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The '''White House Social Secretary''' is responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of official social events at the [[White House]], the official residence and principal workplace of the [[President of the United States]].
{{Infobox official post
| post = White House Social Secretary
| insignia = US-WhiteHouse-Logo.svg
| insigniasize = 175px
| insigniacaption =
| image = Carlos Elizondo.jpg
| incumbent = [[Carlos Elizondo]]
| incumbentsince = January 20, 2021
| department = [[Executive Office of the President]]<br>[[White House Office]]
| appointer = [[Joe Biden]]
| appointer_qualified = as [[President of the United States]]
| formation = {{Start date and years ago|1901|10|02|mf=y}}
| first = [[Belle Hagner]]
| website = [https://www.whitehouse.gov/ The White House]
| body =
}}

The '''White House social secretary''' is responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution of official social events at the [[White House]], the official residence and principal workplace of the [[president of the United States]].


==Function==
==Function==
The Social Secretary is head of the White House Social Office, located in the [[East Wing]] of the White House Complex. The Social Secretary plans events ranging from those as simple as a tea for the [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] and a single official guest, to dinners for more than 200 guests. The Social Secretary works with the [[White House Chief Usher]] to coordinate domestic staff and with the [[Chief of Protocol of the United States]], an official within the [[United States Department of State]], to plan [[state visit]]s and accompanying [[state dinner]]s. The Social Secretary works with the White House [[Graphics and Calligraphy Office]] in the production of invitations to social events.
The social secretary is head of the White House Social Office, located in the [[East Wing]] of the White House Complex. The social secretary plans events ranging from those as simple as a tea for the [[First Lady of the United States|first lady]] and a single official guest to dinners for more than 200 guests. The social secretary works with the [[White House Chief Usher|White House chief usher]] to coordinate domestic staff and with the [[Chief of Protocol of the United States|chief of protocol of the United States]], an official within the [[United States Department of State]], to plan [[state visit]]s and accompanying [[state dinner]]s. The social secretary works with the White House [[Graphics and Calligraphy Office]] in the production of invitations to social events.


The Social Secretary works on both the political and non-political functions of the presidency, coordinating events for the President, the First Lady, and senior political staff. The White House Social Secretary serves at the president's pleasure and is appointed by each administration.
The social secretary works on both the political and non-political functions of the presidency, coordinating events for the president, the first lady, and senior political staff. The White House social secretary serves at the president's pleasure and is appointed by each administration.


==Notable office-holders==
==First male to fill role==
On February 25, 2011, the White House appointed [[Jeremy Bernard]], the first male social secretary in its history. “I have long admired the arts and education programs that have become hallmarks of the Obama White House and I am eager to continue these efforts in the years ahead,” Bernard said during the announcing press conference.<ref name=natreview>{{cite news |title=White House Names First Male Social Secretary |author=Brian Bolduc |newspaper=NATIONAL REVIEW Online |date=2011-02-25 |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/260751/white-house-names-first-male-social-secretary-brian-bolduc }}</ref>
On February 25, 2011, the White House appointed [[Jeremy Bernard]], the first male, and first openly gay, social secretary in that position's history. "I have long admired the arts and education programs that have become hallmarks of the Obama White House and I am eager to continue these efforts in the years ahead," Bernard said during the announcing press conference.<ref name=natreview>{{cite news |title=White House Names First Male Social Secretary |author=Brian Bolduc |newspaper=NATIONAL REVIEW Online |date=2011-02-25 |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/260751/white-house-names-first-male-social-secretary-brian-bolduc }}</ref><ref name=houston_chron_20110225>{{Cite web | first = Richard S. | last = Dunham | url = http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7446898.html | title = Texan makes history as Obama social secretary | work = [[Houston Chronicle]] | date = February 25, 2011 | access-date = February 26, 2011}}</ref><ref name=wapo44blog_20110225>{{Cite news | first1 = Nia-Malika | last1 = Henderson | first2 = Perry Jr. | last2 = Bacon | url = http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2011/02/white-house-announces-jeremy-b.html | title = Obama makes history with social secretary pick | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | date = February 25, 2011 | access-date = February 26, 2011}}</ref>
[[File:Photograph of First Lady Betty Ford Posing with Sanford Fox, Former Chief of White House Social Entertainment, and Past and Present Press and Social Secretaries to the First Lady - NARA - 186790.gif|thumb|Betty Ford with former Social Secretaries]]


