Trump already has named a number of people for other top jobs in his administration.
AGRICULTURE SECRETARY
* Chuck Conner, a former acting secretary of the U.S. Agriculture Department and current head of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
* Tim Huelskamp, Republican U.S. representative from Kansas
* Sid Miller, Texas agriculture commissioner
* Sonny Perdue, former Georgia governor
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
* Navy Admiral Mike Rogers, director of the National Security Agency
* Ronald Burgess, retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former Defense Intelligence Agency chief
* Robert Cardillo, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
* Pete Hoekstra, Republican former U.S. representative from Michigan
FEDERAL RESERVE VICE CHAIRMAN FOR BANK OVERSIGHT
* John Allison, a former chief executive officer of regional bank BB&T Corp
and former head of the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank* Paul Atkins, former SEC commissioner * Thomas Hoenig, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp vice chairman and former head of the Kansas City Federal Reserve BankFOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION* Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a venture capitalist, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former Food and Drug Administration deputy commissioner* Jim O’Neill, a Silicon Valley investor who previously served in the Department of Health and Human ServicesU.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION* Debra Wong Yang, a former U.S. attorney who was appointed by former President George W. Bush* Ralph Ferrara, a securities attorney at Proskauer Rose LLP* Paul Atkins, a former SEC commissioner who heads Trump's transition team for independent financial regulatory agencies* Daniel Gallagher, Republican former SEC commissionerSUPREME COURT VACANCY The Trump transition team confirmed the president-elect would choose from a list of 21 names he drew up during his campaign, including Republican U.S. Senator Mike Lee of Utah and William Pryor, a federal judge with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE * Dan DiMicco, former CEO of steel producer Nucor Corp * Jovita Carranza, founder and president of consultants JCR Group. Former vice president at United Parcel Service and former deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration* Robert Lighthizer, former deputy U.S. trade representative during the Reagan administration* Wayne Berman, senior executive with private equity and financial services firm Blackstone Group LP * David McCormick, president of investment manager Bridgewater Associates LP VETERANS ADMINISTRATION* Pete Hegseth, CEO of Concerned Veterans for America and Fox News commentator * Navy Admiral Michelle Howard * Retired Admiral Thad Allen, former Coast Guard commandant appointed by President Barack Obama to lead government relief efforts after BP Gulf oil spill* Toby Cosgrove, president and chief executive officer of Cleveland Clinic* Luis Quinonez, founder of IQ Management of Virginia and member of Trump's National Hispanic Advisory Council* Scott Brown, former Republican U.S. senator from Massachusetts* Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and Republican nominee for vice president in 2008.* Jeff Miller, former Republican U.S. representative from Florida who was chairman of the House Veterans Affairs CommitteeWHITE HOUSE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS* Larry Kudlow, economist and media commentator (Reporting by Washington newsroom; Editing by Andrew Hay)
