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{{short description|U.S. presidential staff member in charge of the White House's media campaign}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox US Cabinet
| post = White House Communications Director
| insignia = The White House logo under Trump 2.0.jpg
| insigniasize = 150px
| incumbent = [[Steven Cheung (political advisor)|Steven Cheung]]
| image = [[File:Steven Cheung April 2025.jpg|175px]]
| incumbentsince = January 20, 2025
| department = [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office of the President]]<br/>[[White House Office]]
| reports_to = [[White House Chief of Staff]]
| appointer = [[President of the United States]]
| first = [[Herb Klein (journalist)|Herbert G. Klein]]
| formation = 1969 ([[White House Office]])<br/>1974 (White House Office of the Press Secretary)
| body = 
}}
The '''White House communications director''' or '''White House director of communications''', also known officially as '''Assistant to the President for Communications''', is part of the senior staff of the [[president of the United States]]. The officeholder is responsible for developing and promoting the agenda of the president and [[Media strategy|leading its media campaign]].

The director, along with their staff, works on major political speeches such as the [[United States presidential inauguration|inaugural address]] and the [[State of the Union Address]]. The communications director, who is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the president, without the need for [[United States Senate]] confirmation, is usually given an office in the [[West Wing]] of the [[White House]].

==History==
The White House Office of Communications was established by [[Herb Klein (journalist)|Herbert G. Klein]] in January 1969 during the [[Richard M. Nixon|Nixon]] administration.<ref>"White House Unit Takes on New Life", ''[[The Washington Post]]'', November 26, 1973, p. 9.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F1ucgs8wa9YC&q=Herbert+G.+Klein+in+1969+white+house+communications&pg=PA34|title=Impeachment: Selected Materials|last=Judiciary|first=United States Congress House Committee on the|date=1973|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=9780160577031|language=en}}</ref> It was separate from the Office of the Press Secretary from 1969 to 1974.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/17/archives/press-operations-in-white-house-revised-with-politics-ruled-out.html "Press Operations in White House Revised, With Politics Ruled Out"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 17, 1974, p. 15.</ref>

==Key staff==
* Assistant to the President and [[Senior Advisor to the President of the United States#Senior advisors to President Joe Biden|Senior Advisor to the President]] and '''White House Communications Director''': [[Steven Cheung (political advisor)|Steven Cheung]]<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Meridith| last1=McGraw| first2=Rachael| last2=Bade |title=Trump to tap campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung as communications director |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/15/trump-transition-steven-cheung-communications-director-00189857 |access-date=22 November 2024 |work=Politico |date=15 November 2024}}</ref>

* Assistant to the President and [[Senior Advisor to the President of the United States#Senior advisors to President Joe Biden|Senior Advisor to the President]] and '''[[White House Press Secretary]]''': [[Karoline Leavitt]]<ref>{{Cite news |first=Elena| last=Moore |title=Trump picks Karoline Leavitt to be youngest White House press secretary in history |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/11/15/g-s1-34514/trump-karoline-leavitt-press-secretary-white-house-spokesperson |access-date=22 November 2024 |work=NPR |date=15 November 2024}}</ref>

==List of directors==
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{|class="wikitable sortable"
!class=unsortable |Image
!Name
!Start
!End
!Duration
!class=unsortable |Ref(s)
!colspan=2 |President
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Herb|Klein|dab=journalist}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1969}}
|{{dts|July 1, 1973}}
|{{ayd|1969|1|20|1973|7|1}}
|<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=3864 |title=Richard Nixon: Letter Accepting the Resignation of Herbert G. Klein as Director of Communications for the Executive Branch.|website=presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Richard|Nixon}}<br>(1969–1974)
|-
|rowspan=2 |[[File:No image.svg|60px]]
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Ken|Clawson|Ken W. Clawson}}
|{{dts|January 30, 1974}}
|{{dts|August 9, 1974}}
|{{ayd|1974|1|30|1974|8|9}}
|<ref>{{Cite book |last=President (1974-1977 : Ford). White House Press Release Unit. 8/9/1974-1/20/1977 |url=https://dp.la/item/929723e32b371409f36b5dc3e5ff8c21 |title=Correspondence between President Ford and Ken W. Clawson, regarding Clawson's resignation [Letter]}}</ref>
|-
|{{dts|August 9, 1974}}
|{{dts|November 4, 1974}}
|{{ayd|1974|8|9|1974|11|4}}
|
|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=4 |{{sortname|Gerald|Ford}}<br>(1974–1977)
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Jerry|Warren|Gerald Lee Warren}}
|{{dts|November 4, 1974}}
|{{dts|August 15, 1975}}
|{{ayd|1974|11|4|1975|8|15}}
