White House Communications Director

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 communications director is responsible for creating and promoting the agenda of the president and leading its media campaign.

## Directors

|Officeholder|Start date|End date|Term duration|President||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Herb Klein|January 20, 1969|July 1, 1973||rowspan=2|Richard Nixon|
|rowspan=2|Ken Clawson|January 30, 1974|August 9, 1974|||
|August 9, 1974|November 4, 1974||rowspan=4|Gerald Ford||
|Jerry Warren|November 4, 1974|August 15, 1975||||
|Margita White|August 15, 1975|July 12, 1976||||
|David Gergen|July 12, 1976|January 20, 1977||||
|Gerald Rafshoon|July 1, 1978|August 14, 1979||Jimmy Carter||
|Frank Ursomarso|February 23, 1981|June 17, 1981||rowspan=7|Ronald Reagan|
|David Gergen|June 17, 1981|January 15, 1984||||
|Michael A. McManus Jr.|January 15, 1984|February 6, 1985||||
|Pat Buchanan|February 6, 1985|March 1, 1987||||
|Jack Koehler|March 1, 1987|March 13, 1987||||
|Tom Griscom|April 2, 1987|July 1, 1988||||
|Mari Maseng|July 1, 1988|January 20, 1989||||
|David Demarest|January 20, 1989|August 23, 1992||rowspan=2|George H. W. Bush|
|Margaret Tutwiler|August 23, 1992|January 20, 1993||||
|George Stephanopoulos|January 20, 1993|June 7, 1993||rowspan=5|Bill Clinton|
|Mark Gearan|June 7, 1993|August 14, 1995||||
|Don Baer|August 14, 1995|July 31, 1997||||
|Ann Lewis|July 31, 1997|March 10, 1999||||
|Loretta Ucelli|March 10, 1999|January 20, 2001||||
|Karen Hughes|January 20, 2001|October 2, 2001||rowspan=4|George W. Bush|
|Dan Bartlett|October 2, 2001|January 5, 2005||||
|Nicolle Wallace|January 5, 2005|July 24, 2006||||
|Kevin Sullivan|July 24, 2006|January 20, 2009||||
|Ellen Moran|January 20, 2009|April 21, 2009||rowspan=5|Barack Obama|
|Anita Dunn (_acting_)|April 21, 2009|November 30, 2009||||
|Dan Pfeiffer|November 30, 2009|January 25, 2013||||
|Jennifer Palmieri|January 25, 2013|April 1, 2015||||
|Jen Psaki|April 1, 2015|January 20, 2017||||
|Sean Spicer|January 20, 2017|March 6, 2017||rowspan=7|Donald Trump|
|Mike Dubke|March 6, 2017|June 2, 2017||||
|Sean Spicer (_acting_)|June 2, 2017|July 21, 2017||||
|Anthony Scaramucci|July 21, 2017|July 31, 2017|7-10 days|||
|Hope Hicks|August 16, 2017|March 29, 2018||||
|Bill Shine|July 5, 2018|March 8, 2019||||
|Stephanie Grisham|July 1, 2019|April 7, 2020||||
|Kate Bedingfield|January 20, 2021|March 1, 2023||rowspan=2|Joe Biden|
|Ben LaBolt|March 1, 2023|January 20, 2025||||
|Steven Cheung|January 20, 2025|Incumbent||Donald Trump||

## Infobox (us cabinet)

- **post**: White House Communications Director
- **insignia**: US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg
- **insigniasize**: 175px
- **incumbent**: Steven Cheung (political advisor), Steven Cheung
- **image**: Steven Cheung April 2025.jpg
- **incumbentsince**: January 20, 2025
- **department**: Executive Office of the President of the United States, Executive Office of the President
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)
1974 (White House Office of the Press Secretary)