008)
* Jeffrey Lord, White House Associate Political Director (1987–1988)
* Matt Schlapp, White House Director of Political Affairs (2003–2005)