President Donald Trump is expected to name Dan Scavino, his longest-serving top aide, to lead the White House Office of Presidential Personnel, a critical role that oversees the vetting and hiring of the president’s political appointees.
Scavino, confirmed to the Washington Examiner by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, will replace outgoing PPO Director Sergio Gor, whom Trump recently nominated to serve as his U.S. ambassador to India.
“Dan Scavino is one of Trump’s most trusted and longest-serving advisers,” Leavitt said in a statement. “There is nobody better to ensure the President’s administration is staffed with the most qualified, competent, and America First-driven workers. There is much still to be done and Dan’s leadership will ensure the highest quality, most dedicated workforce ever.”
Trump has made significantly greater efforts to monitor who is staffing his administration. Gor and other PPO officials previously told the Washington Examiner that the president and his deputies are placing a premium on loyalty and commitment to the president’s agenda as top criteria for all possible hires.
“Somehow, [loyalty] became a scary word,” one senior PPO official assessed in March. “It’s no different than your typical hiring process.”
No one exemplifies that commitment to Trump more than Scavino, whose professional relationship with the president stretches more than two decades.
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Scavino met Trump while working at one of his golf courses in New York, caddying for the future president before rising through the ranks of the Trump Organization.
Scavino eventually joined Trump’s 2016 campaign, serving as director of social media, before taking similar jobs during Trump’s first stint in the White House. He staffed Trump during former President Joe Biden’s term, served as a senior adviser on Trump’s 2024 campaign, and, since January, has served as one of Trump’s deputy chiefs of staff.