Cabinet of John F. Kennedy, Jr. (We Can Do Better)

The cabinet of John F. Kennedy, Jr. will replace Barack Obama's cabinet in 2017, as part of the transition of power following the 2016 US presidential election.

Announced positions

The following have been named as cabinet appointees by the President-elect; all positions, excepting the Vice President, National Security Advisor, Press Secretary, and White House Chief of Staff, require the advice and consent of the United States Senate prior to taking office.

Cabinet

Cabinet
Office		Designee		Term begins
Vice President		Jay Nixon		January 20, 2017

Office	Designee	Term begins	Office	Nominee	Term begins
Secretary of State	John Kerry	in office	Secretary of the Treasury	Lael Brainard	January 23, 2017
Secretary of Defense	David Petraeus	February 2, 2017	Attorney General	Deval Patrick	February 1, 2017
Secretary of the Interior	Raul Grijalva	January 27, 2017	Secretary of Agriculture	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	January 25, 2017
Secretary of Commerce	Jack Markell	January 24, 2017	Secretary of Labor	Chris Lu	January 29, 2017
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Howard Dean	January 31, 2017	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Nani Coloretti	February 3, 2017
Secretary of Transportation	Polly Trottenberg	January 26, 2017	Secretary of Education	John King	in office
Secretary of Energy	Dan Reicher	February 4, 2017	Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Tulsi Gabbard	January 23, 2017

Cabinet-level officials

Cabinet-level Officials
Office	Nominee	Term begins	Office	Nominee	Term begins
White House Chief of Staff	Chris Cuomo	January 20, 2017 (without Senate confirmation)	Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Zients	pending Senate confirmation
Trade Representative	Elizabeth Warren	pending Senate confirmation	Ambassador to the United Nations	Gary Locke	pending Senate confirmation
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers		TBA	Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Terry McAuliffe	pending Senate confirmation

Other high-level positions

High-level Officials
Office	Nominee	Term begins
Counselor to the President	Jerry Abramson Mike Donilon	January 20, 2017 (without Senate confirmation)
National Security Advisor	Dennis C. Blair	January 20, 2017 (without Senate confirmation)
Director of the National Economic Council		January 20, 2017 (without Senate confirmation)
Director of the Domestic Policy Council		January 20, 2017 (without Senate confirmation)
White House Press Secretary		January 20, 2017 (without Senate confirmation)
White House Director of Communications		January 20, 2017 (without Senate confirmation)
White House Counsel		January 20, 2017 (without Senate confirmation)
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy		Upon United States Senate confirmation
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy		Upon United States Senate confirmation
Director of National Intelligence		Upon United States Senate confirmation
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	John O. Brennan	pending Senate confirmation
Secretary of the Army	Eric Fanning	in office
Secretary of the Navy	Ray Mabus	in office
Secretary of the Air Force	Deborah Lee James	in office
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency		Upon United States Senate confirmation
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration		Upon United States Senate confirmation
Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration		Upon United States Senate confirmation
Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency		Upon United States Senate confirmation
Administrator of NASA		Upon United States Senate confirmation
Director of the National Science Foundation		Upon United States Senate confirmation
Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission		Upon United States Senate confirmation
Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management		Upon United States Senate confirmation
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development		Upon United States Senate confirmation