==List of White House Social Secretaries==
==List of White House social secretaries==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
!{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
|
!Image
!Social Secretary
!Social Secretary
!Term of office
!Term of office
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|-
|-
| 1
| 1
| [[File:HAGNER, MISS BELLE LCCN2016866602 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Belle Hagner]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Family-and-Friends/Isabella-Hagner.aspx |title=TR Center - Isabella Hagner |website=Theodorerooseveltcenter.org |date= |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Belle Hagner]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Family-and-Friends/Isabella-Hagner.aspx |title=TR Center - Isabella Hagner |website=Theodorerooseveltcenter.org |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1901 – 1909
| 1901–1909
| [[Theodore Roosevelt]]
| [[Theodore Roosevelt]]
|-
|-
| 2
| 2
| [[File:No image wide.svg|60px]]
| [[Alice Blech]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehousehistory/7372065116/ |title=Alice Blech &#124; Social Secretary Alice Blech. October 22, 1909… |publisher=[[Flickr]] |date= |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Alice Blech]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehousehistory/7372065116/ |title=Alice Blech &#124; Social Secretary Alice Blech. October 22, 1909… |publisher=[[Flickr]] |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1909 – 1910
| 1909–1910
| rowspan=2|[[William Howard Taft]]
| rowspan=2|[[William Howard Taft]]
|-
|-
| 3
| 3
| [[File:No image wide.svg|60px]]
| [[Mary Spiers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado?a=d&d=WWW19100317-01.2.26 |title=Walsenburg World March 17, 1910 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection |website=Coloradohistoricnewspapers.org |date= |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Mary Spiers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado?a=d&d=WWW19100317-01.2.26 |title=Walsenburg World March 17, 1910 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection |website=Coloradohistoricnewspapers.org |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1910 – 1913
| 1910–1913
|-
|-
| 4
| 4
| [[File:HAGNER, MISS BELLE LCCN2016866602 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Belle Hagner]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/social-secretary-quotes-belle-hagner |title=Social Secretary Quotes: Belle Hagner - White House Historical Association |website=Whitehousehistory.org |date=1903-10-24 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Belle Hagner]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/social-secretary-quotes-belle-hagner |title=Social Secretary Quotes: Belle Hagner - White House Historical Association |website=Whitehousehistory.org |date=1903-10-24 |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1913 – 1915
| 1913–1915
| rowspan=2|[[Woodrow Wilson]]
| rowspan=2|[[Woodrow Wilson]]
|-
|-
| 5
| 5
| [[File:Edith Helm (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Edith Benham Helm]]<ref name="whitehousehistory1">{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/social-secretary-quotes-edith-benham-helm |title=Social Secretary Quotes: Edith Benham Helm - White House Historical Association |website=Whitehousehistory.org |date=1903-10-24 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Edith Benham Helm]]<ref name="whitehousehistory1">{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/social-secretary-quotes-edith-benham-helm |title=Social Secretary Quotes: Edith Benham Helm - White House Historical Association |website=Whitehousehistory.org |date=1903-10-24 |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1915 – 1921
| 1915–1921
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|6
| rowspan=2|6
| rowspan=2|[[Laura Harlan]]<ref name="whitehousehistory2">{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/social-secretary-quotes-laura-harlan |title=Social Secretary Quotes: Laura Harlan - White House Historical Association |website=Whitehousehistory.org |date= |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| rowspan=2|[[File:Miss Laura Harlan LOC npcc.04320 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Laura Harlan]]<ref name="whitehousehistory2">{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/social-secretary-quotes-laura-harlan |title=Social Secretary Quotes: Laura Harlan - White House Historical Association |website=Whitehousehistory.org |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1921–1923
| 1921 – 1923
| [[Warren G. Harding]]
