- Commerce: Wilbur Ross, billionaire investor and former Rothschild banker known as the “king of bankruptcy.”
- Defense: James Mattis, Marine Corps general who retired in 2013.
- Education: Betsy DeVos, billionaire philanthropist and conservative power broker from Michigan.
- Energy: Rick Perry, former Texas governor and two-time presidential candidate
- Heath and Human Services: Tom Price, Georgia congressman and physician.
- Homeland Security: John F. Kelly, Marine Corps general who retired in February 2016.
- Housing and Urban Development: Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon and 2016 presidential candidate.
- Justice (attorney general): Jeff Sessions, U.S. senator from Alabama who withdrew his candidacy for a federal judgeship in 1986.
- Labor: Andrew Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of the Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. fast-food chains.
- State: Rex Tillerson, Exxon Mobil CEO.
- Transportation: Elaine Chao, labor secretary for George W. Bush, deputy transportation secretary for George Bush, former Peace Corps director; married to Sen. Mitch McConnell.
- Treasury: Steven Mnuchin, former investment banker, Trump campaign finance chairman.
- Environmental Protection Agency: Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma attorney general.
- Small Business Administration: Linda McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment CEO.
