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The People Carrying Out Musk’s Plans at DOGE [1]
['The New York Times']
Date: 2025-02-27
Amanda Scales Chief of staff, Office of Personnel Management Ms. Scales, who worked at Mr. Musk’s artificial intelligence company, has a senior role at the Office of Personnel Management, a powerful agency that manages government hiring. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management Company involvement: xAI
Katie Miller Senior adviser Ms. Miller, a longtime aide to Mr. Trump, acts as a senior adviser to the operation. The president called her a “deeply experienced communications professional” when he named her to the team as one of the first hires.
Riccardo Biasini Top aide to Musk Mr. Biasini is one of many aides of Mr. Musk who traveled with him to multiple companies before joining the government effort. Among other roles he has held, he is an executive at the Boring Company, Mr. Musk's tunneling business. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management Company involvement: X , The Boring Company
Anthony Armstrong Senior adviser, Office of Personnel Management Mr. Armstrong is a former Morgan Stanley banker who worked on Mr. Musk’s deal to buy Twitter. He now serves as a senior adviser to the Office to Personnel Management. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management Company involvement: X
Jennifer Balajadia Mr. Musk’s assistant Ms. Balajadia is Mr. Musk's longtime assistant, and she has email addresses at multiple federal agencies — a sign of her reach across the bureaucracy, alongside Mr. Musk’s. Agency involvement: Department of Education Company involvement: The Boring Company
Adam Ramada DOGE liaison, Education and Labor Departments Mr. Ramada comes from a background in finance start-ups, and he has identified himself in lawsuits as the head of teams assigned to the Education and Labor Departments. He has been described by people involved in meetings with him as a liaison between Elon Musk’s engineers and political appointees in the government. Agency involvement: General Services Administration , Department of Education , Department of Labor
Brooks Morgan Education start-up executive Mr. Morgan comes from the private sector with experience running an education start-up. He has been described by people at the Education Department as focused on the agency’s work force and budget. Agency involvement: Department of Education
Scott Langmack DOGE liason, Housing and Urban Development Mr. Langmack is a businessman who has worked in real estate technology. He has been embedded at the Housing and Urban Development Department. Agency involvement: Department of Housing and Urban Development
Jeremy Lewin DOGE Liaison, State Department and U.S.A.I.D. Mr. Lewin is a Harvard Law School graduate who has oversight over grants across government and serves as DOGE’s agency lead for the State Department and U.S.A.I.D. He once worked as a research assistant for Laurence Tribe, a liberal legal scholar. Agency involvement: General Services Administration , State Department , United States Agency for International Development , Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Justin Fulcher DOGE liaison, Veterans Affairs Mr. Fulcher is a health care and technology entrepreneur who has studied computer science. He has been the lead DOGE staffer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he serves as a senior adviser to the secretary. Agency involvement: Department of Veterans Affairs
Michael Mirski DOGE liaison, Federal Housing Finance Agency and Department of Housing and Urban Development Mr. Mirski is a Wharton graduate who is leading DOGE’s efforts at the Federal Housing Finance Agency and is also working at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. He has a background in real estate investment and once placed third in a national memory competition. Agency involvement: Department of Housing and Urban Development , Federal Housing Finance Agency
Tyler Hassen DOGE liaison, Interior Department Mr. Hassen is the chief executive of an energy company in Houston and a graduate of Princeton, according to his LinkedIn profile. A post from the DOGE account on X showed him at the Interior Department’s Bureau of Reclamation. Agency involvement: Department of the Interior
Tarak Makecha Finance executive Before DOGE, Mr. Makecha worked as a finance executive at a software company that detects drones. He has been involved in meetings with the State Department and on foreign aid. Agency involvement: State Department Company involvement: Tesla
Rachel Riley Adviser, Health and Human Services Ms. Riley is a former consultant with McKinsey, the global consulting giant. She is working at the Department of Health and Human Services and has worked closely with Brad Smith. The two requested access to payment systems at the Medicare agency, according to a document seen by The Times. Agency involvement: Department of Health and Human Services
Tom Krause Senior Treasury official Mr. Krause has been leading DOGE efforts to review the Treasury Department’s payment systems, which contain sensitive information about millions of Americans. He clashed with a top civil servant at the Treasury, who resisted giving Mr. Krause access to the systems and later resigned from his job. Mr. Krause has since been named to that civil servant’s job, with oversight of the nation’s fiscal systems. Agency involvement: Treasury Department
Marko Elez Software engineer Mr. Elez is a former X employee who was granted access to the Treasury Department’s payments system. A history of racist social media posts led him to resign from DOGE in February. But he was quickly reinstated after Vice President JD Vance came to his defense Agency involvement: Treasury Department , Customs and Border Protection , Immigration and Customs Enforcement , Department of Homeland Security Company involvement: X , SpaceX , xAI
Ryan Wunderly Special adviser, Treasury Department Mr. Wunderly was hired to fill Marko Elez’s vacant role at the Treasury, which gives him read-only access to the department’s payments system, according to a court filing Agency involvement: Treasury Department
Edward Coristine Software engineer Mr. Coristine is one of the youngest DOGE staffers, having graduated high school last year. A coder who interned at Neuralink, one of Mr. Musk’s companies, Mr. Coristine was fired from another internship at a tech firm after an investigation into the leaking of internal information. Agency involvement: General Services Administration , United States Agency for International Development , Department of Education , Department of Homeland Security Company involvement: Neuralink
Luke Farritor Software engineer Few of Mr. Musk’s aides have been spotted at as many federal agencies as Mr. Farritor, a prize-winning computer scientist who dropped out of college. He has spent a significant amount of time at the General Services Administration, interviewing tech staff members about their work. Agency involvement: General Services Administration , United States Agency for International Development , Centers for Disease Control , Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , Department of Energy , Department of Education , Department of Health and Human Services Company involvement: SpaceX
Christopher Stanley Software engineer Mr. Stanley has worked for Elon Musk at SpaceX and X in security engineering roles. He recently was involved in helping to release Jan. 6 prisoners. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management , Department of Justice Company involvement: X , SpaceX
Ethan Shaotran Software engineer Mr. Shaotran is part of the cadre of young coders. He founded an artificial intelligence start-up that received funding from OpenAI, a major player in tech and one of Mr. Musk’s chief competitors in A.I. Agency involvement: General Services Administration , Department of Education
Alexandra Beynon Software engineer Ms. Beynon is a former head of engineering at a company that prescribes ketamine therapy. She applied to work at the U.S. Digital Service, the executive office tech unit that was taken over by DOGE, just before Mr. Trump’s inauguration in January. Agency involvement: Department of Education
Gavin Kliger Software engineer Mr. Kliger, who has no government experience, has emerged as one of Mr. Musk’s most prolific foot soldiers. He has clashed with security officials at U.S.A.I.D. and sought access to sensitive taxpayer data at the I.R.S. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management , United States Agency for International Development , Internal Revenue Service , Department of Agriculture
Jordan Wick Software engineer Mr. Wick is among the young coders working at DOGE, and he worked at Waymo, the self-driving car company. He also co-founded a hackathon aimed at developing A.I. software for government infrastructure. Agency involvement: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Cole Killian Software engineer Mr. Killian is among the young coders working at DOGE and is listed as a detailee at the Environmental Protection Agency, a designation often given to those on temporary assignment. Agency involvement: Environmental Protection Agency
Greg Hogan Software engineer With a background in software engineering and A.I., Mr. Hogan has taken over the technology office at Office of Personnel Management. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management
Ryan Riedel Network security engineer Mr. Riedel left an engineering role at SpaceX to join the Energy Department as chief information officer, according to his LinkedIn account. The account also includes prior information technology roles in the U.S. military. Agency involvement: Department of Energy Company involvement: SpaceX
Nate Cavanaugh Tech entrepreneur Mr. Cavanaugh has been seen interviewing employees at the General Services Administration. He is the co-founder of a tech company that connects businesses with financial experts. He was on the Forbes 30 under 30 list for enterprise technologists in 2021. Agency involvement: General Services Administration
Nikhil Rajpal Software engineer Mr. Rajpal is part of the group of young coders at DOGE who have gone into various federal agencies to carry out Mr. Musk’s directives. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Akash Bobba Software engineer Mr. Bobba is among the young coders at DOGE. He interned at Palantir, which was founded by Peter Thiel, a longtime Republican backer who has a long, on-again-off-again history with Mr. Musk. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management , General Services Administration
