DOGE Track

Zach Terrell

Coder, age 25

Another very recent college graduate, Zach Terrell was involved in several cryptocurrency and Web3-related startups before joinging the DOGE wrecking crew at HHS in March. More recently, he was elevated in September to the role of CTO, a position which was previously held by fellow DOGE member Clark Minor and which would allow him to grant access to sensitive databases and systems to other DOGE personnel.

Positions

Position Notes
HHS
Sources
HHS 3/06/25 ($132,629)
HHS CMS 3/11/25 internal xfer
HHS c.9/01/25 promoted to Chief Technology Officer
NSF
Source
HHS NSF 4/14/25 detailed Consultant
NDS
Sources
NDS 8/29/25? «He has been linked to NDS but is still also at HHS?»

Systems

System Notes
EHCM
Source
Enterprise Human Capital Management System 3/07/25
This system is used at HHS for managing all aspects of human-capital related tasks, including staffing notes and performance plans.
read access granted by Other
IDR
Source
Integrated Data Repository 3/11/25
A data warehouse that receives all Medicare claims after they have been approved for payment
read access granted by CIO
FBIS
Source
Financial Business Intelligence System 3/16/25
A system for tracking business operations at HHS
read access granted by Deputy Director «revoke date likely earlier»
UFMS
Source
HHS Unified Financial Management System 3/18/25
A department-wide financial management system which supports all of HHS Program Service Center’s Accounting Services and reporting
read access «app access only, no DB access»
PMS
Source
Payment Management System 3/27/25
A shared-services program provided by HHS for managing payments for grants
read access granted by CTO

Events

Date Event
3/29/25
Source
In a legal filing, the DOJ identifies 4 DOGE staffers - Edward Coristine, Marko Elez, Luke Farritor and Amy Gleason - as present at CMS. It omits the names of several other staffers with access to the CALM system.
4/XX/25
Source
A team of three DOGE staffers – Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor and Zach Terrell – meet with chief grant management officials at NIH to demand changes in how grants are issued under DOGE’s new “Defend the Spend” authority over all grant disbursement.
4/12/25
Source
Emailing this time from his CFPB account, Jeremy Lewin shares the documentation for the upcoming CFPB RIF with DOGE staff posted at several agencies (Zach Terrell and Alexandra Beynon). He also includes DOGE staff at CFPB: Gavin Kliger, Chris Young and Jordan Wick. It’s unclear if they are representing their individual agencies or are just taking part as DOGE members in the conversation.
 Alexandra Beynon, Chris Young, Gavin Kliger, Jeremy Lewin, Jordan Wick, Zach Terrell
4/14/25
Source
Three unidentified DOGE staffers show up at NSF headquarters, forcing all approved grants to go through a “secondary review.” They were later identified as Luke Farritor, Rachel Riley and Zach Terrell.
4/22/25
Source
Three DOGE staffers are now at the National Science Foundation reviewing grants. Luke Farritor has a “Budget, Finance, and Administration” clearance, which a source said allows him to view and modify the agency’s funding opportunity system.
 Luke Farritor, Rachel Riley, Zach Terrell
c.9/01/25
Source
Zach Terrell is named as the new Chief Technology Officer at HHS. He reportedly is also continuing to hold a role at NSF, supervising DOGE activities there.
12/26/25
Source
The National Design Studio launches a new blog named “Dev Index” with an article written about the modernization work at OPM for digitizing retirements that apparently has moved over to the NDS from OPM with Joe Gebbia. The article is written by Yat Choi and Dennis Li and thanks Edward Coristine and Zach Terrell for reviewing the content.