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Nick Luna | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Luna in 2025 | |
| Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States | |
| Assumed office August 2026 | |
| Vice President | JD Vance |
| Preceded by | Jacob Reses |
| White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Implementation | |
| In office January 20, 2025 – August 2026 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Chief of Staff | Susie Wiles |
| Preceded by | Natalie Quillian |
| Director of Oval Office Operations | |
| In office April 21, 2020 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Madeleine Westerhout |
| Succeeded by | Annie Tomasini |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse |
Cassidy Dumbauld (m. 2020) |
Nicholas Luna is an American political aide who has served as the chief of staff to the vice president of the United States since 2026. Luna served as the White House deputy chief of staff for strategic implementation from 2025 to 2026 and as the director of Oval Office Operations from 2020 to 2021.
In February 2019, Luna was named as deputy assistant to the president for operations and a personal aide to the president. He was named as the director of Oval Office Operations in April. Luna remained with Trump after the January 6 Capitol attack and worked for CIC Ventures. In January 2025, Trump named Luna as the White House deputy chief of staff for strategic implementation.
Career
[edit]Political aide (2019–2021)
[edit]In February 2019, Luna was named as a personal aide to the president.[1] As a personal aide, he was photographed carrying printed materials, including newspapers, for Donald Trump.[2] Luna was named as director of Oval Office Operations in April.[3] By February 2019, Luna was dating Cassidy Dumbauld, an assistant to Jared Kushner;[4] they married in September 2020.[5] Bloomberg News reported the following month that Luna had contracted COVID-19.[6] Luna remained in the White House following the January 6 Capitol attack.[7]
Post-government work (2021–2024)
[edit]In December 2020, Luna was named as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council alongside Andrew Giuliani and Mitch Webber.[8] He was named as a co-director of CIC Ventures alongside John Marion, a Trump lawyer, in 2021; in an interview with The New York Times, Luna stated that he had not been involved in the company in over a year by December 2022.[9]
Luna, who was present in the Oval Office when Trump pressured vice president Mike Pence to refuse to certify the 2020 presidential election, was subpoenaed by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol in November 2021, in an effort by the panel to document Trump's actions on the day of the attack.[10]
White House deputy chief of staff for strategic implementation (2025–2026)
[edit]On January 4, 2025, Trump named Luna as the White House deputy chief of staff for strategic implementation.[11]
Chief of Staff to the Vice President (2026–present)
[edit]In June 2026, Punchbowl News reported that Luna had been named to serve as the chief of staff to the vice president of the United States, JD Vance, succeeding Jacob Reses.[12] He was appointed to the position the following month.[13]
References
[edit]- ↑ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Appointments for the Executive Office of the President". White House.
- ↑ Lippman 2019.
- ↑ Haberman 2020.
- ↑ Rogers 2020.
- ↑ Gómez 2020.
- ↑ Jacobs & Sink 2020.
- ↑ Karni 2021.
- ↑ Montague 2020.
- ↑ Bender & Haberman 2022.
- ↑ Broadwater & Mazzetti 2021.
- ↑ Timotija 2025.
- ↑ "Vance's new chief of staff". Punchbowl News.
- ↑ "Federal Movers & Shakers". WFED.
Works cited
[edit]Articles
[edit]- Broadwater, Luke; Mazzetti, Mark (November 9, 2021). "At the Willard and the White House, the Jan. 6 Panel Widens Its Net". The New York Times. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- Bender, Michael; Haberman, Maggie (December 15, 2022). "Trump Sells a New Image as the Hero of $99 Trading Cards". The New York Times. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- "Federal Movers & Shakers". WFED. August 28, 2026. Retrieved September 28, 2026.
- Gómez, Fin (October 4, 2020). "Trump's personal aide tests positive for virus". CBS News. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- Haberman, Maggie (April 21, 2020). "Dan Scavino Promoted as Meadows Shuffles White House Communications Team". The New York Times. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- Jacobs, Jennifer; Sink, Justin (October 3, 2020). "Trump Bodyman Tests Positive for Virus in New White House Case". Bloomberg News. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- Karni, Annie (January 8, 2021). "As Circle of Trump Aides Dwindles, a Few Plan to Stay to the End". The New York Times. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- Lippman, Daniel (July 29, 2019). "The print reader in chief: Inside Trump's retro media diet". Politico. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- Montague, Zach (December 16, 2020). "Trump taps Giuliani's son for membership on the Holocaust Memorial Council". The New York Times. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- Rogers, Katie (February 17, 2020). "Young, Conservative and Working for Trump? The Dating Pool Is Small". The New York Times. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- Timotija, Filip (January 4, 2025). "Trump announces additional senior White House officials". The Hill. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- "Vance's new chief of staff". Punchbowl News. June 16, 2026. Retrieved June 16, 2026.
Documents
[edit]- "President Donald J. Trump Announces Appointments for the Executive Office of the President" (Document). White House. February 2, 2019.