| [[Warren G. Harding]]
|-
|-
| 1923 – 1929<ref name="whitehousehistory2"/>
| 1923–1929<ref name="whitehousehistory2"/>
| [[Calvin Coolidge]]
| [[Calvin Coolidge]]
|-
|-
| 7
| 7
| [[File:No image wide.svg|60px]]
| [[Mary Randolph]]<ref>[https://www.archives.gov/files/publications/prologue/2015/summer/depriest.pdf]{{dead link|date=March 2017}}</ref>
| [[Mary Randolph (social secretary)|Mary Randolph]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/files/publications/prologue/2015/summer/depriest.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031031023/https://www.archives.gov/files/publications/prologue/2015/summer/depriest.pdf |archive-date=2016-10-31 }}</ref>
| 1929 – 1931
| 1929–1931
| rowspan=2|[[Herbert Hoover]]
| rowspan=2|[[Herbert Hoover]]
|-
|-
| 8
| 8
| [[File:No image wide.svg|60px]]
| [[Doris Goss]]<ref name="Borrelli2011">{{cite book|author=MaryAnne Borrelli|title=The Politics of the President's Wife|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jSAGtVvcoUC&pg=PA62|date=15 August 2011|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=978-1-60344-422-4|pages=62–}}</ref>
| [[Doris Goss]]<ref name="Borrelli2011">{{cite book|author=MaryAnne Borrelli|title=The Politics of the President's Wife|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jSAGtVvcoUC&pg=PA62|date=15 August 2011|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|isbn=978-1-60344-422-4|pages=62–}}</ref>
| 1931–1933
| 1931 – 1933
|-
|-
| rowspan=2|9
| rowspan=2|9
| rowspan=2|[[File:Edith Helm (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| rowspan=2|[[Edith Benham Helm]]<ref name="whitehousehistory1"/>
| rowspan=2|[[Edith Benham Helm]]<ref name="whitehousehistory1"/>
| 1933–1945
| 1933 – 1949
| [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
| [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
|-
|-
| 1949 – 1953<ref name="whitehousehistory1"/>
| 1945–1953<ref name="whitehousehistory1"/>
| [[Harry S. Truman]]
| [[Harry S. Truman]]
|-
|-
| 10
| 10
| [[File:Mary Jane McCaffree (cropped).tif|60px]]
| [[Mary Jane McCaffrey]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dcchs.org/FrankQNebeker/081203.pdf |format=PDF |title=Oral History of HONORABLE FRANK Q. NEBEKER |date=August 12, 2003 |website=Dcchs.org |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Mary Jane McCaffree]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dcchs.org/FrankQNebeker/081203.pdf |title=Oral History of HONORABLE FRANK Q. NEBEKER |date=August 12, 2003 |website=Dcchs.org |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1955 – 1961
| 1955–1961
| [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
| [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]
|-
|-
| 11
| 11
| [[File:Letitia Baldrige.jpg|60px]]
| [[Letitia Baldrige]]<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/letitia-baldrige-doyenne-of-decorum-and-social-secretary-to-first-lady-jacqueline-kennedy-dies-at-86 ]{{dead link|date=March 2017}}</ref>
| [[Letitia Baldrige]]<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/letitia-baldrige-doyenne-of-decorum-and-social-secretary-to-first-lady-jacqueline-kennedy-dies-at-86]{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| 1961 – 1963
| 1961–1963
| rowspan="2"|[[John F. Kennedy]]
| rowspan="2"|[[John F. Kennedy]]
|-
|-
| 12
| 12
| [[File:Nancy Tuckerman White House Official Portrait 1963 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Nancy Tuckerman]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-ST-C186-1-63.aspx |title=ST-C186-1-63. First Lady’s Social Secretary Nancy Tuckerman - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum |website=Jfklibrary.org |date= |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Nancy Tuckerman]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKWHP-ST-C186-1-63.aspx |title=ST-C186-1-63. First Lady's Social Secretary Nancy Tuckerman - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum |website=Jfklibrary.org |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1963 – 1963
| 1963–1963
|-
|-
| 13
| 13
| [[File:Bess Abell LBJ Library (32565920781) (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Bess Abel]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2010/05/quoted_lbj_social_secretary_be.html |title=Reliable Source - Quoted: LBJ social secretary Bess Abell on her one White House dinner crashing problem |website=Voices.washingtonpost.com |date=2010-05-07 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Bess Abell]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2010/05/quoted_lbj_social_secretary_be.html |title=Reliable Source - Quoted: LBJ social secretary Bess Abell on her one White House dinner crashing problem |website=Voices.washingtonpost.com |date=2010-05-07 |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/us/bess-abell-dead.html |title=Bess Abell, Social Secretary in Johnson White House, Dies at 87 |author=Katharine Q. Seelye |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=2020-10-18 |access-date=2020-10-20}}</ref>
