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For Immediate Release
January 5, 2017
President-Elect Donald J. Trump Transition Builds Out White House Policy Team
(New
York, NY) – The Trump-Pence Presidential Transition Team today
announced the build out of the White House policy team.
The Domestic Policy Director and Council will report to the Senior
Advisor to the President for Policy, Stephen Miller. All members
of
the policy team will be required to accept a five-year ban on lobbying
after the conclusion of their service as well as a lifetime ban on
becoming registered lobbyists for a foreign government.
“These knowledgeable, skilled and talented experts will make enormous
contributions to the President-Elect’s America First agenda,” said
incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus.
The White House Domestic Policy Council will oversee issue areas
including judiciary, budget, public safety, education and immigration
policy, and will focus its efforts around the goal of increasing
economic prosperity and protecting and defending the American worker
and wage earner, particularly those who have been underserved.
Domestic Policy Council, Staff Announcements:
Andrew Bremberg, Director of the White House Domestic Policy
Council - Andrew
Bremberg worked at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
from 2001 to 2009, including serving as the Chief of Staff for the
Office of Public Health and Science. He later served as Policy
Advisor
and Counsel on Nominations for Senator Mitch McConnell. He worked
as
the Policy Director for the 2016 Republican Party Platform. He
now
works in a lead policy and administrative role on the Presidential
Transition Team. Mr. Bremberg received a J.D. from the Catholic
University of America Columbus School of Law and a B.A. from the
Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Paul Winfree, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council
and Director of Budget Policy - Paul
Winfree was Director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy
Studies, the Center for Data Analysis and the Richard F. Aster Research
Fellow, all at The Heritage Foundation. Prior to joining
Heritage, Mr.
Winfree was the Director of Income Security on the U.S. Senate
Committee on the Budget. He has a Master of Science degree in
economics and economic history from the London School of Economics and
a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from George Mason University.
Katy Talento, Healthcare Policy - Katy Talento, an
infectious disease epidemiologist with nearly 20 years of experience in
public health and health policy, as well as government oversight and
investigations and program evaluation, served on the campaign since
July 2016. Ms. Talento has spent 12 years in the U.S. Senate,
working
for five Senators and two committees. A graduate of Harvard
School of
Public Health and the University of Virginia, she has also worked in
the field on disease control programs in the U.S. and in Africa.
Ja’Ron Smith, Urban Affairs and Revitalization – Ja’Ron
K.
Smith
has
served as a Congressional staff member for nearly a
decade. Smith served the House Republican Conference legislative staff
under then-Chairman Mike Pence prior to joining the Republican Study
Committee to serve on the professional policy staff under Congressman
Jim Jordan. He later served as Economic Advisor to Senator Tim
Scott
and currently works as the Director of External Affairs for Generation
Opportunity. Mr. Smith was born in Cleveland, Ohio and is a
double
graduate of Howard University with a BBA in Finance and a Masters in
Divinity.
Rob Goad, Education Policy - Rob Goad currently
serves
on the Presidential Transition as the education lead for the
implementation of the President-elect’s education policy agenda.
Prior
to developing education policy for the President-elect’s successful
campaign, Mr. Goad served as a Senior Policy Advisor to House Policy
Committee Chair Luke Messer focusing on education issues. He also
played a pivotal role advancing school choice policies as Director of
the Congressional School Choice Caucus. Mr. Goad received a bachelor’s
degree in political science at Indiana University.
John Zadrozny, Justice and Homeland Security Policy - John
Zadrozny
has
worked
for the past six years on the House Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations, and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary for Senator Ted
Cruz. Prior to working on Capitol Hill, he served in the Office
of
National Drug Control Policy and the Department of State. Mr.
Zadrozny
has a J.D. from Catholic University's Columbus School of Law in
Washington, D.C. and a B.A. in History from Fordham University in
Bronx, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Zina Bash, Regulatory Reform, Legal and Immigration Policy - Zina
Bash
has
held
a variety of positions in business, law and government,
and currently serves as the Executive Vice President of Operations and
Business Development at Doctors’ Hospital at Renaissance. Her
previous
positions include Deputy Director of Policy and Communications for
Senator Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign and Senior Counsel to the
Senate Judiciary Committee in Senator John Cornyn’s office. Ms. Bash
also practiced law as an appellate attorney at international law firm
Gibson Dunn, & Crutcher LLP. Fluent in Spanish as a native
speaker, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, a J.D.
from Harvard Law School and an M.B.A. from Wharton Business School. Ms.
Bash also served as a law clerk to Justice Samuel Alito of the U.S.
Supreme Court and Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the D.C. Circuit.
Peter J. White, Senior Policy Analyst - Peter White
received his J.D. from American University’s Washington College of Law
and has worked at the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal
Communications Commission. Most recently, Mr. White served as
Legislative Counsel for Congressman Mo Brooks. Licensed to practice law
in the District of Columbia, Mr. White is an active member of the
Federalist Society and performs pro bono legal work for the Washington
Legal Clinic for the Homeless.
