Party networks scholars have argued that parties, in the form of expanded party networks, have played an increasingly central role in presidential nominations in the last several elections. Yet we do not yet know what consequences, if any, this electoral development has for governing. In this paper, I examine the career paths of key White House personnel in recent administrations to determine whether they appear to be attached to party networks, personally loyal to the President, partisan neutral policy experts, or some combination of those categories. I expect that if presidential nominations have become increasingly party-controlled over the last two decades, then presidencies too should be more closely tied to parties