| 1963 – 1969
| 1963–1969
| [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
| [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
|-
|-
| 14
| 14
| [[File:Nixon Contact Sheet WHPO-2592 (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Lucy Winchester]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/textual/central/smof/winchester.php |title=Lucy A. Winchester |website=Nixonlibrary.gov |date= |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Lucy Winchester (secretary)|Lucy Winchester]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/textual/central/smof/winchester.php |title=Lucy A. Winchester |website=Nixonlibrary.gov |access-date=2017-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231171405/https://nixonlibrary.gov/forresearchers/find/textual/central/smof/winchester.php |archive-date=2016-12-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 1969 – 1974
| 1969–1974
| [[Richard Nixon]]
| [[Richard Nixon]]
|-
|-
| 15
| 15
| [[Nancy Lammerding Ruwe]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/02/14/archives/nancy-lammerding-ford-aide-is-married-to-l-nicholas-ruwe.html|title=Nancy Lammerding, Ford Aide, Is Married to L. Nicholas Ruwe|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[File:Nancy Lammerding Ruwe (cropped).tif|60px]]
| [[Nancy Lammerding Ruwe]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/02/14/archives/nancy-lammerding-ford-aide-is-married-to-l-nicholas-ruwe.html|title=Nancy Lammerding, Ford Aide, Is Married to L. Nicholas Ruwe|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1974–1975
| 1974 – 1975
| rowspan=2|[[Gerald Ford]]
| rowspan=2|[[Gerald Ford]]
|-
|-
| 16
| 16
| [[File:Maria Downs (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Maria Downs]]<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://geraldrfordfoundation.org/centennial/oralhistory/maria-downs/ |title=Maria Downs |publisher=Gerald R. Ford Foundation |date=2009-06-18 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Maria Downs]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geraldrfordfoundation.org/centennial/oralhistory/maria-downs/ |title=Maria Downs |publisher=Gerald R. Ford Foundation |date=2009-06-18 |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1975 – 1977
| 1975–1977
|-
|-
| 17
| 17
| [[File:No image wide.svg|60px]]
| [[Gretchen Poston]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Blau |first=Eleanor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/08/us/gretchen-householder-poston-59-ex-white-house-social-secretary.html |title=Gretchen Householder Poston, 59, Ex-White House Social Secretary |website=NYTimes.com |date=1992-01-08 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Gretchen Poston]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Blau |first=Eleanor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/08/us/gretchen-householder-poston-59-ex-white-house-social-secretary.html |title=Gretchen Householder Poston, 59, Ex-White House Social Secretary |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=1992-01-08 |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1977 – 1981
| 1977–1981
| [[Jimmy Carter]]
| [[Jimmy Carter]]
|-
|-
| 18
| 18
| [[File:No image wide.svg|60px]]
| [[Mabel (Muffie) Brandon]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Ginsburg |first=Ina |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/05/17/a-conversation-with-muffie-brandon/f7d6fde6-ef80-4412-9f34-e6fb971d05d1/ |title=A Conversation With Muffie Brandon |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=1981-05-17 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Mabel (Muffie) Brandon]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Ginsburg |first=Ina |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/05/17/a-conversation-with-muffie-brandon/f7d6fde6-ef80-4412-9f34-e6fb971d05d1/ |title=A Conversation With Muffie Brandon |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=1981-05-17 |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1981 – 1983
| 1981–1983
| rowspan=3|[[Ronald Reagan]]
| rowspan=3|[[Ronald Reagan]]
|-
|-
| 19
| 19
