(New York, NY) – President-elect Donald J. Trump announced that Vice President-elect Mike Pence will serve as Chairman of the Presidential Transition Team, and that Dr. Ben Carson, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, USA (Ret.), Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions will join the team’s Executive Committee as Vice Chairs.

President-elect Trump also announced that the following leaders will join the Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee:

• Congressman Lou Barletta

• Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn

• Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi

• Congressman Chris Collins

• Jared Kushner

• Congressman Tom Marino

• Rebekah Mercer

• Steven Mnuchin

• Congressman Devin Nunes

• Anthony Scaramucci

• Peter Thiel

• Donald Trump Jr.

• Eric Trump

• Ivanka Trump

• RNC Chairman Reince Priebus

• Trump Campaign CEO Stephen K. Bannon

President-elect Donald J. Trump also announced that Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions, Rick Dearborn, will join the Presidential Transition Team as Executive Director.

Richard Bagger, Executive Director of the Presidential Transition Team during the preparation phase, will return to the private sector but will remain with the Team as an Advisor, as will preparation phase General Counsel Bill Palatucci.

Joining Dearborn on the Presidential Transition Team’s Staff Leadership lineup are:

♦ Kellyanne Conway, Senior Advisor

♦ David Bossie, Deputy Executive Director

♦ Stephen Miller, National Policy Director

♦ Jason Miller, Communications Director

♦ Hope Hicks, National Press Secretary

♦ Dan Scavino, Director of Social Media

♦ Don McGahn, General Counsel

♦ Katie Walsh, Senior Advisor

The Vice President-elect has tapped his three senior advisors, Nick Ayers, Josh Pitcock, and Marc Short, to work alongside him in this process.

“President-elect Trump will bring about fundamental change in Washington, and these are the right people to make that happen,” added Vice President-elect Pence. “This team of experienced leaders will form the building blocks of our Presidential Transition Team staff leadership roster, and will work with elected officials and tireless volunteers to prepare our government for the transfer of power on January 20th.” (link)