NEW YORK, NY –
Greek American Michael J. Rigas was nominated on Dec. 11 by President-elect Donald Trump for Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources.
“Michael will bring accountability to the State Department as he did Government wide, when he served in my First Term as the Deputy and Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and the Acting Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget”, Trump posted on Truth Social.
“Mike is a conservative warrior who knows how Government works, and will help Make America Great Again”, he added.
Michael J. Rigas is an executive leader with over 25 years of professional experience navigating organizations through change in the public, private and non-profit sectors, including in banking and government. He has a proven track record as a C-Suite executive, improving organizational performance, streamlining operations, and consistently achieving outstanding results while working across organizational boundaries in a global environment.
In June of 2022, Rigas joined the America First Policy Institute as the Director of the America First Presidential Transition Project.
He has served in two Presidential administrations, most recently as the Acting Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Acting Deputy Director for Management at the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB). He has also served as the Acting Chief Information Officer of the federal government and as the Associate Administrator for Small Business Utilization at the General Services Administration (GSA).
At OMB Rigas served as the Chief Management Officer of the federal government, chaired the President’s Management Council, and improved the federal government’s performance in its efficient and effective spend of over $4 trillion in the areas of financial management, procurement, information technology and personnel.
As the Acting Director of OPM, he led the agency that manages human resources, talent recruitment and development, and policy for the 2.1 million employees in the federal government, and health care for the over 8 million individuals covered by the largest group health insurance plan in the world, the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program.
Rigas spent more than a decade in the private sector, including at Mellon Financial Corporation and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
He holds an M.A. in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. and M.A. in Economics from Boston University. His academic background includes economics, international trade, leadership and negotiation.
Rigas was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts and currently resides in Virginia with his wife Laura and daughter Mary Elizabeth.