Additionally, the following team members are joining the Office of the
Senior Advisor to the President for Policy, and will help to develop
all policy and administer all functions underneath the umbrella of the
Office, such as the formulation of a pro-worker agenda – including
support for affordable childcare and family initiatives.
Office of the Senior Advisor to the President for Policy, Staff
Announcements:
Carlos Diaz-Rosillo, Director of Policy and Interagency
Coordination - Carlos
Diaz-Rosillo brings a wealth of experience on presidential power,
administrative action, executive leadership and the policymaking and
executive action process to this key role. Mr. Diaz-Rosillo has
been
serving on the President-elect's Transition Team as Policy
Implementation Executive Authority Advisor and White House Lead.
He is
fluent in Spanish, and graduated summa cum laude with degrees in
International Relations (B.A.) and Civil Engineering (B.S.C.E) from
Tufts University and Public Policy (M.P.P) and Government (A.M., PhD)
from Harvard University, where he has been a member of the faculty of
government for more than eight years.
Vince Haley, Advisor for Policy, Strategy and Speechwriting - Vince
Haley
is
a
longtime associate of former U.S. House Speaker Newt
Gingrich. He served as policy director and later campaign manager
of
Gingrich’s 2012 presidential campaign. Mr. Haley holds an
undergraduate degree from the College of William & Mary, a law and
Master’s degree from the University of Virginia, and a Master’s of law
from the College of Europe. During the President-elect’s
successful
campaign, Mr. Haley developed ethics reform policies.
Ross Worthington, Advisor for Policy, Strategy and
Speechwriting - Ross
Worthington was a longtime aide to former U.S. House Speaker Newt
Gingrich. He served as research director for Gingrich, deputy
communications director for Gingrich’s 2012 presidential campaign and
later as Gingrich’s primary writer. He is a graduate of Brown
University, where he concentrated in Political Theory. During the
campaign, Mr. Worthington, together with Mr. Vince Haley, worked to
formulate and communicate policies that advanced the Trump agenda.
Ryan Jarmula, Advisor for Policy Development and Speechwriting
- Ryan
Jarmula served as a member of Vice President-elect Mike Pence's staff
for a number of years. As a member of then-Congressman Pence's
Capitol
Hill office, he handled a variety of issues including foreign affairs,
and later served Pence in his capacity as Governor of the State of
Indiana as Policy Director for Veterans Affairs and most recently as
Speechwriter. During the campaign, Mr. Jarmula worked on Stephen
Miller’s staff and had an active role in policy development. Mr.
Jarmula is a graduate of Indiana University and completed his B.A.
while majoring in political science in 2007.
Robert Gabriel, Special Assistant to the Senior Advisor - Robert
Gabriel
served
as
policy advisor on the President-elect’s campaign and
assisted the National Policy Director in policy development,
speechwriting functions, and staff management. He received a B.A.
in
Economics with a concentration in Policy from New York University.
The following names are also being announced to join the National Trade
Council (NTC); Economist Peter Navarro is the Director of the NTC,
which works collaboratively with the other Councils in the White House.
National Trade Council, Staff Announcements:
Alexander Gray, Deputy Director of the National Trade Council
for the Defense Industrial Base - Alexander
Gray is currently a member of the U.S. Department of State Landing Team
for the Presidential Transition, focusing on Asia-Pacific issues.
Previously, he served as Senior Defense Advisor to the Trump-Pence
campaign, on Stephen Miller’s policy staff and working with Peter
Navarro, helping to craft the campaign's plan to rebuild the U.S.
military and the defense industrial base. Mr. Gray has also served as
Senior Advisor to U.S. Congressman J. Randy Forbes, a senior member of
the House Armed Services Committee, focusing on defense industrial base
issues and Asia-Pacific security. Mr. Gray's writings on defense
and
national security topics have appeared in Foreign Policy, Naval War
College Review, Strategic Studies Quarterly and the U.S. Naval
Institute's Proceedings. He was educated at the Elliott School of
International Affairs at George Washington University and the War
Studies Department of King's College London.
Rolf Lundberg, Deputy Director of the National Trade Council
for “Buy American, Hire American” - During
the President-elect’s campaign and Presidential Transition, Mr.
Lundberg worked underneath Stephen Miller and Peter Navarro, and
focused his efforts on policies to reverse the economic injustice of
offshoring and used his experience and insights to challenge special
interests and support the President-elect’s “Buy American, Hire
American” project. Mr. Lundberg was Senior Vice President for
Congressional and Public Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, after
serving as Assistant General Counsel and Vice President for
International Relations with Marriott International, Inc. Mr.
Lundberg
served as Legal Counsel for Tax and International Trade to Senate
Majority Leader Trent Lott, International Trade Counsel to Senate
Majority Leader Bob Dole, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Import Administration in the George H.W. Bush Administration and
International Trade Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on
Finance.
Mr. Lundberg is a graduate of the University of Virginia College of
Arts & Sciences, the University of Virginia School of Law, The
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and
Phillips Andover Academy.