Office of Public Liaison

==List of directors==
The following have held the office of Director of Public Liaison at the White House:

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!class=unsortable |Image
!Name
!Start
!End
!colspan=2 |President
|-
|[[File:Nixon Contact Sheet WHPO-7711 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Chuck|Colson|Charles Colson}}
|{{dts|July 9, 1970}}
|{{dts|March 10, 1973}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Richard|Nixon}}
|-
|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |[[File:William J. Baroody Jr. (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |{{sortname|William|Baroody|William J. Baroody Jr.}}
|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |{{dts|March 10, 1973}}
|rowspan=2 style="padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;" |{{dts|January 20, 1977}}
|-
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Gerald|Ford}}
|-
|[[File:Margaret Constanza - NARA - 173904.tif|70px]]
|{{sortname|Midge|Costanza}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1977}}
|{{dts|September 1, 1978}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Jimmy|Carter}}
|-
|[[File:Anne Wexler (cropped).tif|70px]]
|{{sortname|Anne|Wexler}}
|{{dts|September 1, 1978}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1981}}
|-
|[[File:Elizabeth Dole official photo.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Elizabeth|Dole}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1981}}
|{{dts|February 7, 1983}}
|rowspan=5 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=5 |{{sortname|Ronald|Reagan}}
|-
|[[File:Portraits of Assistants to President Ronald Reagan (cropped6).jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Faith|Whittlesey}}
|{{dts|March 3, 1983}}
|{{dts|March 19, 1985}}
|-
|[[File:Reagan Contact Sheet C28746 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Linda|Chavez}}
|{{dts|April 8, 1985}}
|{{dts|February 4, 1986}}
|-
|[[File:Mari Maseng 1988.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Mari|Maseng|Mari Maseng Will}}
|{{dts|May 12, 1986}}
|{{dts|July 1987}}
|-
|[[File:Rebecca Range 1987.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Rebecca|Range|Rebecca Gernhardt Cox}}
|{{dts|September 2, 1987}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1989}}
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Bobbie|Kilberg}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1989}}
|{{dts|April 6, 1992}}
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|George H. W.|Bush}}
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Cecile|Kremer|Cecile B. Kremer}}
|{{dts|April 6, 1992}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1993}}
|-
|[[File:Alexis osec.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Alexis|Herman}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1993}}
|{{dts|February 7, 1997}}
|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=4 |{{sortname|Bill|Clinton}}
|-
|[[File:Maria Echaveste (cropped).png|70px]]
|{{sortname|Maria|Echaveste}}
|{{dts|February 7, 1997}}
|{{dts|June 29, 1998}}
|-
|[[File:Minyon Moore 1251972.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Minyon|Moore}}
|{{dts|June 29, 1998}}
|{{dts|February 5, 1999}}
|-
|[[File:Mary Beth Cahill (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Mary Beth|Cahill}}
|{{dts|February 5, 1999}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2001}}
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Lezlee|Westine}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2001}}
|{{dts|May 25, 2005}}
|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|George W.|Bush}}
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Rhonda|Keenum}}
|{{dts|May 25, 2005}}
|{{dts|March 20, 2007}}
|-
|[[File:Julie E. Cram (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Julie|Cram|Julie E. Cram}}
|{{dts|March 20, 2007}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2009}}
|-
|[[File:Christina Tchen in the Oval Office.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Tina|Tchen}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2009}}
|{{dts|January 5, 2011}}
|rowspan=3 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=3 |{{sortname|Barack|Obama}}
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Jon|Carson|dab=government official}}
|{{dts|January 5, 2011}}
|{{dts|March 14, 2013}}
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Paulette|Aniskoff}}
|{{dts|March 14, 2013}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2017}}
|-
|[[File:George A. Sifakis (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|George|Sifakis}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2017}}<br>{{small|Acting: January 20, 2017 – March 6, 2017}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sink |first1=Justin |last2=Cirilli |first2=Kevin |title=Trump Names Sifakis as Public Liaison, Passing Over Scaramucci |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-07/trump-names-sifakis-as-public-liaison-passing-over-scaramucci |work=Bloomberg |date=March 6, 2017 |access-date=September 3, 2017}}</ref>
|{{dts|September 25, 2017}}<ref name="sifakisleaving">{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/347115-public-liaison-director-leaving-white-house/|title=Public Liaison director leaving White House |last=Delk |first=Josh |date=August 18, 2017 |work=The Hill |access-date=August 21, 2017 |archive-date=September 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901162320/http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/347115-public-liaison-director-leaving-white-house |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/15/kelly-trump-administration-jobs-243768 |title=Kelly tries to get empty administration jobs filled fast |date=October 15, 2017 |access-date=October 15, 2017 |publisher=Politico |first=Nancy |last=Cook |archive-date=March 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331015019/https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/15/kelly-trump-administration-jobs-243768 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rowspan=5 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=5 |{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}
|-
|[[File:Johnny DeStefano official photo (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Johnny|DeStefano}}
|{{dts|September 25, 2017}}<br>{{small|Acting: September 25, 2017 – February 9, 2018}}
|{{dts|March 18, 2018}}
|-
|[[File:Justin Clark official photo (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Justin|Clark|Justin R. Clark}}
|{{dts|March 18, 2018}}
|{{dts|December 7, 2018}}
|-
|[[File:Steve Munisteri by Gage Skidmore.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Steve|Munisteri}}<br>{{small|Acting}}
|{{dts|December 7, 2018}}
|{{dts|February 2, 2019}}
|-
|[[File:Tim Pataki.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Tim|Pataki|Timothy Pataki}}
|{{dts|February 2, 2019}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2021}}
|-
|[[File:Cedric Richmond official photo (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Cedric|Richmond}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2021}}
|{{dts|May 18, 2022}}
|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=4 |[[Joe Biden]]
|-
|[[File:Adrian Saenz.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Adrian|Saenz}}<br>{{small|Acting}}
|{{dts|May 18, 2022}}
|{{dts|June 30, 2022}}
|-
|[[File:Keisha Lance Bottoms in 2019.jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Keisha|Lance Bottoms}}
|{{dts|July 1, 2022}}
|{{dts|April 1, 2023}}
|-
|[[File:Benjamin021 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{sortname|Steve|Benjamin|Stephen K. Benjamin}}
|{{dts|April 1, 2023}}
|present
|}

===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 [[White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs|intergovernmental affairs director]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!class=unsortable |Image
!Name
!Start
!End
!colspan=2 |President
|-
|{{center|[[File:Valerie Jarrett official portrait small.jpg|50px]]}}
|{{sortname|Valerie|Jarrett}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2009}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2017}}
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Barack|Obama}}
|}