WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Katie Miller, who served in Trump’s first administration and is the wife of his new deputy chief of staff, as one of the first members of an advisory board led by billionaire allies Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, which aims to dramatically reduce government spending, federal regulations and the federal workforce.
Miller, wife of Trump’s designated homeland security adviser Stephen Miller, will join Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an informal advisory body that Trump has said will allow his administration to “cut excessive regulations, reduce wasteful spending and reduce federal restructure agencies. “
“Katie Miller will be joining DOGE soon! She has been a loyal supporter of mine for years and will bring her professional experience to Government Efficiency,” Trump posted in a message on his social media platform Truth Social.
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Musk and Ramaswamy recently unveiled plans to wipe out dozens of federal regulations created by what they say is an anti-democratic, irresponsible bureaucracy, but they have yet to announce members of the DOGE team. Musk has said he wants to reduce the number of federal agencies from more than 400 to 99.
Katie Miller served in the first Trump administration as deputy press secretary for the Department of Homeland Security and as press secretary to former Vice President Mike Pence.
She currently serves as spokesperson for the transition team for Trump-appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr.
(Reporting by Valerie Volcovici; Editing by Leslie Adler)
