Who is Amy Gleason, person named DOGE's acting leader by White House?
The Hindu
The White House on February 25 afternoon identified Amy Gleason as the acting leader of DOGE, which has been pushing agencies to fire employees, cancel contracts and make other budget cuts.
The acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency is a low-profile executive who has expertise in health care technology and worked in the first Trump administration.
The White House on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) afternoon identified Amy Gleason as the acting leader of DOGE, which has been pushing agencies to fire employees, cancel contracts and make other budget cuts.
Although DOGE's cuts have been championed by billionaire Elon Musk and his associates, the White House has insisted that Mr. Musk is overseeing the effort as a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, not a DOGE employee.
The identity of who was technically running DOGE had been a mystery, even though an executive order signed by President Trump last month called for the appointment of an administrator to report to the White House.
A government lawyer on Monday told a judge that he didn't know who that person was, and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had declined to identify the person earlier on Tuesday in a press briefing.
“There are career officials and there are political appointees who are helping run DOGE on a day-to-day basis,” she said.
Ms. Gleason, 53, worked from 2018 through 2021 in the United States Digital Service, an agency that has been renamed the U.S. DOGE Service, according to her LinkedIn profile. In that role, she worked with the White House on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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