Name Positions
Mike Russo
SSA 1/31-3/24 appointed Chief Information Officer (supervisory)
3/25-9/03 demoted to Senior Advisor «Demoted and replaced by Scott Coulter in CIO role, he seems to be acting in a quasi co-CIO role since June»
9/03 promoted to Chief Information Officer (Core Business Functions) (supervisory)
Akash Bobba
OPM 2/03 [as OPM-03] detail
SSA 2/09 [as SSA-01] appointed Expert (NTE 2026-02-08, ED-00, $90,025)
Leland Dudek
2/16-5/06 promoted to Acting Commissioner (supervisory)
5/06-6/XX demoted «Replaced by Bisignano as confirmed commissioner, ProPublica reports dismissed in June»
Left DOGE 6/XX
Scott Coulter
NASA 2/18-3/23 [as SSA-02] detail (NTE 2026-02-18, reimbursed hourly, maximum of $120,579)
SSA 3/24-c.6/05 [as SSA-02] appointed Chief Information Officer (supervisory) «Was listed as CIO on May 30, but Aram took over in June. WSJ reports on removal of SSA employee back to NASA in June. Aram/Russo listed as co-CIOs on 6/6»
Marko Elez
DOL 2/18 [as SSA-07] detail (reimbursed up to $71,000) «MOU signed by Mike Russo, was this followed by being hired at SSA»
Cole Killian
DOGE 2/18 [as SSA-05] detail (NTE 2026-07-04) «limited onboarding docs, court docs about them»
Ethan Shaotran
GSA 2/18 [as SSA-10] detail (NTE 2026-02-26)
Aram Moghaddassi
DOL 2/22 [as SSA-03] detail (reimbursed up to $71,000) «MOU signed by Mike Russo, was this followed by being hired at SSA»
6/XX-9/03 promoted to Chief Information Officer (supervisory)
9/03 promoted to Chief Information Officer (Technology and Customer Products) (supervisory) «Had reportedly been in an informal co-CIO role with Mike Russo since June, now made official»
Antonio Gracias
SSA 2/23-7/01 [as SSA-04] appointed Expert (NTE 2026-02-22, ED-00, volunteer)
Left DOGE 7/01
Jon Koval
SSA 2/23 [as SSA-06] appointed Expert (NTE 2026-02-22, ED-00, volunteer)
DOJ 4/15 likely detailed «assuming detail from SSA»
Payton Rehling
SSA 2/23 [as SSA-09] appointed Expert (NTE 2026-02-22, ED-00, volunteer)
DHS date unknown likely detailed
DOJ 4/15 likely detailed
Mark Steffensen
SSA 2/25-2/27 appointed Senior Advisor
2/27 promoted to Acting General Counsel «promoted within two days of being appointed»
Nikhil Rajpal
OPM 2/26 [as SSA-08] likely detailed (NTE 2026-02-26)
John Solly
SSA 3/16 [as SSA-11] appointed Expert (NTE 2026-03-15, ED-00, $162,672)
Frank Bisignano
SSA 5/06 appointed Commissioner (supervisory)
Edward Coristine
SSA c.6/23 appointed (SGE)