President Barack Obama's Cabinet and Executive Appointments
| Cabinet Department | Nominees |
| Agriculture | Tom Vilsack |
| Commerce | Gary Locke |
| Defense | Robert Gates |
| Education | Arne Duncan |
| Energy | Steven Chu |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Lisa Jackson |
| Health and Human Services (HHS) | Kathleen Sebelius |
| Homeland Security | Janet Napolitano |
| Housing and Urban Development (HUD) | Shawn Donovan |
| Interior | Ken Salazar |
| Justice | Eric Holder |
| Labor | Hilda Solis |
| State | Hillary Clinton |
| Transportation | Ray LaHood |
| Treasury | Timothy Geithner |
| Veterans Affairs | Eric Shinseki |
| Executive Appointments | |
| U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations | Susan Rice |
| Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) | Leon Panetta |
| National Security Adviser | Jim Jones |
| Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) | Nancy Sutley |
| Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change | Carol Browner |
| Chair, President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board | Paul Volcker |
| Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) | Peter Orszag |
| Director, National Economic Council | Lawrence Summers |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | Mary Schapiro |
| U.S. Trade Representative | Ron Kirk |
| Director of National Intelligence | Adm. Dennis Blair |
| White House Chief of Staff | Rahm Emanuel |