deputy predecessor successor birth_name birth_place president party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
mona sutphen jim messina ed gillespie rahm emanuel barry jackson john podesta william daley brian deese peter mikami rouse new haven , connecticut , u.s. barack obama barack obama barack obama democratic counselor acting senior advisor to the president to the president white house chief of staff 15 april 1946 january 20 , 2009 13 , 2011 october 1 , 2010 january pete rouse in the oval office.jpg pete rouse
 january 1 , 2010 served with valerie jarrett , david axelrod 1 , 2014 january 13 , 2011 october pete rouse colby college london school of economics harvard university
pete rouse

peter mikami `` pete '' rouse -lrb- born april 15 , 1946 -rrb- is an american political consultant who served as interim white house chief of staff to u.s. president barack obama .
rouse has spent years on capitol hill , becoming known as the ' 101st senator ' during his tenure as chief of staff to senate democratic leader tom daschle .
when daschle lost his seat in 2004 , rouse was persuaded to stay in congress as chief of staff to then-freshman senator barack obama .
rouse followed obama to the white house as a senior advisor in 2008 and became interim chief of staff there for several months following the departure of rahm emanuel in october 2010 , and subsequent appointment of william m. daley the following january .
rouse remained with the white house until late 2013 as counselor to the president .
