Obama Cabinet

2009-01-02T17:42:00.000-08:00

Day by day, name by name, President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is taking shape, and other top jobs are being filled. Here's a look at who has made the list and who is being talked about for jobs that are still open:

Nominations Announced

• Treasury Secretary: Timothy Geithner, president of Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
• Secretary of State: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.
• Attorney General: Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general.
• Defense Secretary: Robert Gates, a holdover from Bush administration.
• Homeland Security Secretary: Gov. Janet Napolitano, D-Ariz.
• National Security Adviser: Retired Marine Gen. James Jones.
• Commerce Secretary: Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M.
• National Economic Council Director: Lawrence Summers, former treasury secretary.
• Office of Management and Budget Director: Peter Orszag, director of Congressional Budget Office.
• Veterans Affairs Secretary: Retired Gen. Eric K. Shinseki.

Expected Nominations

• Health and Human Services Secretary: Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D.
• Energy Secretary: Steven Chu, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
• EPA administrator: Lisa P. Jackson, former commissioner of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
• U.S. Trade Representative: Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.

To be decided, with the contenders:

CIA Director
• John Gannon, former deputy director for intelligence at the CIA during the Clinton administration.
• Jami Miscik, former head of CIA's analytical operations.
• Steve Kappes, CIA's current No. 2.
• Rep. Jane Harman, D-Calif., who now heads House Homeland Security subcommittee on intelligence.
• John McLaughlin, former interim CIA chief.

National Intelligence Director
• Denny Blair, retired admiral and former commander of the U.S. Pacific Command.
• Don Kerr, No. 2 official in Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
• Jami Miscik, former head of CIA's analytical operations.
• Former Rep. Tim Roemer, D-Ind.

Interior Secretary
• Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz.
• Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif.
• John Berry, National Zoo director, former executive director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Housing and Urban Development Secretary
• Miami Mayor Manny Diaz.
• Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin.
• Adolfo Carrion Jr., borough president of the Bronx, N.Y.
• Renee Glover, head of Atlanta's housing authority.
• Nicolas Retsinas, director of Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies.
• Bart Harvey, former chief executive of Enterprise Community Investment.

Labor Secretary
• Ed McElroy, former president of the American Federation of Teachers.
• Linda Chavez-Thompson, former AFL-CIO vice president.
• Mary Beth Maxwell, executive director of American Rights at Work.
• Maria Echaveste, former Clinton White House adviser.
• Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm.

Education Secretary
• Arne Duncan, chief executive officer of Chicago public schools.
• Michael Bennet, superintendent of Denver public schools.
• Jon Schnur, founder and chief executive of New Leaders for New Schools.
• Paul Vallas, superintendent of Recovery School District in New Orleans.
• Linda Darling-Hammond, education professor at Stanford University.

Transportation Secretary
• Jane Garvey, former head of the Federal Aviation Administration.
• Mortimer Downey, former deputy transportation secretary.
• Steve Heminger, executive director, San Francisco Bay area transportation commission.

Agriculture Secretary
• Dennis Wolff, Pennsylvania agriculture secretary.
• Tom Buis, president of National Farmers Union.
• Former Rep. Charles Stenholm, D-Texas.
• Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo.
• Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D.
• Former Rep. Jill Long Thompson, D-Ind.