| [[File:Gahl Hodges (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Gahl Hodges]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/social-secretary-quotes-gahl-hodges-burt |title=Social Secretary Quotes: Gahl Hodges Burt - White House Historical Association |website=Whitehousehistory.org |date= |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Gahl Hodges]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/social-secretary-quotes-gahl-hodges-burt |title=Social Secretary Quotes: Gahl Hodges Burt - White House Historical Association |website=Whitehousehistory.org |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1983 – 1985
| 1983–1985
|-
|-
| 20
| 20
| [[File:No image wide.svg|60px]]
| [[Linda Faulkner]]<ref>[https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/textual/smof/faulkner.htm ]{{dead link|date=March 2017}}</ref>
| [[Linda Faulkner]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/textual/smof/faulkner.htm |title=FAULKNER, LINDA: Files, 1981-1989 – REAGAN LIBRARY COLLECTIONS |access-date=2016-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031031428/https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/textual/smof/faulkner.htm |archive-date=2016-10-31 }}</ref>
| 1985 – 1989
| 1985–1989
|-
|-
| 21
| 21
| [[File:No image wide.svg|60px]]
| [[Laurie Firestone]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/social-secretary-quotes-laurie-firestone |title=Social Secretary Quotes: Laurie Firestone - White House Historical Association |website=Whitehousehistory.org |date= |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Laurie Firestone]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/social-secretary-quotes-laurie-firestone |title=Social Secretary Quotes: Laurie Firestone - White House Historical Association |website=Whitehousehistory.org |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1989 – 1993
| 1989–1993
| [[George H.W. Bush]]
| [[George H. W. Bush]]
|-
|-
| 22
| 22
| [[File:AnnStock.jpg|60px]]
| [[Ann Stock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/02/04/DI2009020402268.html |title=The Role of the White House Social Secretary |website=Washingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Ann Stock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/02/04/DI2009020402268.html |title=The Role of the White House Social Secretary |website=Washingtonpost.com |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1993 – 1997
| 1993–1997
| rowspan=2|[[Bill Clinton]]
| rowspan=2|[[Bill Clinton]]
|-
|-
| 23
| 23
| [[File:Capricia Marshall.jpg|60px]]
| [[Capricia Marshall]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/social-secretary-quotes-capricia-marshall |title=Social Secretary Quotes: Capricia Marshall - White House Historical Association |website=Whitehousehistory.org |date= |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Capricia Marshall]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/social-secretary-quotes-capricia-marshall |title=Social Secretary Quotes: Capricia Marshall - White House Historical Association |website=Whitehousehistory.org |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 1997 – 2001
| 1997–2001
|-
|-
| 24
| 24
| [[File:No image wide.svg|60px]]
| [[Catherine Fenton]]<ref>{{cite news|author=Irvin Molotsky |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/09/us/laura-bush-designates-keepers-of-her-calendar.html |title=Laura Bush Designates Keepers of Her Calendar |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2001-01-09 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Catherine Fenton]]<ref>{{cite news|author=Irvin Molotsky |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/09/us/laura-bush-designates-keepers-of-her-calendar.html |title=Laura Bush Designates Keepers of Her Calendar |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2001-01-09 |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 2001 – 2004
| 2001–2004
| rowspan=3|[[George W. Bush]]
| rowspan=3|[[George W. Bush]]
|-
|-
| 25
| 25
| [[File:Lea Berman DIG14214-012.jpg|60px]]
| [[Lea Berman]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/social-secretary-quotes-lea-berman |title=Social Secretary Quotes: Lea Berman - White House Historical Association |website=Whitehousehistory.org |date= |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Lea Berman]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/social-secretary-quotes-lea-berman |title=Social Secretary Quotes: Lea Berman - White House Historical Association |website=Whitehousehistory.org |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 2005 – 2007
| 2005–2007
|-
|-
| 26
| 26
| [[File:No image wide.svg|60px]]
