5) David M. Simas ($172,200)
David M. Simas is the Deputy Senior Advisor, Communications, at the White House. He is a passionate advocate of reform. It was Simas who was responsible for the single most effective tactic of the 2012 campaign: turning Mitt Romney’s putative strength, his business background, into the negative image of an exploitative, job-exporting Wall Street plutocrat.
4) Christina M. Tchen ($172,200)
Christina M. Tchen is currently the Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, which is the outreach office for the White House and is responsible for connecting the Administration with constituency groups across the nation. Christina Tchen also serves as the Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls. The council was created by President Obama in 2009 to ensure that all parts of the government are addressing the needs of women and girls.
3) Michael M. Hash ($179,700)
Michael M. Hash is a deputy director at the White House.
2) Timothy P. Love ($179,700)
Health-care policy detailee Timothy P. Love is paid $179,700 per annum. He is a research director at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.
1) Seth F. Wheeler ($225,000)
Senior Policy Advisor Seth F. Wheeler is the best-paid person at the White House after the president and vice president. He has been detailed to the role from the Federal Reserve where the pay scale is high. Wheeler earns more than his boss, Gene Sperling, the director of the National Economic Council. Sperling earns the White House maximum of $172,200 per annum. At the Fed, Wheeler was chief of staff for the Office of Financial Stability Policy and Research.
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