Here are some of the federal government’s top recent personnel changes, brought to you by our partners at Leadership Connect:
| Nicholas Francisco “Nick” Luna has a new position as Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President at Chief of Staff [COS], Office of the Vice President [OVP], Executive Office of the President [EOP] Presidential AppointmentRecently: Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Implementation at Office of the Chief of Staff, The White House Office, Executive Office of the President (2025 – 2026) | ||
| Brian P. Hudak has a new position as Chief Operating Officer (Acting) at Office of Management, United States Department of the Treasury [TREAS] Non-Career Senior Executive Service (NA/SES)Recently: Chief at Civil Division, District of Columbia District, United States Department of Justice (2022 – 2025) | ||
| Caleb W. Orr has a new position as Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Policy Strategist at Office of the Chief of Staff, The White House Office [WHO], Executive Office of the President [EOP] Presidential AppointmentRecently: Assistant Secretary at Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs, United States Department of State (2025 – 2026) | ||
| Jeremy P. Lewin has a new position as Assistant Secretary (Acting) at Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs [EEB], United States Department of State [DOS] Presidential Appointment with Senate Confirmation (PAS)Recently: Acting Under Secretary at Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance and Humanitarian Affairs, and Religious Freedom, Office of the Secretary, United States Department of State (2025 – 2026) | ||
| Jason Parman has a new position as U.S. Attorney (Interim) at Kentucky – Eastern District, United States Department of Justice [DOJ] Presidential Appointment with Senate Confirmation (PAS)Note: On August 25th, 2026, Jason Parman was appointed United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky.Recently: First Assistant U.S. Attorney at Kentucky – Eastern District, United States Department of Justice (2026 – 2026) | ||
| Wayne B. Sullivan II has a new position as Deputy Chief Operating Officer (Acting) at Office of Federal Student Aid [FSA], United States Department of Education [ED] Career Senior Executive Service (CA/SES)Recently: Investments Analyst at Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), Office of the Secretary of Defense, United States Department of Defense (2018 – 2019) | ||
| Richard J. Lucas has a new position as Principal Deputy Chief Operating Officer at Office of Federal Student Aid [FSA], United States Department of Education [ED] Career Senior Executive Service (CA/SES)Recently: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at Office of Finance and Operations, Office of the Secretary and Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Education (2024 – 2025) | ||
| Andrew Oliver has a new position as Confidential Assistant at Office of the General Counsel [GC], Office of the Deputy Secretary [DS], United States Department of Energy [DOE] Schedule C (SC)Recently: Staff Assistant at Office of Senator Eric Schmitt (2025 – 2026) | ||
| CAPT John R. Crumpacker, USN has a new position as Program Executive Officer at Program Executive Office Maritime [PEO-M], U.S. Special Operations Command [USSOCOM], United States Department of Defense [DOD] Recently: Deputy Program Manager at Portfolio Acquisition Executive Robotic and Autonomous Systems, Under Secretary of the Navy, United States Department of the Navy (2025 – 2026) | ||
| Denise Drew has a new position as Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer at Office of Human Resources [OHR], Office of Finance and Operations [OFO], United States Department of Education [ED] Career Senior Executive Service (CA/SES)
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| Steven M. McAndrews has a new position as Chief Information Officer at Office of the Chief Information Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA], United States Department of Homeland Security [DHS] Career Senior Executive Service (CA/SES)Recently: Deputy Director at Threat Analysis and Incident Response Division, United States Department of Energy (2026 – 2026) |
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