| [[Amy Zantzinger]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070130-2.html |title=President Bush Names Amy Zantzinger as White House Social Secretary |website=Georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov |date=2007-01-30 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Amy Zantzinger]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070130-2.html |title=President Bush Names Amy Zantzinger as White House Social Secretary |date=2007-01-30 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 2007 – 2009
| 2007–2009
|-
|-
| 27
| 27
| [[File:Desirée Rogers (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Desirée Rogers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/26/AR2010022603734.html |title=White House announces resignation of social secretary Desirée Rogers |website=Washingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Desirée Rogers]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/26/AR2010022603734.html |title=White House announces resignation of social secretary Desirée Rogers |website=Washingtonpost.com |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 2009 – 2010
| 2009–2010
| rowspan=4|[[Barack Obama]]
| rowspan=4|[[Barack Obama]]
|-
|-
| 28
| 28
| [[File:Julianna Smoot (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Julianna Smoot]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/27/AR2010022702019.html |title=White House social secretary Desiree Rogers resigns; Julianna Smoot named successor |website=Washingtonpost.com |date=2010-02-27 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Julianna Smoot]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/27/AR2010022702019.html |title=White House social secretary Desiree Rogers resigns; Julianna Smoot named successor |website=Washingtonpost.com |date=2010-02-27 |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 2010 – 2011
| 2010–2011
|-
|-
| 29
| 29
| [[File:Jeremy Bernard.jpg|60px]]
| [[Jeremy Bernard]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Perry |first=Mark |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/jeremy-bernard-white-house-social-secretary-kgb-file-116743 |title=Jeremy Bernard to step down as White House social secretary |publisher=[[Politico]] |date= |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Jeremy Bernard]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Perry |first=Mark |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/jeremy-bernard-white-house-social-secretary-kgb-file-116743 |title=Jeremy Bernard to step down as White House social secretary |publisher=[[Politico]] |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 2011 – 2015
| 2011–2015
|-
|-
| 30
| 30
| [[File:Deesha Dyer in the Green Room of the White House (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| [[Deesha Dyer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/16/white-house-announces-deesha-dyer-social-secretary |title=White House Announces Deesha Dyer as Social Secretary |website=Whitehouse.gov |date=2015-04-16 |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| [[Deesha Dyer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/16/white-house-announces-deesha-dyer-social-secretary |title=White House Announces Deesha Dyer as Social Secretary |date=2015-04-16 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=2017-03-01}}</ref>
| 2015 – 2017
| 2015–2017
|-
|-
| 31
| 31
| [[File:No image wide.svg|60px]]
| [[Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/melania-trump-cristina-niceta-lloyd-white-house-social-secretary/index.html |title= Melania Trump hires White House social secretary |author=Betsy Klein |publisher=CNN |date= February 8, 2017 |accessdate= February 8, 2017}}</ref>
| [[Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/politics/melania-trump-cristina-niceta-lloyd-white-house-social-secretary/index.html |title= Melania Trump hires White House social secretary |author=Betsy Klein |publisher=CNN |date= February 8, 2017 |access-date= February 8, 2017}}</ref>
| 2017 – Present
| 2017–2021<ref>{{Cite web|last=FiveThirtyEight|date=2021-01-05|title=Live Updates: Unrest In Washington And The Electoral Vote Certification|url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/georgia-senate-election-results/|access-date=2021-01-07|website=FiveThirtyEight|language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[Donald Trump]]
| [[Donald Trump]]
|-
| 32
| [[File:Carlos Elizondo.jpg|60px]]
| [[Carlos Elizondo]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/20/us/joe-biden-trump/biden-harris-team-announces-additional-staff-appointments |title= Biden-Harris team announces additional staff appointments |author=Michael Crowley |work=New York Times |date= November 20, 2020 |access-date= November 20, 2020}}</ref>
| 2021–present
| [[Joe Biden]]
|}
|}


