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Dan Scavino
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The Administration · Inside the White House

Dan Scavino

White House Deputy Chief of Staff and personnel director

Trump's longest-serving aide, who started as his golf caddie, ran his social media for a decade and now oversees who gets hired across the federal government.

Biography

Daniel Scavino Jr. was born on January 14, 1976, in Yorktown, New York, and graduated from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh in 1998 with a degree in speech communication. 1 He first met Donald Trump as a caddie at one of Trump's golf courses. 4 5 After a few years working for Coca-Cola and a pharmaceutical company, he returned to Trump National Golf Club Westchester in 2004 as assistant manager, became general manager in 2006 and executive vice president in 2008. 1 He joined Trump's first presidential campaign in June 2015 and became its social media director in February 2016. 1

In the first Trump White House, Scavino was director of social media from January 2017, senior adviser for digital strategy from April 2019 and deputy chief of staff for communications from April 2020 until the term ended. 1 He ran the president's Twitter account. 5 After the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, the House committee investigating it subpoenaed him, and the House voted in April 2022 to hold him in contempt of Congress; the Justice Department declined to prosecute. 1 He stayed with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, sat on the board of Trump's social media company until about April 2024 and worked on the 2024 campaign. 1

Trump named Scavino a deputy chief of staff on November 13, 2024, and he took the post on January 20, 2025, continuing to manage the president's social media. 4 1 In August 2025 the White House confirmed he would also take over the Presidential Personnel Office from Sergio Gor, who was nominated ambassador to India; Trump formally announced the move on October 12, 2025, saying Scavino would oversee the selection of nearly all government appointees while keeping his deputy post. 5 3 His 2026 financial disclosure, signed September 3, 2026, lists both jobs as current. 2 He has stayed on as deputy under the new chief of staff, Stephen Miller. 1

In the job

The acts and events that have defined the post so far, oldest first.

  1. Named by Trump as a deputy chief of staff with the rank of assistant to the president, one of four campaign advisers given senior White House posts that day. 4

  2. Named to the board of the Kennedy Center after Trump dismissed the previous board, according to Wikipedia's account. 1

  3. The White House confirmed, after an Axios report, that Scavino would take over the Presidential Personnel Office, which handles hiring of political appointees. 5 6

  4. Trump announced on Truth Social that Scavino would head the personnel office and keep his deputy chief of staff role, replacing Sergio Gor. 3 1

  5. Signed his annual financial disclosure, filed after a 90-day extension. It lists Trump Media & Technology Group holdings worth $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 and capital gains from that stock in the same range; a White House ethics official certified the report as in compliance. 2

Disputes, and their side

What critics, courts or investigators have said, and the answer given. An allegation is not a finding.

  1. The House voted to hold Scavino in contempt of Congress for not complying with a subpoena from the committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack. The Justice Department declined to prosecute him in June 2022. He later testified in the special counsel's investigation, according to Wikipedia's account. 1

    Their side: No public response found.

  2. The Office of Special Counsel found that a tweet by Scavino calling for the defeat of Rep. Justin Amash violated the Hatch Act, the law limiting political activity by federal employees. It took no further action against him, according to Wikipedia's account. 1

    Their side: No public response found.

  3. During the 2016 campaign Scavino posted an image of Hillary Clinton beside a six-pointed star over a pile of cash, which critics called antisemitic, according to Wikipedia's account. 1

    Their side: Scavino said he took the image from another user and thought the star was a sheriff's badge; he replaced it with a circle. 1

Career

  1. Jobs at The Coca-Cola Company and the pharmaceutical firm Galderma
  2. Trump National Golf Club Westchester: assistant manager, general manager (2006), executive vice president (2008)
  3. Director, Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation
  4. Trump 2016 campaign; director of social media from February 2016
  5. White House Director of Social Media
  6. Senior Advisor for Digital Strategy; also Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications from April 2020
  7. Aide to Trump after the presidency; board member of Trump's social media company; senior adviser on the 2024 campaign
  8. White House Deputy Chief of Staff
  9. Director, Presidential Personnel Office (in addition)

Our reporting

We have not yet published a story that names Dan Scavino. When we do, it will appear here.

Sources for this file

  1. Wikipedia, Dan Scavino, Nov. 13, 2026
  2. The White House (OGE Form 278e), Scavino, Daniel - Public Financial Disclosure Report, 2026 Annual, Sept. 3, 2026
  3. The National News Desk (via WLOS), Trump announces Dan Scavino will lead the White House Presidential Personnel Office, Oct. 13, 2025
  4. AP (via PBS NewsHour), Trump appoints 4 campaign advisers to new White House positions, Nov. 13, 2024
  5. NOTUS (now published as The Washington Sun), Trump Taps Longtime Loyalist to Lead White House Personnel Office, Aug. 26, 2025
  6. Political Wire (summarizing Axios), Dan Scavino Takes Over Hiring in the White House, Aug. 26, 2025

File checked Nov. 13, 2026. Something wrong or out of date? Tell the desk.