Marshall Wood
Exited govt: 9/XX/25 (reported)
A former investment banking associate at Jefferies, Marshall Wood is part of the wrecking crew led by Nate Cavanaugh that has visited multiple independent agencies. He also is a friend of Justin Fox from their days as students at the University of Virginia. Much of DOGE’s wrecking activities have dissipated in recent months, and his own LinkedIn reports that he has now landed in a reward position in Strategic Finance at xAI, one of Musk’s companies.
Positions
Appointed:
4/21/25-9/XX/25
Offboarding:
Left govt 9/XX/25 (reported)
Appointed:
4/21/25-9/XX/25
Offboarding:
Left govt 9/XX/25 (reported)
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Marshall Wood LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
Detailed To:
4/28/25 detailed from GSA
Detailed To:
4/28/25 detailed from GSA
| Source: | DOGE targets US foreign aid agency created under first Trump administration Politico, 4/28/25 |
Detailed To:
date unknown detailed from GSA «Nate Cavanaugh testified that Marshall Wood was the DOGE lead at NEA»
Detailed To:
date unknown detailed from GSA «Nate Cavanaugh testified that Marshall Wood was the DOGE lead at NEA»
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-1 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
Detailed To:
date unknown detailed from GSA «According to sworn testimony by Nate Cavanagh, Marshall Wood was the lead of the DOGE team at ODNI»
Detailed To:
date unknown detailed from GSA «According to sworn testimony by Nate Cavanagh, Marshall Wood was the lead of the DOGE team at ODNI»
| Source: | The Authors Guild/American Council of Learned Societies v. National Endowment for the Humanities, doc 248-1 Court Document, 3/06/26 |
Events
4/21/25
Appointed:
Marshall Wood starts at GSA.
Appointed:
Marshall Wood starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Marshall Wood 4/21/25-9/XX/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Marshall Wood LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
4/28/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: DFC Marshall Wood 4/28/25 | |
| Source: | DOGE targets US foreign aid agency created under first Trump administration Politico, 4/28/25 |
Sighting:
A team of 4 DOGE personnel – Nate Cavanaugh, Jonathan Mendelson, Ethan Shaotran and Marshall Wood – arrive at the headquarters of the US International Development Finance Corporation
Sighting:
A team of 4 DOGE personnel – Nate Cavanaugh, Jonathan Mendelson, Ethan Shaotran and Marshall Wood – arrive at the headquarters of the US International Development Finance Corporation
| Person: | Ethan Shaotran, Jonathan Mendelson, Marshall Wood, Nate Cavanaugh |
| Source: | DOGE targets US foreign aid agency created under first Trump administration Politico, 4/28/25 |
| Agency: | DFC |
5/02/25
Disruption:
Hundreds of arts groups across the country receive emails informing them that their grants from the NEA have been terminated. These emails originate from a generic arts.gov email address and arrive late on Friday hours after Trump proposes eliminating the agency in his budget.
Disruption:
Hundreds of arts groups across the country receive emails informing them that their grants from the NEA have been terminated. These emails originate from a generic
arts.gov email address and arrive late on Friday hours after Trump proposes eliminating the agency in his budget.
| Person: | Marshall Wood |
| Source: | Sweeping cuts hit NEA after Trump administration calls to eliminate the agency National Public Radio, 5/03/25 |
| Agency: | NEA |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
5/13/25
Identification:
In an overview of how DOGE has tried to assign teams outside of the executive branch, NPR lists six DOGE staffers at GSA who are involved with those efforts.
Identification:
In an overview of how DOGE has tried to assign teams outside of the executive branch, NPR lists six DOGE staffers at GSA who are involved with those efforts.
| Person: | Jack Stein, Jonathan Mendelson, Justin Aimonetti, Justin Fox, Marshall Wood, Nate Cavanaugh |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
7/21/25
Identification:
Multiple DOGE staff are listed in the invite for a new meeting for political appointees at the agency which will be held once every two weeks.
Identification:
Multiple DOGE staff are listed in the invite for a new meeting for political appointees at the agency which will be held once every two weeks.
| Question: | Fuzz: Jeremy Lewin is a Deputy Undersecretary at State, but still a GSA employee? |
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Dave Malcher, Ethan Shaotran, Frank Schuler, Jeremy Lewin, Justin Fox, Luke Farritor, Marshall Wood, Nate Cavanaugh |
| Source: | State Department deputy Michael Rigas tapped as acting GSA head NextGov, 7/21/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
9/XX/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Marshall Wood 4/21/25-9/XX/25 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Marshall Wood LinkedIn, |
| Source: | DOGE has tried to embed beyond the executive branch. Some targets have pushed back National Public Radio, 5/20/25 |