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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.whitehousehistory.org/08/subs/08_b09.html White House Historical Association website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070524053842/http://www.whitehousehistory.org/08/subs/08_b09.html White House Historical Association website]
*[http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Finding_Aids/W.html Records of the White House Social Office (1952 - 1961), Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library]
*[https://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Finding_Aids/W.html Records of the White House Social Office (1952 - 1961), Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library]


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[[Category:White House Office|Social Secretary]]
[[Category:White House Office|Social Secretary]]

Latest revision as of 00:34, 12 April 2023

White House Social Secretary
Incumbent
Carlos Elizondo
since January 20, 2021
Executive Office of the President
White House Office
AppointerJoe Biden
as President of the United States
FormationOctober 2, 1901; 122 years ago (1901-10-02)
First holderBelle Hagner
WebsiteThe White House

The White House social secretary is responsible for the planning, coordination, and execution of official social events at the White House, the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States.

Function[edit]

The social secretary is head of the White House Social Office, located in the East Wing of the White House Complex. The social secretary plans events ranging from those as simple as a tea for the first lady and a single official guest to dinners for more than 200 guests. The social secretary works with the White House chief usher to coordinate domestic staff and with the chief of protocol of the United States, an official within the United States Department of State, to plan state visits and accompanying state dinners. The social secretary works with the White House Graphics and Calligraphy Office in the production of invitations to social events.

The social secretary works on both the political and non-political functions of the presidency, coordinating events for the president, the first lady, and senior political staff. The White House social secretary serves at the president's pleasure and is appointed by each administration.

Notable office-holders[edit]

On February 25, 2011, the White House appointed Jeremy Bernard, the first male, and first openly gay, social secretary in that position's history. "I have long admired the arts and education programs that have become hallmarks of the Obama White House and I am eager to continue these efforts in the years ahead," Bernard said during the announcing press conference.[1][2][3]

Betty Ford with former Social Secretaries

List of White House social secretaries[edit]

No. Image Social Secretary Term of office President
1 Belle Hagner[4] 1901–1909 Theodore Roosevelt
2 Alice Blech[5] 1909–1910 William Howard Taft
3 Mary Spiers[6] 1910–1913
4 Belle Hagner[7] 1913–1915 Woodrow Wilson
5 Edith Benham Helm[8] 1915–1921
6 Laura Harlan[9] 1921–1923 Warren G. Harding
1923–1929[9] Calvin Coolidge
7 Mary Randolph[10] 1929–1931 Herbert Hoover
8 Doris Goss[11] 1931–1933
9 Edith Benham Helm[8] 1933–1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt
1945–1953[8] Harry S. Truman
10 Mary Jane McCaffree[12] 1955–1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower
11 Letitia Baldrige[13] 1961–1963 John F. Kennedy
12 Nancy Tuckerman[14] 1963–1963
13 Bess Abell[15][16] 1963–1969 Lyndon B. Johnson
14 Lucy Winchester[17] 1969–1974 Richard Nixon
15 Nancy Lammerding Ruwe[18] 1974–1975 Gerald Ford
16 Maria Downs[19] 1975–1977
17 Gretchen Poston[20] 1977–1981 Jimmy Carter
18 Mabel (Muffie) Brandon[21] 1981–1983 Ronald Reagan
19 Gahl Hodges[22] 1983–1985
20 Linda Faulkner[23] 1985–1989
21 Laurie Firestone[24] 1989–1993 George H. W. Bush
22 Ann Stock[25] 1993–1997 Bill Clinton
23 Capricia Marshall[26] 1997–2001
24 Catherine Fenton[27] 2001–2004 George W. Bush
25 Lea Berman[28] 2005–2007
26 Amy Zantzinger[29] 2007–2009
27 Desirée Rogers[30] 2009–2010 Barack Obama
28 Julianna Smoot[31] 2010–2011
29 Jeremy Bernard[32] 2011–2015
30 Deesha Dyer[33] 2015–2017
31 Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd[34] 2017–2021[35] Donald Trump
32 Carlos Elizondo[36] 2021–present Joe Biden

