Eugene Kang

Eugene Kang

Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President
Incumbent
Assumed office January 20, 2009
Appointed by	Barack Obama
Personal details
Born	Ann Arbor, Michigan
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of Michigan, Greenhills School

Eugene Kang (born 1984) is the Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to President Barack Obama.^[1]

Eugene Kang is an Ann Arbor native who attended Greenhills School before enrolling at the University of Michigan. At Michigan, Kang made a 2005 bid for the Ann Arbor City Council.^[2] He later worked on Senator Amy Klobuchar's (D-Minn.) 2006 campaign.^[3] During Obama's Presidential campaign he worked in the political division.^[4] A second-generation Korean American,^[5]^[6] he was also a part of the Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders National Leadership Council.

Kang has been described as a "close confidant to [President] Obama" and has played golf with the President.^[7]

References

^ Price, Deb. "Ann Arbor native is at Obama's side". The Detroit News. http://www.detnews.com/article/20090417/POLITICS03/904170383/Ann+Arbor+native+is+at+Obama+s+side. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
^ Lin, Lydia. "In Ann Arbor, an Unlikely Candidate, but Passionate for Change". IMDiversity.com. http://www.imdiversity.com/Villages/Asian/politics_law/pc_kang_michigan_0705.asp. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
^ Kamen, Al (December 23, 2008). "365 Days, and Not a Single Cute Kitten". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/22/AR2008122202078_2.html. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
^ "Obama's People". The New York Times Magazine. http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/magazine/2009-inauguration-gallery/index.html?WT.mc_id=PO-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-MII-ROS-0109-NA&WT.mc_ev=click. Retrieved 2009-01-19.
^ http://www.detnews.com/article/20090417/POLITICS03/904170383/Ann+Arbor+native+is+at+Obama+s+side
^ http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2008/12/178_36637.html
^ Ha, Michael (2009-12-23). The Korea Times. http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2009/05/178_36637.html. Retrieved 2009-05-22.

External links

Blog at Organizing for America

Barack Obama's Executive Office of the President

Office	Name	Term	Office	Name	Term
White House Chief of Staff White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy	Rahm Emanuel Pete Rouse William M. Daley Mona Sutphen Nancy-Ann DeParle	2009–2010 2010-2011 2011- 2009-2011 2011-	National Security Advisor Deputy National Security Advisor	Jim Jones Tom Donilon Thomas E. Donilon Denis McDonough	2009–2010 2010- 2009–2010 2010-
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Senior Advisor to the President Deputy Senior Advisor to the President Counselor to the President	Jim Messina Alyssa Mastromonaco David Axelrod David Plouffe Stephanie Cutter Pete Rouse	2009–2011 2011- 2009–2011 2011- 2011- 2009-	Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications	Douglas Lute^† Ben Rhodes	2009– 2009–
Senior Advisor to the President and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement	Valerie Jarrett	2009–	Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security	John O. Brennan	2009–
Director of Public Engagement	Christina Tchen Jon Carson	2009–2011 2011--	Deputy National Security Advisor and NSC Chief of Staff	Denis McDonough Brooke Anderson	2009-2010 2011-
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs	Cecilia Muñoz	2009–	White House Communications Director	Daniel Pfeiffer	2009-
Director, National Economic Council	Lawrence Summers Gene Sperling	2009–2010 2011-	Deputy White House Communications Director White House Press Secretary	Jennifer Psaki Robert Gibbs Jay Carney	2009– 2009–2011 2011-
Deputy Director, National Economic Council	Diana Farrell	2009–	Deputy Press Secretary	Bill Burton	2009–
Deputy Director, National Economic Council Deputy Director, National Economic Council	Jason Furman Brian Deese	2009– 2011-	Director of Special Projects	Stephanie Cutter	2010-2011
Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board	Paul Volcker	2009–	Director of Speechwriting	Jon Favreau	2009–
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors	Christina Romer Austan Goolsbee	2009–2010 2010-	White House Counsel Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Robert Bauer Kathryn Ruemmler Phil Schiliro Rob Nabors	2009–2011 2011- 2009–2011 2011-
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Katharine Abraham	2011-	Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Lisa Konwinski	2009–
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Cecilia Rouse	2009–	Executive Clerk	George T. Saunders^†	2009–
Director, Office of Management and Budget	Peter Orszag Jacob Lew	2009–2010 2010–	Director, Office of Political Affairs Chief Technology Officer	Patrick Gaspard Aneesh Chopra	2009–2011 2009–
Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Zients	2009–	Chief Information Officer Director, Office of Presidential Personnel	Steven VanRoekel Nancy Hogan	2011– 2010–
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Liebman Heather Higginbottom*	2010–2010 2011-	Director of Scheduling and Advance Director, White House Military Office	Alyssa Mastromonaco Danielle Crutchfield George D. Mulligan, Jr.	2009–2011 2011- 2009–
United States Trade Representative	Ron Kirk	2009–	Cabinet Secretary	Chris Lu	2009–
Director, Domestic Policy Council	Melody Barnes	2009–	Deputy Cabinet Secretary	Liz Sears Smith	2009–
Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council	Heather Higginbottom Mark Zuckerman	2009–2011 2011-	Staff Secretary	Lisa Brown	2009–
Director, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	Joshua DuBois	2009–	Director, Office of Management and Administration	Bradley Kiley	2009–
Director, Office of Health Reform	Nancy DeParle	2009–2011	Director, Oval Office Operations	Micaela Fernandez	2009–
Deputy Director, Office of Health Reform	Jeanne Lambrew	2009–	Personal Aide to the President	Reggie Love	2009–
Director, Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy	Carol Browner	2009–2011	Personal Secretary to the President	Katie Johnson Anita Decker	2009–2011 2011-
Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change	Heather Zichal	2009–	Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President	Eugene Kang	2009–
Director, Council on Environmental Quality Director, Office of National AIDS Policy	Nancy Sutley Jeffrey Crowley	2009– 2009–	Chief of Staff to the First Lady	Jackie Norris Susan Sher Christina Tchen	2009 2009–2010 2011-
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy	Gil Kerlikowske	2009–	White House Social Secretary	Desirée Rogers Julianna Smoot Jeremy Bernard	2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–
Director, Office of Urban Affairs Policy	Adolfo Carrión, Jr.	2009–	Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy	John Holdren	2009–

^*Senate-confirmation pending. ^†Remained from previous administration (s).

Persondata
Name	Kang, Eugene
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Date of birth	1984
Place of birth	Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date of death
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