Jeffrey Dunston Zients is an American business executive and former government official who served as the 31st White House chief of staff from February 2023 to January 2025 under President Joe Biden.
Official portrait, 2023
Zients in the Duke University yearbook, 1988
Zients speaking at White House press briefing on a possible government shutdown, 2011
Zients at a press briefing with Anthony Fauci and Rochelle Walensky in August 2021
Susan L. Wiles is an American Republican political consultant and lobbyist who has served as the 32nd White House chief of staff since January 2025.
Jeff Zients
…2023 – January 20, 2025 President Joe Biden Deputy Jen O'Malley Dillon Bruce Reed Natalie Quillian Annie Tomasini Preceded by Ron Klain Succeeded by Susie Wiles Counselor to the President In office January 20, 2021 – April 5, 2022 Serving with Steve Ricchetti President Joe Biden Preceded by Hope Hicks Derek…
President Ronald Reagan with Summerall and Lanny Wiles in the Oval Office, 1982
Wiles and President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office, 2024
Wiles walks with President Donald Trump on the West Colonnade to the Oval Office, 2025