White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

The White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs (IGA) is a unit of the White House Office, within the Executive Office of the President. It serves as the primary liaison between the White House and state, county (or county-equivalent), local, and tribal governments.[1][2] The office focuses on building new and maintaining current relationships with governors, tribal leaders, mayors, state legislators, and county executives.[1][2] The Office of Intergovernmental Affairs works with federal agencies and departments to ensure appropriate coordination between state, local, and tribal governments and the federal government.[1] The Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House Office for the Biden administration is Julie Chavez Rodriguez.[3]

White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
Agency overview
Formed1955 (1955)
HeadquartersEisenhower Executive Office Building
Washington, D.C., U.S.
38°53′51.24″N 77°2′20.93″W
Agency executive
Parent departmentWhite House Office

Origin

The Office of Intergovernmental Affairs was established in 1955 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower when he appointed former Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle as Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs. The appointment followed the recommendations of the Kestnbaum Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, which had been established by Congress to study problems in the interactions between federal and state governments.[4]

List of Directors of Intergovernmental Affairs
Name Start End President Ref
John Pyle February 1, 1955 January 31, 1959 Dwight D. Eisenhower [5]
Unknown January 31, 1959 January 20, 1961
January 20, 1961 November 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy
November 22, 1963 January 20, 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson
Nils Boe January 20, 1969 August 10, 1971 Richard Nixon [6]
Unknown August 10, 1971 August 9, 1974
August 9, 1974 January 20, 1977 Gerald Ford
Jack Watson January 20, 1977 June 11, 1980 Jimmy Carter [7][8]
Gene Eidenberg June 11, 1980 January 20, 1981 [9]
Rich Williamson January 20, 1981 May 17, 1983 Ronald Reagan [10]
Lee Verstandig May 24, 1983 March 26, 1985 [11]
Mitch Daniels March 26, 1985 October 1, 1985 [12]
Deborah Steelman October 17, 1985 April 17, 1986 [13]
Gwendolyn King April 17, 1986 May 2, 1988 [14]
Andy Card May 2, 1988 September 21, 1988 [15]
Karen Spencer September 21, 1988 January 20, 1989 [16]
Deb Anderson January 20, 1989 January 24, 1992 George H. W. Bush [17]
Sherrie Rollins January 24, 1992 January 20, 1993 [18]
Regina Montoya January 20, 1993 August 7, 1993 Bill Clinton [19]
Marcia Hale August 7, 1993 May 16, 1997 [19]
Mickey Ibarra May 16, 1997 January 20, 2001 [20]
Ruben Barrales January 20, 2001 December 28, 2006 George W. Bush [21]
Maggie Grant December 28, 2006 January 4, 2008 [22]
Janet Creighton January 4, 2008 January 20, 2009 [23]
Cecilia Muñoz January 20, 2009 January 10, 2012 Barack Obama [24]
David Agnew January 10, 2012 November 17, 2014 [25]
Jerry Abramson November 17, 2014 January 20, 2017 [26]
Justin Clark January 20, 2017 March 18, 2018 Donald Trump [27]
Doug Hoelscher March 18, 2018 January 20, 2021 [28]
Julie Rodriguez January 20, 2021 present Joe Biden [29]

References
  1. "Readout of the White House Forum on State and Federal Relations". whitehouse.gov. 2017-09-13 – via National Archives.
  2. Pazniokas, Mark (January 19, 2017). "Justin Clark named to White House staff". The Connecticut Mirror. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  3. "Julie Rodriguez - Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs". Biden-Harris Transition. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  4. Patterson, Bradley H. (1994). "Teams and Staff: Dwight Eisenhower's Innovations in the Structure and Operations of the Modern White House". Presidential Studies Quarterly. 24 (2): 277–298. JSTOR 27551241.
  5. https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/finding-aids/pdf/pyle-howard-records.pdf
  6. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-signing-executive-order-establishing-the-office-intergovernmental-relations
  7. https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-oral-histories/jack-h-watson-jr-oral-history
  8. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/digest-other-white-house-announcements-week-ending-friday-26
  9. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/digest-other-white-house-announcements-week-ending-29
  10. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/letter-accepting-the-resignation-richard-s-williamson-assistant-the-president-for
  11. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-lee-verstandig-assistant-the-president-for-intergovernmental-affairs
  12. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-mitchell-daniels-jr-deputy-assistant-the-president-and-director-the-office
  13. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-deborah-steelman-deputy-assistant-the-president-and-director-the-office
  14. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-gwendolyn-s-king-deputy-assistant-the-president-and-director-the-office
  15. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-andrew-h-card-jr-deputy-assistant-the-president-and-director-the-office
  16. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-karen-spencer-deputy-assistant-the-president-for-intergovernmental-affairs
  17. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-debra-rae-anderson-deputy-assistant-the-president-and-director-the-office
  18. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/appointment-sherrie-s-rollins-assistant-the-president-for-public-liaison-and
  19. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-white-house-staff-changes
  20. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/digest-other-white-house-announcements-133
  21. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/president-bush-nominate-barrales-deputy-assistant-the-president-and-director-oga
  22. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/personnel-announcement-295
  23. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/personnel-announcement-47
  24. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/press-release-president-elect-barack-obama-names-two-new-white-house-staff-members
  25. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/press-release-president-obama-announces-new-white-house-director-intergovernmental-affairs
  26. https://web.archive.org/web/20141106174523/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Sources-Lt-Gov-Jerry-Abramson-to-resign-Governor-to-appoint-successor-281770301.html
  27. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/press-release-president-elect-donald-j-trump-announces-second-wave-additional-white-house
  28. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/press-release-president-donald-j-trump-announces-appointments-for-the-executive-office-3
  29. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/press-release-president-elect-joe-biden-announces-members-white-house-senior-staff


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