President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday announced the first wave of additional members of the White House staff.
"These individuals will be key leaders in helping to implement the President-elect's agenda and bring real change to Washington," chief of staff Reince Priebus said in a statement. "Each of them has been instrumental over the last several months, and in some cases years, in helping the President-elect."
Omarosa Manigault was named assistant to the president and director of communications for the Office of Public Liaison.
Manigault was a contestant in the first season of Trump's show "The Apprentice" and was a strong minority voice for Trump on the campaign trail.
The rest of those named to Trump's staff:
- Marc Short, assistant to the president and director of Legislative Affairs.
- John DeStefano, assistant to the president and director of Presidential Personnel.
- Josh Pitcock, assistant to president and chief of staff to the vice president.
- Keith Schiller, deputy assistant to the president and director of Oval Office Operations.
- George Gigicos, deputy assistant to the president and director of Advance.
- Jessica Ditto, deputy assistant to the president and deputy communications director.
- Raj Shah, deputy assistant to the president and deputy communications director and research director.
- Bill Stepien, deputy assistant to the president and political director.
- Jen Pavlik, deputy assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff to the vice president.
- John McEntee, special assistant to the president and personal aide to the president.