Homeland Security Advisor

The Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, also known as Homeland Security Advisor, is a senior aide in the National Security Council. They are the principal advisor to the President of the United States on homeland security and counterterrorism issues.

Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Incumbent Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall since January 20, 2021
Executive Office of the President Homeland Security Council
Reports to	President of the United States White House Chief of Staff United States National Security Advisor
Appointer	President of the United States
Constituting instrument	Homeland Security Act 2002
Formation	2001
First holder	Tom Ridge
Deputy	Joshua Geltzer

List of homeland security advisors

  Democratic   Republican   Independent

Image	Name		Start	End	Duration	President
		Tom Ridge	October 8, 2001	January 24, 2003	1 year, 126 days		George W. Bush
		John Gordon	April 30, 2003	July 28, 2004	1 year, 89 days
		Fran Townsend	July 28, 2004	March 30, 2008	3 years, 246 days
		Ken Wainstein	March 30, 2008	January 20, 2009	296 days
		John Brennan	January 20, 2009	January 25, 2013	4 years, 5 days		Barack Obama
		Lisa Monaco	January 25, 2013	January 20, 2017	3 years, 361 days
		Tom Bossert	January 20, 2017	April 10, 2018	1 year, 49 days		Donald Trump
		Rob Joyce Acting	April 10, 2018	May 31, 2018	51 days
		Doug Fears	June 1, 2018	July 12, 2019	1 year, 41 days
		Peter Brown	July 12, 2019	February 7, 2020	210 days
		Julia Nesheiwat	February 20, 2020	January 20, 2021	334 days
		Liz Sherwood-Randall	January 20, 2021	January 20, 2025	3 years, 326 days		Joe Biden
		Stephen Miller	January 20, 2025	Designate	−40 days		Donald Trump