|<ref name="Managing">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1AMDcjxuok4C|title=Managing the President's Message: The White House Communications Operation |first=Martha Joynt |last=Kumar |date=July 6, 2007 |publisher=JHU Press |isbn=9780801886522 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Margita White, Assistant Deputy Director of Communications in the White House.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Margita|White}}
|{{dts|August 15, 1975}}
|{{dts|July 12, 1976}}
|{{ayd|1975|8|15|1976|7|12}}
|<ref>{{cite web |last=Shabecoff |first=Philip |date=July 13, 1976 |title=Ford Shifts and Expands Press Staff |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/07/13/archives/ford-shifts-and-expands-press-staff.html |website=The New York Times |via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Portraits of Assistants to President Ronald Reagan (cropped7).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|David|Gergen}}
|{{dts|July 12, 1976}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1977}}
|{{ayd|1976|7|12|1977|1|20}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/guides/findingaid/gergendfiles.asp |title=Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum |website=fordlibrarymuseum.gov}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Gerald Rafshoon.tif|60px]]
|{{sortname|Gerald|Rafshoon}}
|{{dts|July 1, 1978}}
|{{dts|August 14, 1979}}
|{{ayd|1978|7|1|1979|8|14}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Priluck |first=Lara |date=2024-10-01 |title=Jimmy Carter is 100. His White House comms director — now 90 — has stories to tell. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/01/rafshoon-jimmy-carter-100-00181749 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Politico |language=en}}</ref>
|style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Jimmy|Carter}}<br>(1977–1981)
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Frank|Ursomarso}}
|{{dts|February 23, 1981}}
|{{dts|June 17, 1981}}
|{{ayd|1981|2|23|1981|6|17}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/textual/smof/ursomarso.pdf |title=URSOMARSO, FRANK: Files, 1981 (3.1 l.ft.; Box 1-8)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ronald Reagan: Appointment of Frank A. Ursomarso as Director of the White House Office of Communications |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=43600 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729172318/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=43600 |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
|rowspan=7 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=7 |{{sortname|Ronald|Reagan}}<br>(1981–1989)
|-
|[[File:Portraits of Assistants to President Ronald Reagan (cropped7).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|David|Gergen}}
|{{dts|June 17, 1981}}
|{{dts|January 15, 1984}}
|{{ayd|1981|6|17|1984|1|15}}
|<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Key Reagan Administration Officials |url=http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/reference/keyofficials.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050304004827/http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/reference/keyofficials.html |archive-date=March 4, 2005 |website=reagan.utexas.edu}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Portraits of Assistants to President Ronald Reagan (cropped2).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Michael|McManus|Michael A. McManus Jr.}}
|{{dts|January 15, 1984}}
|{{dts|February 6, 1985}}
|{{ayd|1984|1|15|1985|2|6}}
|<ref name="Managing"/>
|-
|[[File:Pat Buchanan 1985a (1).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Pat|Buchanan}}
|{{dts|February 6, 1985}}
|{{dts|March 1, 1987}}
|{{ayd|1985|2|6|1987|3|1}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-26 |title=Buchanan, Patrick J.: Files, 1985-1987 {{!}} Ronald Reagan |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/research/finding-aids/buchanan-patrick-j-files-1985-1987 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.reaganlibrary.gov |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Jack|Koehler}}
|{{dts|March 1, 1987}}
|{{dts|March 13, 1987}}
|{{ayd|1987|3|2|1987|3|13}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Letter Accepting the Resignation of John O. Koehler as Assistant to the President and Director of Communications |url=https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/speeches/1987/030987c.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508130720/https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/speeches/1987/030987c.htm |archive-date=May 8, 2016 |website=reaganlibrary.archives.gov}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Tom Griscom 1987.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Tom|Griscom}}
|{{dts|April 2, 1987}}
|{{dts|July 1, 1988}}
|{{ayd|1987|4|2|1988|7|1}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-25 |title=Griscom, Thomas C.: Files, 1987-1988 {{!}} Ronald Reagan |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/research/finding-aids/griscom-thomas-c-files-1987-1988 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.reaganlibrary.gov |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Mari Maseng 1988.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Mari|Maseng Will}}
|{{dts|July 1, 1988}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1989}}
|{{ayd|1988|7|1|1989|1|20}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mari Will Maseng Communications debate coach Washington, DC |url=https://www.masengcommunications.com/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=masengcommunications |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]
