Elis in the Trump administration

Every four years, we list the Yale alums in the new presidential administration. Besides vice president J. D. Vance ’13JD, there is only one Yale graduate—Scott Bessent ’84—in a cabinet-level job in the second Trump White House, compared to four in the Biden administration and three in Trump’s first term. Vivek Ramaswamy ’13JD was appointed cochair of Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, but he bowed out before Inauguration Day.

J. D. Vance ’13JD
Vice President

Scott Bessent ’84
Secretary of the Treasury

Roman Pipko ’86JD
Ambassador to Estonia

Stephen Vaden ’08JD
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

Jim O’Neill ’90
DeputySecretary of Health and Human Services

James Danly ’99
Deputy Secretary of Energy

Daniel Driscoll ’14JD
Secretary of the Army

Elbridge Colby ’09JD
Undersecretary of Defense for Policy

Daniel Katz ’10
Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Treasury

Bo Hines ’18
Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets