President Matthew Ellis

Matthew Ellis is the current president of the United States of America. While vowing to stop the attacks from the so-called Mandarin, the President was kidnapped and nearly assassinated by Aldrich Killian, but was rescued by Iron Man, allowing Ellis to continue his Presidency. During the HYDRA Uprising, Ellis was targeted again by HYDRA's Project Insight, but was saved by Captain America.

The following year, Ellis authorized the creation of the Advanced Threat Containment Unit, an agency tasked with dealing with the threats of the Inhuman Outbreak on American soil. Due to the recommendation of the ATCU's leader Rosalind Price, Ellis began recognizing the work of the new S.H.I.E.L.D. under the leadership of Phil Coulson. When Price was assassinated, Ellis put Brigadier General Glenn Talbot in charge of the ATCU. Almost a year later Ellis allowed the relegitimization of S.H.I.E.L.D., putting Jeffrey Mace in charge of it.