Nicole Hollander

Executive, age 42
Tech Industry Links: Twitter, Boring Co.
Exited govt: 5/29/25 (reported)

Nicole Hollander is married to fellow DOGE operative and ad hoc leader Steve Davis, and she has worked with Elon Musk at Twitter. She had reportedly been involved with securing an enclave for DOGE to work from and live within GSA HQ (complete with laundry facilities). Her biggest effort has been the ongoing march to cancel GSA leases across the country. Her conenctions to other DOGE projects have not be publicly documented yet, and she left the agency (and working for the government) where her husband also resigned.

Positions

Position Notes
GSA
GSA 1/20/25-5/29/25 (volunteer)
resigned from agency 5/29/25

Events

Date Event
1/20/25
Multiple DOGE staffers start working within GSA in the office of the Administrator with the title Senior Advisor
1/29/25
GSA regional managers receive instructions from HQ that “lease terminations are the clear priority at this time.”
1/29/25
A team of high-ranking GSA employees meets with Nicole Hollander to discuss building special “resting rooms” for DOGE and other A-suite staff.
1/30/25
Elon Musk reportedly visits GSA to meet with staff, several of whom are identified from their appearances in the internal directory for the agency. These include Steve Davis, Nicole Hollander, Thomas Shedd, Stephen Ehikian and Luke Farritor.
1/31/25
Wired reports that DOGE staff are attempting to get elevated access to GSA systems and making changes to office arrangements to create a special reserved floor for their staff with a security guard checking names.
2/27/25
DOGE staffers at the Department of the Interior meet with Nicole Hollander from GSA about leases to be cancelled.
3/04/25
Wired reports that some DOGE staff (Kyle Schutt, Nate Cavanaugh) are being paid as full-time GSA employees, but other staff are listed as volunteers for that agency.
3/20/25
Wired Magazine list DOGE staff stationed within GSA, all of whom were listed on GSA payroll on March 20, the same day Stephen Ehikian claimed there were no DOGE staff in the agency.