Chris Young

Executive, age 36
Exited govt: 6/06/25 (verified)
Likely aliases: OPM-14

Positions

Position Notes
DOGE
OPM DOGE 2/05/25-6/06/25 detailed «Detail is listed as ending on 6/13, but assumed ended on 6/6 when left OPM»
6/06/25
CFPB
OPM CFPB 2/07/25-6/06/25 detailed «Identified as OPM-14; govt testified on 6/27 no longer a govt employee, inferring date from end of OPM service»
6/06/25
OPM
OPM 1/30/25-6/06/25 [as OPM-14] Expert (ED-00, excepted, volunteer) «Start date guessed from system access»
6/06/25

Systems

System Notes
USA Performance
USA Performance 2/07/25
System tracking job performance of federal employees
unknown access «system name is listed as “USA Performance - Office of the Director”»

Events

Date Event
1/30/25
Austin Raynor and Chris Young start working at OPM.
2/06/25
A DOGE team consisting of Luke Farritor, Jeremy Lewin, Nikhil Rajpal, Gavin Kliger and Chris Young enters the CFPB headquarters and is given equipment and onboarded with a quick session on privacy policies in force at the CFPB.
2/12/25
Adam Martinez, CFPB COO, includes DOGE representatives Jordan Wick and Chris Young in emails hiring OPM for consulting on Reduction-in-Force (RIF) planning for the CFPB. CFPB agrees to pay OPM $171,925 for these services.
2/20/25
Chris Young meets with USADF leadership at their HQ to “introduce DOGE to the agency” and informs them that 2 engineers would be assigned to the agency.
4/12/25
Emailing this time from his CFPB account, Jeremy Lewin shares the documentation for the upcoming CFPB RIF with DOGE staff posted at several agencies (Zach Terrell and Alexandra Beynon). He also includes DOGE staff at CFPB: Gavin Kliger, Chris Young and Jordan Wick. It’s unclear if they are representing their individual agencies or are just taking part as DOGE members in the conversation.
6/24/25
In a status report for AFGE, AFL-CIO v. OPM, the government reports that multiple DOGE staff at OPM have left the government by this date. Of course, their actual departure dates might be earlier, but it’s a direct acknowledgment of multiple staff departures in the preceding months.