Several of President Donald J. Trump’s cabinet nominees have been confirmed by the U.S. Senate in the last couple of weeks, but some key members, including the nominee for the Secretary of the Department of Labor, are still up in the air. NJBIA’s Mike Wallace is keeping track of them and has put together an updated list of where each nominee stands.
Updated Status of Cabinet Members
| Nominee | Cabinet position | Former position | Status |
| Scott Pruitt | Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency | Oklahoma attorney general | Pending |
| Linda McMahon | Administrator of the Small Business Administration | Former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment | Pending |
| Jeff Sessions | Attorney General | U.S. Senator – Alabama | Confirmed |
| Mike Pompeo | Director of Central Intelligence | U.S. Representative – Kansas | Confirmed |
| Daniel Coats | Director of National Intelligence | U.S. Senator – Indiana | Pending |
| Mick Mulvaney | Director of Office of Management and Budget | U.S. Representative – South Carolina | Pending |
| Sonny Perdue | Secretary of Agriculture | Former Georgia governor | Pending |
| Wilbur Ross | Secretary of Commerce | Investor, former banker | Pending |
| James Mattis | Secretary of Defense | Retired Marine general | Confirmed |
| Betsy DeVos | Secretary of Education | Philanthropist, Charter school advocate | Confirmed |
| Rick Perry | Secretary of Energy | Former Texas governor | Pending |
| Tom Price | Secretary of Health and Human Services | U.S. Representative – Georgia | Confirmed |
| John Kelly | Secretary of Homeland Security | Retired Marine general | Confirmed |
| Ben Carson | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Former Director of pediatric neurosurgery at John Hopkins Hospital | Pending |
| Ryan Zinke | Secretary of Interior | U.S. Representative – Montana | Pending |
| Andrew Puzder | Secretary of Labor | CEO, CKE Restaurants, Inc. | Pending |
| Rex Tillerson | Secretary of State | CEO, ExxonMobil | Confirmed |
| Elaine Chao | Secretary of Transportation | Former Labor secretary (2001-2009) | Confirmed |
| Steven Mnuchin | Secretary of Treasury | Goldman Sachs partner | Confirmed |
| David Shulkin | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Under secretary for health for the Department of Veteran Affairs | Confirmed |
| Nikki Haley | U.S. Ambassador to United Nations | Governor of South Carolina | Confirmed |
| Robert Lighthizer | U.S. Trade Representative | Former deputy U.S. trade representative (early 1980s) | Pending |
| Michael Pence | Vice President | Governor of Indiana | Elected |
| Reince Priebus | White House Chief of Staff | RNC Chairman |