|{{sortname|David|Demarest|dab=politician}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1989}}
|{{dts|August 23, 1992}}
|{{nowrap|{{ayd|1989|1|20|1992|8|23}}}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=David F. Demarest |url=https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/david-f-demarest |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Stanford Graduate School of Business |language=en}}</ref>
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|George H. W.|Bush}}<br>(1989–1993)
|-
|[[File:Tutwilermd 175.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Margaret|Tutwiler|Margaret D. Tutwiler}}
|{{dts|August 23, 1992}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1993}}
|{{ayd|1992|8|23|1993|1|20}}
|<ref>[https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PPP-1992-book2/pdf/PPP-1992-book2-doc-pg1417.pdf Appointment of Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler as Assistant to the President for Communications], ''gpo.gov''.</ref>
|-
|[[File:George Stephanopoulos cropped.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|George|Stephanopoulos}}
|{{dts|January 20, 1993}}
|{{dts|June 7, 1993}}
|{{ayd|1993|1|20|1993|6|7}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-01-16 |title=the clinton years |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/interviews/stephanopoulos.html |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.pbs.org}}</ref>
|rowspan=5 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=5 |{{sortname|Bill|Clinton}}<br>(1993–2001)
|-
|[[File:Mark Gearan NCMNPS.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Mark|Gearan}}
|{{dts|June 7, 1993}}
|{{dts|August 14, 1995}}
|{{ayd|1993|6|7|1995|8|14}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=60004 |title=William J. Clinton: Press Briefing by David Gergen and Mark Gearan |website=presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Don|Baer|Donald A. Baer}}
|{{dts|August 14, 1995}}
|{{dts|July 31, 1997}}
|{{ayd|1995|8|14|1997|7|31}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Don Baer |url=https://www.brunswickgroup.com/don-baer-i18202/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Brunswick |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Ann Lewis (138) (13315485475).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Ann|Lewis}}
|{{dts|July 31, 1997}}
|{{dts|March 10, 1999}}
|{{ayd|1997|7|31|1999|3|10}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ann Lewus, White House Director of Communications for President Bill Clinton, to Speak at State Museum on April 15 {{!}} The New York State Museum |url=https://www.nysm.nysed.gov/about/press/ann-lewis |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.nysm.nysed.gov}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Loretta|Ucelli}}
|{{dts|March 10, 1999}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2001}}
|{{ayd|1999|3|10|2001|1|20}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=White House names new communications director - March 10, 1999 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/10/staff/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=CNN}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:KarenHughes.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Karen|Hughes}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2001}}
|{{dts|October 2, 2001}}
|{{ayd|2001|1|20|2001|10|2}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karen P. Hughes |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/hughes-bio.html |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov}}</ref>
|rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=4 |{{sortname|George W.|Bush}}<br>(2001–2009)
|-
|[[File:Daniel Joseph Bartlett.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Dan|Bartlett}}
|{{dts|October 2, 2001}}
|{{dts|January 5, 2005}}
|{{ayd|2001|10|2|2005|1|5}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=79123 |title=George W. Bush: Statement by the Press Secretary: Bartlett Named White House Communications Director |website=presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Nicolle Wallace (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Nicolle|Wallace}}
|{{dts|January 5, 2005}}
|{{dts|July 24, 2006}}
|{{ayd|2005|1|5|2006|7|24}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Balk |first=Tim |date=2024-11-02 |title=Nicolle Wallace Calls on Her Former Boss, George W. Bush, to Denounce Trump |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/us/politics/george-w-bush-nicole-wallace-2024-election.html |access-date=2025-04-01 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Kevin Sullivan (18578730486) (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Kevin|Sullivan|dab=communications professional}}
|{{dts|July 24, 2006}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2009}}
|{{ayd|2006|7|24|2009|1|20}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kevin Sullivan |url=https://www.bushcenter.org/people/kevin-sullivan |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=George W. Bush Presidential Center |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:No image.svg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Ellen|Moran}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2009}}
|{{dts|April 21, 2009}}
|{{ayd|2009|1|20|2009|4|21}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ellen Moran, Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Commerce {{!}} Department of Commerce |url=https://2010-2014.commerce.gov/About%20Commerce/Commerce%20Leadership/Ellen%20Moran.html |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=2010-2014.commerce.gov}}</ref>