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brian Bolduc (2011-02-25). "White House Names First Male Social Secretary". NATIONAL REVIEW Online.
  2. ^ Dunham, Richard S. (February 25, 2011). "Texan makes history as Obama social secretary". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  3. ^ Henderson, Nia-Malika; Bacon, Perry Jr. (February 25, 2011). "Obama makes history with social secretary pick". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  4. ^ "TR Center - Isabella Hagner". Theodorerooseveltcenter.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  5. ^ "Alice Blech | Social Secretary Alice Blech. October 22, 1909…". Flickr. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  6. ^ "Walsenburg World March 17, 1910 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection". Coloradohistoricnewspapers.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  7. ^ "Social Secretary Quotes: Belle Hagner - White House Historical Association". Whitehousehistory.org. 1903-10-24. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  8. ^ a b c "Social Secretary Quotes: Edith Benham Helm - White House Historical Association". Whitehousehistory.org. 1903-10-24. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  9. ^ a b "Social Secretary Quotes: Laura Harlan - White House Historical Association". Whitehousehistory.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-10-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  12. ^ "Oral History of HONORABLE FRANK Q. NEBEKER" (PDF). Dcchs.org. August 12, 2003. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
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  15. ^ "Reliable Source - Quoted: LBJ social secretary Bess Abell on her one White House dinner crashing problem". Voices.washingtonpost.com. 2010-05-07. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  16. ^ Katharine Q. Seelye (2020-10-18). "Bess Abell, Social Secretary in Johnson White House, Dies at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-10-20.
  17. ^ "Lucy A. Winchester". Nixonlibrary.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  18. ^ "Nancy Lammerding, Ford Aide, Is Married to L. Nicholas Ruwe". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  19. ^ "Maria Downs". Gerald R. Ford Foundation. 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  20. ^ Blau, Eleanor (1992-01-08). "Gretchen Householder Poston, 59, Ex-White House Social Secretary". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  21. ^ Ginsburg, Ina (1981-05-17). "A Conversation With Muffie Brandon". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  22. ^ "Social Secretary Quotes: Gahl Hodges Burt - White House Historical Association". Whitehousehistory.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  23. ^ "FAULKNER, LINDA: Files, 1981-1989 – REAGAN LIBRARY COLLECTIONS". Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  24. ^ "Social Secretary Quotes: Laurie Firestone - White House Historical Association". Whitehousehistory.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  25. ^ "The Role of the White House Social Secretary". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  26. ^ "Social Secretary Quotes: Capricia Marshall - White House Historical Association". Whitehousehistory.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  27. ^ Irvin Molotsky (2001-01-09). "Laura Bush Designates Keepers of Her Calendar". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  28. ^ "Social Secretary Quotes: Lea Berman - White House Historical Association". Whitehousehistory.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  29. ^ "President Bush Names Amy Zantzinger as White House Social Secretary". whitehouse.gov. 2007-01-30. Retrieved 2017-03-01 – via National Archives.
  30. ^ "White House announces resignation of social secretary Desirée Rogers". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  31. ^ "White House social secretary Desiree Rogers resigns; Julianna Smoot named successor". Washingtonpost.com. 2010-02-27. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  32. ^ Perry, Mark. "Jeremy Bernard to step down as White House social secretary". Politico. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  33. ^ "White House Announces Deesha Dyer as Social Secretary". whitehouse.gov. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2017-03-01 – via National Archives.
  34. ^ Betsy Klein (February 8, 2017). "Melania Trump hires White House social secretary". CNN. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
  35. ^ FiveThirtyEight (2021-01-05). "Live Updates: Unrest In Washington And The Electoral Vote Certification". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  36. ^ Michael Crowley (November 20, 2020). "Biden-Harris team announces additional staff appointments". New York Times. Retrieved November 20, 2020.

Further reading[edit]

External links[edit]

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