JOE RAEDLE/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — One of the top priorities at the start of the presidential transition process is to staff the administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Trump has already announced several Cabinet picks and others whose positions are Cabinet-level, with more coming in the days and weeks ahead.
Even though Trump has announced some of his Cabinet picks, all Cabinet-level appointments need to be confirmed by the Senate before they are officially appointed.
Here is the growing list of Cabinet picks:
Attorney General
Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. – Offer announced on Nov. 18
Sessions, the senator from Alabama who is currently in his fourth term, has been a longtime Trump supporter who campaigned with him throughout the election. Click here to learn more about Sessions.
Education Secretary
Betsy DeVos – Offer announced on Nov. 23
DeVos, a Michigan education activist and major GOP donor, is an advocate for school choice and charter schools, and has drawn criticism in conservative circles for being associated with groups that support Common Core. Click here for more information about DeVos.
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Rep. Tom Price – Offer announced on Nov. 28
The Georgia Republican, who met with Trump in New York City earlier this month, is a longtime Obamacare critic and was one of the first House committee chairmen to endorse the presidential candidate. Click here to read more about the selection of Price.
Secretary of Transportation
Elaine Chao – Offer announced Nov. 29
Chao previously served as labor secretary for former President George W. Bush and was the only Cabinet official to serve through all eight years of his presidency. Click here to learn more about the selection of Chao.
There have been several other high-profile picks, and those positions are categorized as Cabinet-level posts:
Chief of Staff
Reince Priebus – Appointed Nov. 13. This is the only Cabinet-level position that does not need Senate confirmation.
The selection of Priebus as Trump’s chief of staff was the first Cabinet-level announcement. Click here to read more about the Republican National Committee chairman and his role in Trump’s campaign.
Ambassador to the United Nations
Gov. Nikki Haley – Offer announced on Nov. 23. This position requires Senate confirmation.
Haley, the child of Indian immigrants, brings diversity to the nascent administration but has had little international experience as governor of South Carolina. Click here to read more about Haley.
And then there were two other early announcements that are senior positions but outside of the Cabinet:
National Security Advisor (non-Cabinet senior position)
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn (Ret.) – Offer announced Nov. 18
Flynn was a prominent campaign surrogate for Trump throughout the election cycle, often introducing the candidate at rallies and appearing on television in support of Trump. Click here to read more about Flynn.
CIA Director (non-Cabinet agency position)
Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan. – Offer announced Nov. 18. This position requires Senate confirmation.
Pompeo, who supported Sen. Marco Rubio during the GOP primaries, represents Kansas’ 4th Congressional District. Click here to learn more about Pompeo.
For the remaining cabinet positions that have not been formally announced, ABC News has compiled two lists of potential appointees.
“Contenders” are people whom ABC News has reporting on to indicate that they are being considered for positions.
“Possible Contenders” are names that have surfaced in the media and/or could make sense given experience or connections to the incoming administration.
Here is a list of the possibilities:
Secretary of State
Contenders:
Former Amb. John Bolton
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney
Retired Gen. David Petraeus
Possible Contenders:
Richard Haas, president of the Council on Foreign Relations
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif.
Secretary of the Treasury
Trump is expected to announce Steven Mnuchin, who served as his campaign finance chair, as his pick for treasury secretary, sources confirmed to ABC News.
Secretary of Defense
Contenders:
Gen. James Mattis (Ret.)
Possible Contenders:
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.
Former Sen. Jim Talent
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.
Secretary of the Interior
Possible Contenders:
Forrest Lucas, oil executive
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
Secretary of Agriculture
Possible Contenders:
Sid Miller, Texas agriculture commissioner
Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan.
Secretary of Commerce
Trump is expected to announce Wilbur Ross, a billionaire who has made a fortune restructuring failed companies in the manufacturing and steel industries, as his pick for commerce secretary, sources confirmed to ABC News.
Secretary of Energy
Possible Contenders:
Harold Hamm, oil and gas businessman
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
Kathleen Hartnett White, former chair of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Possible Contenders:
Sam Clovis, Trump policy adviser
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.
Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg
Gen. David Petraeus
Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla.
Secretary of Homeland Security
Possible Contenders:
Maricopa County, Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC
Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke
Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas
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