|rowspan=5 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=5 |{{sortname|Barack|Obama}}<br>(2009–2017)
|-
|[[File:Anita Dunn.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Anita|Dunn}}
|{{dts|April 21, 2009}}
|{{dts|November 30, 2009}}
|{{ayd|2009|4|21|2009|11|30}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anita Dunn |url=https://womenin.wsj.com/person/anita-dunn/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=WSJ Women In |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
|-
|[[File:Daniel Pfeiffer.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Dan|Pfeiffer|Daniel Pfeiffer}}
|{{dts|November 30, 2009}}
|{{dts|January 25, 2013}}
|{{ayd|2009|11|30|2013|1|25}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/staff/dan-pfeiffer |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=The White House |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Jennifer Palmieri, Aug. 2013 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Jen|Palmieri|Jennifer Palmieri}}
|{{dts|January 25, 2013}}
|{{dts|April 1, 2015}}
|{{ayd|2013|1|25|2015|4|1}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Obama hugs Jennifer Palmieri during a farewell party |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/photos-and-video/photo/2015/03/president-obama-hugs-jennifer-palmieri-during-farewell-party |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=The White House |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Jen Psaki April 1 2015 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Jen|Psaki}}
|{{dts|April 1, 2015}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2017}}
|{{ayd|2015|4|1|2017|1|20}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jen Psaki |url=https://politics.georgetown.edu/profile/jen-psaki/ |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Institute of Politics and Public Service |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |[[File:Press secretary Sean Spicer (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |{{sortname|Sean|Spicer}}
|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |{{dts|January 20, 2017}}
|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |{{dts|March 6, 2017}}
|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |{{ayd|2017|1|20|2017|3|6}}
|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sean Spicer {{!}} Trump's Road to the White House |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/interactive/trumps-road-whitehouse-frontline-interviews/transcript/sean-spicer.html |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=apps.frontline.org |language=en}}</ref>
|rowspan=8 style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=8 |{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}<br>(2017–2021)
|-
|[[File:Michael D. Dubke.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Michael|Dubke}}
|{{dts|March 6, 2017}}
|{{dts|June 2, 2017}}
|{{ayd|2017|3|6|2017|6|2}}
|<ref>[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/06/president-donald-j-trump-announces-white-house-staff-appointments "President Donald J. Trump Announces White House Staff Appointments"], ''whitehouse.gov'', March 6, 2017.</ref><ref name="Dubke">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11870660 |title=Mysterious disappearance of Donald Trump's mouthpiece Sean Spicer |date=June 6, 2017 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=June 6, 2017}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#e6e6aa"
|[[File:Press secretary Sean Spicer (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Sean|Spicer}}
|{{dts|June 2, 2017}}
|{{dts|July 21, 2017}}
|{{ayd|2017|6|2|2017|7|21}}
|<ref name="Dubke"/><ref>{{citation |last=The White House |title=Press Briefing with Principal Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Sanders |date=July 21, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-oM21Td-JE  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/8-oM21Td-JE |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=July 21, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/shakeup-puts-different-face-on-white-house-communications/3954273.html |title=Shakeup Puts Different Face on White House Communications |last=Herman |first=Steve |work=VOA |date=July 21, 2017 |access-date=2017-08-15 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11870660 |title=Mysterious disappearance of Donald Trump's mouthpiece Sean Spicer |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |access-date=2017-08-15 |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref name="Shen1">{{cite web |last=Shen |first=Lucinda |title=Anthony Scaramucci Thinks the White House Is About to Have a 'Phenomenal Relationship' With the Press |url=http://fortune.com/2017/07/21/anthony-scaramucci-trump-white-house-communications-director |access-date=August 13, 2017 |publisher=Fortune |date=July 21, 2017}}</ref>
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|[[File:Anthony Scaramucci at SALT Conference 2016 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|{{nowrap|{{sortname|Anthony|Scaramucci}}}}
|{{dts|July 21, 2017}}
|{{dts|July 31, 2017}}
|{{ayd|2017|7|21|2017|7|31}}
