No. Portrait Name Term Days served President served under Start End 1 Official title: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security George W. Bush Tom Ridge September 20, 2001 January 24, 2003 491 2 Official title: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security John A. Gordon April 30, 2003 May 28, 2004 394 3 Official title: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Townsend May 28, 2004 March 30, 2008 1402 4 Official title: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Kenneth L. Wainstein March 30, 2008 January 20, 2009 296 5 Official title: Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Barack Obama John O. Brennan January 20, 2009 January 25, 2013 1466 6 Official title: Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco January 25, 2013 January 20, 2017 1456 7 Official title: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Donald Trump Tom Bossert January 20, 2017 April 10, 2018 414 – Official title: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Rob Joyce Acting April 10, 2018 May 31, 2018 51 8 Official title: Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Doug Fears June 1, 2018 July 12, 2019 406 9 Official title: Deputy Assistant to the President and Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor Peter J. Brown July 12, 2019 February 21, 2020 224 10 Official title: Deputy Assistant to the President and Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor Julia Nesheiwat February 21, 2020 present 1