Office Of Intergovernmental Affairs
Origin
The Office of Intergovernmental Affairs was established in 1955 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower when he appointed former Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle as Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs. The appointment followed the recommendations of the Kestnbaum Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, which had been established by Congress to study problems in the interactions between federal and state governments.
List of directors
Name | Start | End | President | Ref | |
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John Pyle | February 1, 1955 | January 31, 1959 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
Unknown | January 31, 1959 | January 20, 1961 | |||
January 20, 1961 | November 22, 1963 | John F. Kennedy | |||
November 22, 1963 | January 20, 1969 | Lyndon B. Johnson | |||
Nils Boe | January 20, 1969 | August 10, 1971 | Richard Nixon | ||
Hebert McCoy | August 10, 1971 | August 9, 1974 | |||
August 9, 1974 | January 20, 1977 | Gerald Ford | |||
Jack Watson | January 20, 1977 | June 11, 1980 | Jimmy Carter | ||
Gene Eidenberg | June 11, 1980 | January 20, 1981 | |||
Rich Williamson | January 20, 1981 | May 17, 1983 | Ronald Reagan | ||
Lee Verstandig | May 24, 1983 | March 26, 1985 | |||
Mitch Daniels | March 26, 1985 | October 1, 1985 | |||
Deborah Steelman | October 17, 1985 | April 17, 1986 | |||
Gwendolyn King | April 17, 1986 | May 2, 1988 | |||
Andy Card | May 2, 1988 | September 21, 1988 | |||
Karen Spencer | September 21, 1988 | January 20, 1989 | |||
Deb Anderson | January 20, 1989 | January 24, 1992 | George H. W. Bush | ||
Sherrie Rollins | January 24, 1992 | January 20, 1993 | |||
Regina Montoya | January 20, 1993 | August 7, 1993 | Bill Clinton | ||
Marcia Hale | August 7, 1993 | May 16, 1997 | |||
Mickey Ibarra | May 16, 1997 | January 20, 2001 | |||
Ruben Barrales | January 20, 2001 | December 28, 2006 | George W. Bush | ||
Maggie Grant | December 28, 2006 | January 4, 2008 | |||
Janet Creighton | January 4, 2008 | January 20, 2009 | |||
Cecilia Muñoz | January 20, 2009 | January 10, 2012 | Barack Obama | ||
David Agnew | January 10, 2012 | November 17, 2014 | |||
Jerry Abramson | November 17, 2014 | January 20, 2017 | |||
Justin Clark | January 20, 2017 | March 18, 2018 | Donald Trump | ||
Doug Hoelscher | March 18, 2018 | January 20, 2021 | |||
Julie Rodriguez | January 20, 2021 | May 16, 2023 | Joe Biden | ||
Vacant | May 16, 2023 | June 12, 2023 | |||
Tom Perez | June 12, 2023 | present |
Political and Intergovernmental Affairs
During the second term of the Reagan administration, there was a director of political and intergovernmental affairs who sat above the political director and intergovernmental affairs director.
Image | Name | Start | End | President | |
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Ed Rollins | February 5, 1985 | October 1, 1985 | Ronald Reagan | ||
Mitch Daniels | October 1, 1985 | March 1, 1987 | |||
Frank Donatelli | March 1, 1987 | January 20, 1989 |
Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs
During the Obama administration, there was a director of public engagement and intergovernmental affairs who sat above the public engagement director and intergovernmental affairs director.
Image | Name | Start | End | President | |
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Valerie Jarrett | January 20, 2009 | January 20, 2017 | Barack Obama |