Nicholas F. Luna
Nicholas Luna | |
|---|---|
| White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Implementation | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Natalie Quillian |
| Assistant to the President and 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 | |
| Born | Nicholas Francisco Luna June 15, 1987 |
| Spouse |
Cassidy Dumbauld (m. 2020) |
Nicholas Francisco Luna (born June 15, 1987) is an American political aide who has served as the White House deputy chief of staff for strategic implementation since 2025.
Early life
[edit]Nicholas Francisco Luna[1] was born on June 15,[2] 1987.[1]
Career
[edit]Political aide (2019–2021)
[edit]In February 2019, Luna was named as deputy assistant to the president for operations and a personal aide to the president.[3] As a personal aide, he was photographed carrying printed materials, including newspapers, for Donald Trump.[4]
Luna was named as assistant to the president and director of oval office operations in April.[5] By February, Luna had been dating Cassidy Dumbauld, an assistant to Jared Kushner;[6] they married in September.[7] That month, he attended a gathering in the White House Rose Garden to announce Amy Coney Barrett as Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court seat vacated by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The event led to an outbreak of COVID-19 within the White House.[7] Bloomberg News reported the following month that Luna had contracted COVID-19.[8] Luna remained in the White House following the January 6 Capitol attack.[9]
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.[10] 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.[11]
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.[12]
Deputy chief of staff (2025–present)
[edit]On January 4, 2025, Trump named Luna as the White House deputy chief of staff for strategic implementation.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nicholas F Luna in the U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019.
- ^ Allen 2015.
- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Appointments for the Executive Office of the President". White House.
- ^ Lippman 2019.
- ^ Haberman 2020.
- ^ Rogers 2020.
- ^ a b Gómez 2020.
- ^ Jacobs & Sink 2020.
- ^ Karni 2021.
- ^ Montague 2020.
- ^ Bender & Haberman 2022.
- ^ Broadwater & Mazzetti 2021.
- ^ Timotija 2025.
Works cited
[edit]Articles
[edit]- Allen, Mike (June 15, 2015). "JEB! launches in Miami today with shot at 'the D.C. crowd'". Politico. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- 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.
- 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.
Documents
[edit]- "Nicholas F Luna in the U.S., Index to Public Records, 1994-2019" (Document). Index to Public Records.
- "President Donald J. Trump Announces Appointments for the Executive Office of the President" (Document). White House. February 2, 2019.