The White House cabinet secretary is a high-ranking position within the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The White House cabinet secretary is the head of the Office of Cabinet Affairs (OCA) within the White House Office and the primary liaison between the president of the United States and the Cabinet departments and agencies. The position is usually held by a White House commissioned officer, traditionally either a deputy assistant to the president or an assistant to the president.
According to the White House website, the cabinet secretary helps "to coordinate policy and communications strategy" and plays "a critical role in managing the flow of information between the White House and the federal departments and in representing the interests of the Cabinet to the White House."
The White House cabinet secretary is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the president; the position does not require Senate confirmation. The White House cabinet secretary is among the twenty-two highest paid positions in the White House.
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Current appointees
Special Assistant to the President and Director of Cabinet Affairs: Lea Bardon
Associate Director of Policy: Thomas Bradbury
Associate Director for Agency Outreach: Cami Connor
List of cabinet secretaries
Director of Cabinet Affairs
During the second Trump administration, Budowich had been designated as Cabinet Secretary through his role as a White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications and Personnel with a portfolio that also oversaw the White House Communications Director, White House Press Secretary, White House Director of Speechwriting, White House Office of Public Liaison, and White House Presidential Personnel Office. Beneath him, there was a Director of Cabinet Affairs leading OCA.