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shear |first1=Michael D. |last2=Thrush |first2=Glenn |last3=Haberman |first3=Maggie |title=John Kelly, Asserting Authority, Fires Anthony Scaramucci |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/us/politics/anthony-scaramucci-white-house.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 31, 2017 |access-date=August 1, 2017}}</ref><ref name=record>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/scaramucci-sets-new-record-shortest-term-communications-director-n788281 |title=Scaramucci Sets New Record for Shortest Term as Communications Director|last=Santos |first=Amanda Proença |date=July 31, 2017 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |access-date=August 14, 2017 |quote=Though President Donald Trump appointed Scaramucci to the role 10 days ago, he only held the position for six days thanks to an official start date of July 25.}}</ref><ref name=reports>{{cite magazine |title=White House Holds Press Briefing after Anthony Scaramucci Resigns as Communications Director |url=https://time.com/4881269/anthony-scaramucci-fired-white-house-briefing/ |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=July 31, 2017 |access-date=August 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anthony Scaramucci: Five top tips to lose a job in 10 days |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40788535 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=1 August 2017 |quote=Anthony Scaramucci had not yet made it to his official start date before he was fired}}</ref>
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|rowspan=2 |[[File:Hope Hicks November 2017.jpg|60px]]
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Hope|Hicks}}
|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |{{dts|August 16, 2017}}
|style="background-color:#E6E6AA;" |{{dts|September 12, 2017}}
|rowspan=2 |{{ayd|2017|8|16|2018|3|29}}
|rowspan=2 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hope-hicks-tapped-for-interim-white-house-communications-director |title=Hope Hicks tapped for interim White House communications director |publisher=Fox News |date=August 16, 2017 |access-date=August 16, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/hope-hicks-named-white-house-communications-director-after-assuming-role-on-interim-basis-1505231198 |title=Hope Hicks Named Permanent White House Communications Director |last=Ballhaus |first=Rebecca |date=2017-09-12 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=2018-03-04 |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/us/politics/hope-hicks-white-house.html |title=Hope Hicks is Gone, and It's Not Clear Who Can Replace Her |last1=Rogers |first1=Katie |date=2018-03-29 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2018-03-30 |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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|{{dts|September 12, 2017}}
|{{dts|March 29, 2018}}
|-
|[[File:Bill Shine (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Bill|Shine}}
|{{dts|July 5, 2018}}
|{{dts|March 8, 2019}}
|{{ayd|2018|7|5|2019|3|8}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/395627-trump-announces-ex-fox-news-exec-bill-shine-will-join-white-house/ |title= Ex-Fox News exec Bill Shine to join White House |work=The Hill |date=July 5, 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Stephanie Grisham.jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Stephanie|Grisham}}
|{{dts|July 1, 2019}}
|{{dts|April 7, 2020}}
|{{ayd|2019|7|1|2020|4|7}}
|<ref>{{cite web |last=Wise |first=Alana |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/04/07/828134122/white-house-press-secretary-grisham-moves-back-to-first-ladys-office |title=White House Press Secretary Grisham Moves Back To First Lady's Office |date=April 7, 2020 |work=NPR |access-date=April 7, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Kate Bedingfield (The Circus on SHOWTIME).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Kate|Bedingfield}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2021}}
|{{dts|March 1, 2023}}
|{{ayd|2021|1|20|2023|3|1}}
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Kate Bedingfield, White House Communications Director |url=https://buildbackbetter.gov/nominees-and-appointees/kate-bedingfield |access-date=2020-12-12 |website=President-Elect Joe Biden |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/06/kate-bedingfield-to-depart-the-white-house-after-over-3-years-leading-the-presidents-communications-operation/ |title=Kate Bedingfield to Depart the White House after over 3 Years Leading the President's Communications Operation |date=July 6, 2022}}</ref>
|rowspan=2 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};" |
|rowspan=2 |{{sortname|Joe|Biden}}<br>(2021–2025)
|-
|[[File:Ben LaBolt.png|60px]]
|{{sortname|Ben|LaBolt}}
|{{dts|March 1, 2023}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2025}}
|{{ayd|2023|3|1|2025|1|20}}
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|-
|[[File:Steven Cheung addresses press outside Trump trial in New York 05-28-24 A (cropped) (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|{{sortname|Steven|Cheung|dab=political advisor}}
|{{dts|January 20, 2025}}
|Incumbent
|{{ayd|2025|1|20}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-15 |title=Trump to tap campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung as communications director |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/15/trump-transition-steven-cheung-communications-director-00189857 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=Politico |language=en}}</ref>
|style="background: {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};" |
|{{sortname|Donald|Trump}}<br>(2025–present)
|}

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