Kyle Schutt Software engineer Mr. Schutt has been working at the General Service Administration, where he has managed activity of its tech unit, Technology Transformation Services. Agency involvement: General Services Administration , Department of Homeland Security , Federal Emergency Management Agency
James Burnham DOGE’s top lawyer Mr. Burnham is a well-known conservative attorney who has provided oversight of legal work for the team. Agency involvement: Department of Homeland Security , Federal Emergency Management Agency
Brian Bjelde Top aide to Musk Mr. Bjelde helped carry out widespread layoffs at X and was an early executive at SpaceX, where he worked in human resources — experience that carries over to his new role at the Office of Personnel Management. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management Company involvement: X , SpaceX
Kendall Lindemann Human resources staffer Ms. Lindemann is an associate of Brad Smith and Amy Gleason who is now working on the team in a human resources and operations role. Agency involvement: United States Digital Service
Stephanie Holmes Human resources staffer, Office of Personnel Management Ms. Holmes is a human resources consultant whose practice focuses on pushing back against corporate diversity, equity and inclusion programs. She has joined DOGE and been working on federal work force projects for the operation. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management
Christina Hanna Human resources staffer, Office of Personnel Management Ms. Hanna worked at SpaceX and is a former H.R. manager for Mr. Musk. She now works at the Office of Personnel Management. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management Company involvement: SpaceX
Stephen Duarte Human resources staffer, Office of Personnel Management Mr. Duarte worked at SpaceX and is a former H.R. manager for Mr. Musk. He now works at the Office of Personnel Management. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management Company involvement: SpaceX
Bryanne-Michelle Mlodzianowski Human resources staffer, Office of Personnel Management Ms. Mlodzianowski worked at SpaceX and is a former H.R. manager for Mr. Musk. She now works at the Office of Personnel Management. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management Company involvement: SpaceX
Jacob Altik Lawyer Mr. Altik is a lawyer who was selected to clerk for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. In private practice at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, a prominent firm, he focused on litigating complex business disputes in state and federal courts. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management
Noah Peters Lawyer Mr. Peters is a lawyer who served in the first Trump administration and has a specialty in labor and employment issues. He is now working at the Office of Personnel Management. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management
Austin Raynor Lawyer Mr. Raynor is an attorney who has worked for the Justice Department and once clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. He now works for the Office of Personnel Management. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management
Michael Russo Chief information officer, Social Security Administration Before joining the Social Security Administration, Mr. Russo was an executive at a tech company that processes payments for Mr. Musk’s Starlink. Agency involvement: Social Security Administration Company involvement: Starlink
Frank Schuler Real estate executive Mr. Schuler is a partner in a real estate investment firm based in Atlanta and has an email address at the General Services Administration, which manages the federal government’s property portfolio.
Nicole Hollander Real estate manager, General Services Administration With a background in real estate management, Ms. Hollander has followed her husband, Steve Davis, into federal government. She previously aided Mr. Musk after he bought Twitter and is now responsible for the assessment of federal buildings and leases through the General Services Administration. Agency involvement: General Services Administration Company involvement: X
Joanna Wischer Policy analyst Ms. Wischer was a policy analyst and speechwriter for the Trump presidential campaign.
Justin Monroe Expert, Office of Personnel Management Mr. Monroe is listed as an “expert” at the Office of Personnel Management. He previously worked as a security director at SpaceX. Agency involvement: Office of Personnel Management , Federal Bureau of Investigation Company involvement: SpaceX
Joe Gebbia Billionaire Airbnb co-founder Mr. Gebbia, who has backed Democrats in the past, said he voted for Mr. Trump last year and is a strong supporter of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He said in a social media post that his first DOGE project would be “ improving the slow and paper-based retirement process .”
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