Nicole Hollander
Tech Industry Links: Twitter
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
Appointed:
1/20/25-5/29/25 volunteer
Offboarding:
Left govt 5/29/25 (reported)
Appointed:
1/20/25-5/29/25 volunteer
Offboarding:
Left govt 5/29/25 (reported)
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Another Top Musk Lieutenant Appears to Be Leaving DOGE Wired Magazine, 5/28/25 |
Events
1/20/25
Appointed:
Nicole Hollander starts at GSA.
Appointed:
Nicole Hollander starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Nicole Hollander 1/20/25-5/29/25 |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Another Top Musk Lieutenant Appears to Be Leaving DOGE Wired Magazine, 5/28/25 |
1/29/25
Disruption:
GSA regional managers receive instructions from HQ that “lease terminations are the clear priority at this time.”
Disruption:
GSA regional managers receive instructions from HQ that “lease terminations are the clear priority at this time.”
| Person: | Nicole Hollander |
| Source: | Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration The Associated Press, 2/04/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
Report:
A team of high-ranking GSA employees meets with Nicole Hollander to discuss building special “resting rooms” for DOGE and other A-suite staff.
Report:
A team of high-ranking GSA employees meets with Nicole Hollander to discuss building special “resting rooms” for DOGE and other A-suite staff.
| Person: | Nicole Hollander |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency Wired Magazine, 1/31/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity |
1/30/25
Interagency Coordination:
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.
Interagency Coordination:
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.
| Person: | Elon Musk, Luke Farritor, Nicole Hollander, Stephen Ehikian, Steve Davis, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Musk visits and asserts growing influence at GSA NextGov, 1/30/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, GSA |
1/31/25
Identification:
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.
Identification:
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.
| Person: | Edward Coristine, Ethan Shaotran, Nicole Hollander, Steve Davis, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | Elon Musk’s Friends Have Infiltrated Another Government Agency Wired Magazine, 1/31/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Impunity |
2/27/25
Interagency Coordination:
DOGE staffers at the Department of the Interior meet with Nicole Hollander from GSA about leases to be cancelled.
Interagency Coordination:
DOGE staffers at the Department of the Interior meet with Nicole Hollander from GSA about leases to be cancelled.
| Person: | Katrine Trampe, Nicole Hollander, Tyler Hassen |
| Source: | Second Production of FOIA materials from DOI to Sierra Club The Sierra Club, 2/27/26 |
| Agency: | DOI, GSA |
| DOGE Project: | Spending |
3/04/25
Identification:
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.
Identification:
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.
| Person: | Derek Geissler, Edward Coristine, Ethan Shaotran, Kyle Schutt, Luke Farritor, Nate Cavanaugh, Nicole Hollander |
| Source: | Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries Wired Magazine, 3/04/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
3/20/25
Identification:
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.
Identification:
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.
| Person: | Ashley Boizelle, Edward Coristine, Jeremy Lewin, Justin Aimonetti, Kyle Schutt, Luke Farritor, Nate Cavanaugh, Nicole Hollander, Riley Sennott, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | ‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question Wired Magazine, 4/24/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
5/29/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Nicole Hollander 1/20/25-5/29/25 |
| Salary: | Volunteer |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | Another Top Musk Lieutenant Appears to Be Leaving DOGE Wired Magazine, 5/28/25 |