The loyal, long-time executive assistant oversees a small army of secondary assistants, and filters mail, email, and phone calls. Everyone knows who they are. Leonard Lauder has Jeannie Janiro. David Rubenstein has Laura Boring.

We all need a good lawyer sometimes, but the CEO needs a full-time in-house advisor who is loyal enough to protect him and tough enough to stand up to him. Jonathan Klein has Michael Saylor’s ear at Microstrategy; Jeffrey Ferguson at the Carlyle Group oversees a team of 18 lawyers.

When a Power CEO can’t get his email, it’s

a big deal. Minutes lost can translate into millions of dollars, so the 24 hour tech guy is crucial. Tech-savvy Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty relies on Jessen Sukrutam to keep him plugged in.

The philanthropic advisor sifts through all the worthy causes out there, and makes sure donations are well structured and effective. Among the best: Peter Karoff and Ellen Remmer consult wealthy families at The Philanthropy Initiative; Patty Stonesifer channels Bill Gates as CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

The CEO’s personal publicist makes sure the dark side of capitalism doesn’t tarnish a squeaky-clean corporate figurehead. They train him to speak to press, and get

him written up in the right places. Alana Davis reps AOL heavyweight Ted Leonsis; AOL Co-Founder James Kimsey works with Victoria Michael.

A driver straddles the space between a CEO’s professional and private lives. When the boss leaves the office, only his driver knows where he really goes … CNN uses Sunny’s Limo for VIPs, uber-lawyer Bob Bennett prefers Star Limousine.

The most powerful CEOs own their own jets (not to be confused with a timeshare) and two full-time pilots who pal around with the CEO before ‘wheelsup.’ Executive Jet Management will hire them, fuel up, and maintain your jet.

more to the Phillips Collection. In 2005, Vicki Sant took over from Robert H. Smith as president of the National Gallery of Art. They carry out their philanthropy with great discretion and tact and have a sterling reputation in A-List circles.

Under Shapiro’s leadership, CEA, the uniting force for nearly 2,200 consumer technology companies in the U.S., led a profitable transition to HDTV and oversaw the introduction of the everpresent iPhone, bluetooth and Nintendo’s Wii. Shapiro’s influence will grow as technology continues to play an increasing role in our lives.

He’s got the second-highest grossing team in the NFL. Under his ownership, the Redskins were named the second most valuable team by Forbes Magazine. With draft hype at an all time high, we’re on the edge of our seats waiting to see who new head coach Jim Zorn will bring in for this season’s kickoff.

This former president of the Washington National Opera is highly cultured and extensively traveled, his education having taken place on two continents, at Harvard Law School, The University of Wisconsin and the University of Madrid. He continues to be active in multiple professional and philanthropic capacities, including his roles as advisor at Johns Hopkins University’s Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and as an overseer at Tufts University Medical School. Last year, this former Nixon aide used his extensive Rolodex, a single phone call, and his uncanny political abilities to help free a group of jailed workers employed in an American factory in Asia, thereby averting the shut-down of that company’s operations and prompting a reconciliation with the host government.

Founded by former governor Mark Warner, Mario Marino, and Raul

Fernandez, VPP is funded by a who’s who of power investors such as Jack Davies, Ted Leonsis, Jim Kimsey, Steve Case, and Peter Barris. Thompson served as special advisor to President Clinton for the District of Columbia and spent 12 years in local government holding major management and staff positions, most notably as the first woman to be appointed city administrator. Under Thompson’s leadership, the VPP investors created a $31 million non-profit fund that invests in D.C.-area organizations and is revolutionizing philanthropy.

With ten TV stations and an influential newspaper (The Politico), Allbritton Communications annually posts substantial growth (11.5 percent last year). Through strategic hirings at the paper like Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen, the publication’s influence is reflected in the fact that powerbrokers claim The Politico is first in their morning news digest.

Blitzer moved to Washington in 1972 after reporting for the Jerusalem Post and joined CNN as its Pentagon correspondent on the eve of the first Persian Gulf War. As one of the hardest working journalist in the biz (his show is on for three hours on weekdays and his Sunday broadcast covers more airtime than other Sunday shows) Blitzer has seen his ratings rise and eclipse his competitors at FOX News.

At the tender age of 26, Fullbright scholar David Bradley founded the Advisory Board Company, which he grew into a phenomenally successful enterprise. His next project, in 1999, was the acquisition and growth of the Atlantic Media Group, which owns The National Journal, Hotline, Congress Daily, The Atlantic Monthly, and other publications, and provided a perfect