Department of Homeland Security appointments by Donald Trump.
Denotes appointees serving in offices that did not require Senate confirmation.
Denotes appointees confirmed by the Senate.
Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.
Denotes appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.
Denotes nominees who were withdrawn prior to being confirmed or assuming office.
| data-sort-type="text" | Office | data-sort-type="text" | Name | data-sort-type="date" | Took office | data-sort-type="date" | Left office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Secretary of Homeland Security | John F. Kelly | January 20, 2017 | July 31, 2017 | Resigned to become White House Chief of Staff. | ||||
Elaine Duke | July 31, 2017 | December 6, 2017 | ||||||
Kirstjen Nielsen | December 6, 2017 | April 10, 2019 | President Trump announced via tweet, "Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to thank her for her service." | |||||
Chad Wolf | November 13, 2019 | January 12, 2021 | Resigned due to legal challenges to his authority as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security.[19] | |||||
Kevin McAleenan | April 11, 2019 | November 13, 2019 | [20] | |||||
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection | January 20, 2017 | April 11, 2019 | Became Acting Secretary of Homeland Security. | |||||
John P. Sanders | April 15, 2019 | July 7, 2019 | Mark Morgan became Acting Commissioner. Congressman Bennie Thompson described DHS leadership as "a constant game of musical chairs". | |||||
Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security | Russell Deyo | November 1, 2016 | April 4, 2017 | |||||
Elaine Duke | April 10, 2017 | April 15, 2018 | ||||||
Claire Grady | April 16, 2018 | April 10, 2019 | Reportedly forced to resign to make way for Kevin McAleenan to become Acting Secretary.[21] | |||||
Under Secretary of Homeland Security (Management) | August 8, 2017 | April 10, 2019 | ||||||
Chip Fulghum | April 10, 2019 | July 2019 | Became COO of Endeavors. | |||||
Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security | David Pekoske | April 11, 2019 | November 13, 2019 | |||||
Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Homeland Security | Miles Taylor | February 8, 2019 | September 2019 | Hired by Google in October 2019.[22] In October 2020, Taylor revealed that he is "Anonymous," the author of "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration" and A Warning. Taylor is a member of the Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform. | ||||
Under Secretary of Homeland Security (Intelligence and Analysis) | Robert P. Hayes | March 20, 2017 | August 7, 2017 | |||||
David Glawe | January 23, 2017 | March 20, 2017 | ||||||
| August 8, 2017 | May 9, 2020 | Became President and CEO of the National Insurance Crime Bureau | ||||||
Brian Murphy | May 10, 2020 | August 2020 | On July 31, Acting Secretary Chad Wolf informed Murphy that he would be reassigned after DHS compiled intelligence reports on two journalists.[23] In September, Murphy stated in a whistleblower complaint that his superiors pressured him to alter intelligence reports for political reasons.[24] | |||||
Under Secretary of Homeland Security (Strategy, Policy, and Plans) | James Nealon | July 10, 2017 | February 8, 2018 | |||||
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Legislative Affairs) | Benjamin Cassidy | April 3, 2017 | March 20, 2018 | |||||
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Counterterrorism and Threat Prevention) | Elizabeth Neumann | February 2017 | April 2020 | Originally joined Trump administration as deputy chief of staff for DHS Secretary John Kelly.[25] Neumann is a member of the Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform. | ||||
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (International Affairs) | Valerie Boyd | November 2019 | November 13, 2020 | Forced out by the White House.[26] | ||||
Chief Information Officer of Homeland Security | Richard Staropoli | April 2017 | August 2017 | [27] | ||||
General Counsel of Homeland Security | John Mitnick | March 6, 2018 | September 17, 2019 | Mitnick is a member of the Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform.[28] | ||||
Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Thomas Homan | January 30, 2017 | June 30, 2018 | Retired. | ||||
Chief of the United States Border Patrol | Ronald Vitiello | February 1, 2017 | April 25, 2017 | Resigned to become Acting Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.[29] | ||||
Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection | April 26, 2017 | June 29, 2018 | Appointed as the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | |||||
Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | June 30, 2018 | April 12, 2019 | His nomination as Director was withdrawn April 5.[30] | |||||
Mark Morgan | May 28, 2019 | July 7, 2019 | Named Acting Commissioner of CBP | |||||
Matthew Albence | April 13, 2019 | May 28, 2019 | ||||||
| July 7, 2019 | August 25, 2020 | Retired. The Trump administration never had a Senate-confirmed ICE Director. | ||||||
Deputy Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | August 1, 2018 | August 25, 2020 | ||||||
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency | Brock Long | June 23, 2017 | March 8, 2019 | Announced his resignation February 13, effective March 8, 2019, with his deputy, Pete Gaynor, to serve as acting administrator.[31] The Senate confirmed Gaynor on January 14, 2020. | ||||
Deputy Administrator for Resilience of the Federal Emergency Management Agency | Daniel Kaniewski | September 14, 2017 | January 31, 2020 | [32] | ||||
Director of the United States Secret Service | Randolph Alles | April 25, 2017 | May 1, 2019 | Became Acting Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management in July 2019.[33] | ||||
Director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services | L. Francis Cissna | October 8, 2017 | June 1, 2019 | Submitted his resignation at the request of Trump on May 24, 2019, effective June 1.[34] | ||||
Ken Cuccinelli | June 10, 2019 | November 13, 2019 | Became Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. In March 2020, Judge Randolph Moss ruled that his appointment as Acting USCIS Director violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. | |||||
DHS Inspector General | John V. Kelly | December 1, 2017 | July 25, 2019 | Retired earlier than planned following revelations that he directed his staff to whitewash audits of DHS performance after federal disasters.[35] | ||||
Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency | Chris Krebs | November 16, 2018 | November 17, 2020 | Trump terminated his employment after he disputed Trump's claims of election fraud.[36] | ||||
Deputy Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency | Matthew Travis | November 17, 2020 | Submitted his resignation under pressure from the White House following the firing of Chris Krebs.[37] | |||||
Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, CISA | Jeanette Manfra | January 8, 2020 | Manfra announced on November 21, 2019, that she would leave her position at the end of the year.[38] She became Global Director of Security and Compliance at Google. | |||||
| Bryan S. Ware | January 2020[39] | November 13, 2020 | Trump requested Ware's resignation.[40] [41] |