follow people mention contenders senior roles u.s. president-elect donald trump put together administration take office jan. 20 accord reuters source media report trump already name number people top job administration chuck conner former act secretary u.s. agriculture department current head national council farmer cooperatives tim huelskamp republican u.s. representative kansas sid miller texas agriculture commissioner sonny perdue former georgia governor navy admiral mike rogers director national security agency ronald burgess retire u.s. army lieutenant general former defense intelligence agency chief robert cardillo director national geospatial-intelligence agency pete hoekstra republican former u.s. representative michigan john allison former chief executive officer regional bank bb corp former head cato institute libertarian think tank paul atkins former sec commissioner thomas hoenig federal deposit insurance corp vice chairman former head kansas city federal reserve bank dr. scott gottlieb venture capitalist resident fellow american enterprise institute former food drug administration deputy commissioner jim neill silicon valley investor previously serve department health human service debra wong yang former u.s. attorney appoint former president george w. bush ralph ferrara securities attorney proskauer rise llp paul atkins former sec commissioner head trump transition team independent financial regulatory agencies daniel gallagher republican former sec commissioner trump transition team confirm president-elect would choose list 21 name draw campaign include republican u.s. senator mike lee utah william pryor federal judge 11th u.s. circuit court appeal dan dimicco former ceo steel producer nucor corp robert lighthizer former deputy u.s. trade representative reagan administration wayne berman senior executive private equity financial service firm blackstone group lp david mccormick president investment manager bridgewater associate lp pete hegseth ceo concern veterans america fox news commentator navy admiral michelle howard scott brown former republican u.s. senator massachusetts sarah palin former alaska governor republican nominee vice president 2008 jeff miller former republican u.s. representative florida chairman house veterans affairs committee larry kudlow economist media commentator mick mulvaney republican u.s. representative south carolina david malpass former chief economist investment bank bear stearns senior trump adviser factbox contenders senior job trump 's administration