Matt Luby

Administrator
A childhood friend and chief of staff for Vivek Ramaswamy, he has apparently stayed involved in DOGE even as Vivek departed. He is linked to DOGE in January 2025 and was spotted at the Department of the Interior in April, but it’s unclear what he was doing in the interim for DOGE (or Vivek).

Positions

Appointed:
3/XX/25-3/XX/26 $142,488
Promotion:
3/XX/26 promoted
Source: Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26
Source: Interior secretary gives DOGE aide sweeping powers to remake department The Washington Post, 4/21/25
Source: LinkedIn profile for Matt Luby LinkedIn, 

Events

1/12/25
Identification:
A New York Times report on DOGE from just before the Inauguration roughly describes the working arrangements for embedding some staff and detailing others as well as some early participants in the project
3/XX/25
Appointed:
Matt Luby starts at DOI.
Appointed: Matt Luby 3/XX/25-3/XX/26
Salary: $142,488
Source: Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26
Source: Interior secretary gives DOGE aide sweeping powers to remake department The Washington Post, 4/21/25
4/17/25
Disruption:
The Washington Posts reports that both Tyler Hassen and Matt Luby are scrutinizing all grants at the Department of the Interior. They also requested a list of all grants going to Maine, perhaps to punish the state for its governor’s defiance of Trump.
Person: Matt Luby, Tyler Hassen
Source: Interior secretary gives DOGE aide sweeping powers to remake department The Washington Post, 4/21/25
Agency: DOI
DOGE Project: Spending
3/XX/26
Promotion:
Matt Luby promoted at DOI
Promotion: Matt Luby 3/XX/26
Source: LinkedIn profile for Matt Luby LinkedIn,