Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States

The chief of staff to the vice president of the United States is the chief of staff position within the Office of the Vice President, part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The chief of staff has been responsible for overseeing the actions of the vice president's staff, managing the vice president's schedule, and deciding who is allowed to meet with the vice president.

Chief of Staff of the Office of the Vice President
Incumbent Lorraine Voles since May 16, 2022
Office of the Vice President of the United States

Chiefs of staff to the vice president

Image	Chief	Years	Vice President
	Arthur Sohmer[1]	1969–1973	Spiro Agnew
	Robert T. Hartmann[2]	1973–1974	Gerald Ford
	Ann C. Whitman[3]	1974–1977	Nelson Rockefeller
	Richard Moe[4]	1977–1981	Walter Mondale
	Daniel J. Murphy[5]	1981–1985	George H. W. Bush
	Craig L. Fuller[6]	1985–1989
	Bill Kristol[7]	1989–1993	Dan Quayle
	Roy Neel[8]	1993	Al Gore
	Jack Quinn[9]	1993–1995
	Ron Klain[10]	1995–1999
	Charles Burson[11]	1999–2001
	Lewis Libby[12]	2001–2005	Dick Cheney
	David Addington[13]	2005–2009
	Ron Klain[10]	2009–2011	Joe Biden
	Bruce Reed[14]	2011–2013
	Steve Ricchetti[15]	2013–2017
	Josh Pitcock	2017	Mike Pence
	Nick Ayers	2017–2019
	Marc Short[16]	2019–2021
	Hartina Flournoy[17]	2021–2022	Kamala Harris
	Lorraine Voles	2022–present

Popular culture

• Joshua Malina portrays Chief of Staff Will Bailey of Vice President Robert Russell in the fictional Bartlet Administration on the multiple Emmy Award–winning television drama The West Wing.
• Anna Chlumsky portrays Chief of Staff Amy Brookheimer to Vice President Selina Meyer on the HBO series Veep, a role for which she has been nominated six times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
• Michael Kelly portrays Chief of Staff Doug Stamper in the Netflix drama series House of Cards.

See also

• White House Chief of Staff

References

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3. Lambert, Bruce (October 17, 1991). "Ann C. Whitman Is Dead at 83, Eisenhower and Rockefeller Aide". The New York Times. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
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14. Tapper, Jake; Travers, Karen (January 14, 2011). "VP Biden Names Bruce Reed as New Chief of Staff". blogs.abcnews.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
15. Koff, Stephen (November 13, 2013). "Westlake native becomes chief of staff for Vice President Joe Biden". Cleveland.com. Archived from the original on January 15, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
16. Pence, Vice President Mike (February 19, 2019). "I am pleased to announce that Marc Short will be returning to the White House to serve as my chief of staff. Marc will be joining the Office of the Vice President in March and we look forward to welcoming him to our great @VP Team!". @VP. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
17. Gangel, Jamie; Kelly, Caroline (December 1, 2020). "Vice President-elect Kamala Harris picks Tina Flournoy as her chief of staff". CNN. Retrieved December 3, 2020.