Joe Grogan Explained

Joe Grogan
Office:Director of the Domestic Policy Council
President:Donald Trump
Term Start:February 4, 2019
Term End:May 24, 2020
Predecessor:Andrew Bremberg
Successor:Brooke Rollins (acting)
Birth Date:22 February 1972
Birth Place:Albany, New York, U.S.
Party:Republican
Education:State University of New York at Albany (BA)
College of William & Mary (JD)

Joseph Grogan is the former director of the United States Domestic Policy Council and assistant to President Donald Trump.[1] [2] Appointed by Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Grogan converted the traditionally small office into an influential policy council.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Grogan worked from 2017 to January 2019 as a health care official in the Office of Management and Budget.[4] He was appointed a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force in January 2020.[1] [2]

On April 29, 2020, Grogan announced he would resign on May 24.[7] [8] He subsequently joined the board of directors of Verde Technologies.[9]

Notes and References

  1. News: What we know about the White House coronavirus task force now that Mike Pence is in charge . USA Today . March 15, 2020 . Santucci, Jeanine . February 27, 2020.
  2. Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the President's Coronavirus Task Force. January 29, 2020 . March 15, 2020 . . .
  3. Web site: Scoop: Trump bulks up White House policy shop with 3 new hires. Axios. March 31, 2019 . en. 2019-12-03.
  4. News: Cancryn . Adam . Diamond . Dan . White House to name Grogan top policy aide . January 22, 2019 . . July 23, 2019.
  5. News: Diamond . Dan . Kumar . Anita . Pradhan . Rachana . Cancryn . Adam . 'They're all fighting him': Trump aides spar with health secretary . June 18, 2019 . . July 23, 2019.
  6. Plott . Elaina . Nicholas . Peter . How a Forgotten White House Team Gained Power in the Trump Era . June 27, 2019 . . July 23, 2019.
  7. Web site: Armour . Stephanie . Ballhaus . Rebecca . Joe Grogan to Resign as Top White House Domestic Policy Adviser . April 29, 2020 . . April 30, 2020.
  8. Web site: Diamond . Dan . Cancryn . Adam . Trump's top domestic policy aide resigns . April 29, 2020 . . April 30, 2020.
  9. Web site: Chalfant . Morgan . Former Trump aide seeks to fight drug abuse, addiction in his new role . August 4, 2020 . . August 4, 2020.