Riley Sennott
Positions
Appointed:
2/10/25 $167,603 «start inferred from signing in visitor in GSA logs»
Appointed:
2/10/25 $167,603 «start inferred from signing in visitor in GSA logs»
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | How to Cover DOGE When It’s Family Columbia Journalism Review, 3/25/25 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| Source: | A veteran Tesla engineering manager has joined DOGE, and he's set to attend a NASA layoffs meeting Business Insider, 3/14/25 |
Detailed To:
date unknown likely detailed from GSA Senior Advisor «identified by agency FOIA as having been at the agency, guessing detailed»
Detailed To:
date unknown likely detailed from GSA Senior Advisor «identified by agency FOIA as having been at the agency, guessing detailed»
| Source: | SBA Response to American Oversight FOIA Request Document Cloud, 7/15/25 |
Events
1/06/25
Identification:
Future DOGE recruit Riley Sennott’s public calendar lists a 15-minute DOGE recruiting meeting on this day.
Identification:
Future DOGE recruit Riley Sennott’s public calendar lists a 15-minute DOGE recruiting meeting on this day.
| Person: | Riley Sennott |
| Source: | We found a DOGE guy at NASA because his Google Calendar was public Business Insider, 3/07/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE |
1/17/25
Sighting:
The public calendar of Riley Sennott mentions a 30-minute “SGE Ethics Discussion” meeting with other new DOGE members Derek Geissler, Brooks Morgan and Conor Fennessy included on the invitation. SGE stands for Special Government Employee.
Sighting:
The public calendar of Riley Sennott mentions a 30-minute “SGE Ethics Discussion” meeting with other new DOGE members Derek Geissler, Brooks Morgan and Conor Fennessy included on the invitation. SGE stands for Special Government Employee.
| Person: | Brooks Morgan, Conor Fennessy, Derek Geissler, Riley Sennott |
| Source: | We found a DOGE guy at NASA because his Google Calendar was public Business Insider, 3/07/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE |
1/27/25
Action:
Riley Sennott and Brooks Morgan arrive to a meeting/work at GSA before they are officially hired in DOGE. They are signed in and possibly meet with Derek Geissler and Adam Ramada
Action:
Riley Sennott and Brooks Morgan arrive to a meeting/work at GSA before they are officially hired in DOGE. They are signed in and possibly meet with Derek Geissler and Adam Ramada
| Person: | Adam Ramada, Brooks Morgan, Derek Geissler, Riley Sennott |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
2/02/25
Interagency Coordination:
Aram Moghaddassi, Marko Elez and Riley Sennott arrive at GSA to work with unspecified GSA staff on a Sunday. They are signed in by Thomas Shedd and Luke Farritor. Riley Sennott is still not an official employee of GSA at the time of the meeting.
Interagency Coordination:
Aram Moghaddassi, Marko Elez and Riley Sennott arrive at GSA to work with unspecified GSA staff on a Sunday. They are signed in by Thomas Shedd and Luke Farritor. Riley Sennott is still not an official employee of GSA at the time of the meeting.
| Person: | Aram Moghaddassi, Luke Farritor, Marko Elez, Riley Sennott, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | DOL, GSA, Treas. |
2/06/25
| Person: | Aram Moghaddassi, Brian Bjelde, Emily Bryant, Jim Hickey, Katrine Trampe, Michael Cole, Michael Grimes, Michael Mirski, Riley Sennott, Scott Coulter, Scott Langmack, Stephen Ehikian, Tarak Makecha, Tom Krause |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | Commerce, DOGE, DOI, DOL, GSA, HUD, NASA, OPM, Treas., USDA |
2/08/25
Sighting:
Luke Farritor hosts a contingent of other DOGE staffers – Marko Elez, Aram Moghaddassi and Riley Sennott – to work at GSA on a Saturday. Notably, this is a day after Marko Elez had resigned his position (but was secretly hired at DOGE) and Riley Sennott had not formally started his role at GSA yet.
