Stephen W. Rochon

Stephen W. Rochon is an American political staffer who served as the director of the Executive Residence and White House Chief Usher from 2007 to 2011.

Rochon succeeded Gary J. Walters, who retired in January 2007 after 20 years as White House Chief Usher.

As the Coast Guard's commander of the Maintenance and Logistics Command Atlantic, Admiral Rochon was responsible for naval and civil engineering, financial management, personnel, legal, civil rights, electronic systems support, and contingency planning across 40 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Europe, and the Middle East.

Admiral Rochon also spearheaded the posthumous awarding of the Gold Lifesaving Medal to the African American crew of the Pea Island Life-Saving Station for a daring rescue in 1896 near the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Admiral Rochon helped rebuild and preserve the historic significance of three turn-of-the-century homes in New Orleans following the 2005 hurricanes.