Sighting:
Luke Farritor hosts a contingent of other DOGE staffers – Marko Elez, Aram Moghaddassi and Riley Sennott – to work at GSA on a Saturday. Notably, this is a day after Marko Elez had resigned his position (but was secretly hired at DOGE) and Riley Sennott had not formally started his role at GSA yet.
| Person: | Aram Moghaddassi, Luke Farritor, Marko Elez, Riley Sennott |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
2/09/25
Sighting:
DOGE members Baris Akis, Katrine Trampe, Jordan Wick and Riley Sennott are signed in to work at GSA headquarters on a Sunday. It’s unclear if they are there for a meeting or just to use the DOGE working space inside of GSA. They are hosted at the building by Thomas Shedd, Stephen Ehikian and Ethan Shaotran.
Sighting:
DOGE members Baris Akis, Katrine Trampe, Jordan Wick and Riley Sennott are signed in to work at GSA headquarters on a Sunday. It’s unclear if they are there for a meeting or just to use the DOGE working space inside of GSA. They are hosted at the building by Thomas Shedd, Stephen Ehikian and Ethan Shaotran.
| Person: | Baris Akis, Jordan Wick, Katrine Trampe, Riley Sennott, Stephen Ehikian, Thomas Shedd |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Agency: | GSA |
2/10/25
Appointed:
Riley Sennott starts at GSA.
Appointed:
Riley Sennott starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Riley Sennott 2/10/25 |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | How to Cover DOGE When It’s Family Columbia Journalism Review, 3/25/25 |
| Source: | FOIA response by GSA for visitor logs in 2025 Document Cloud, 4/10/26 |
| Note: | start inferred from signing in visitor in GSA logs |
3/14/25
Identification:
A Business Insider article reports that Alexander Simonpour has shown up at NASA and also has a GSA address (meaning he was likely detailed from the GSA). Riley Sennott and Scott Coulter also are listed in the NASA online directory.
Identification:
A Business Insider article reports that Alexander Simonpour has shown up at NASA and also has a GSA address (meaning he was likely detailed from the GSA). Riley Sennott and Scott Coulter also are listed in the NASA online directory.
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Riley Sennott, Scott Coulter |
| Source: | A veteran Tesla engineering manager has joined DOGE, and he's set to attend a NASA layoffs meeting Business Insider, 3/14/25 |
| Agency: | NASA |
c.3/14/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: NASA Riley Sennott c.3/14/25 | |
| Position Title: | Senior Advisor |
| Source: | A veteran Tesla engineering manager has joined DOGE, and he's set to attend a NASA layoffs meeting Business Insider, 3/14/25 |
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 |
4/08/25
Oversight:
A letter from Democrats on the House Committee of Science, Space, and Technology expresses specific concern about the lack of qualifications of DOGE staff at the agency. It explicitly names Scott Coulter, Riley Sennott and Alexander Simonpour as the DOGE team at the agency.
Oversight:
A letter from Democrats on the House Committee of Science, Space, and Technology expresses specific concern about the lack of qualifications of DOGE staff at the agency. It explicitly names Scott Coulter, Riley Sennott and Alexander Simonpour as the DOGE team at the agency.
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Riley Sennott, Scott Coulter |
| Source: | Letter to the Acting Administrator of NASA Democrats on the House Committee for Science, Space and Technology, 4/08/25 |
| Agency: | NASA |
5/16/25
Identification:
In a response to a FOIA request made by American Oversight, SBA provides a list of all people who have been identified as communicating on agency head Kelly Loefler’s behalf. It includes a number of people known to be DOGE and others with the title Senior Advisor who might also be doge.gov
Identification:
In a response to a FOIA request made by American Oversight, SBA provides a list of all people who have been identified as communicating on agency head Kelly Loefler’s behalf. It includes a number of people known to be DOGE and others with the title Senior Advisor who might also be doge.gov
| Person: | Akash Bobba, Aram Moghaddassi, Conor Fennessy, Donald Park, Edward Coristine, Ethan Damiano, Jordan Wick, Joshua Carter, Micaela Lopez Ballefin, Patricia Gibson, Riley Sennott |
| Source: | SBA Response to American Oversight FOIA Request Document Cloud, 7/15/25 |
| Agency: | SBA |