Trump Picks Treasury Department’s Senior Leadership Team

President-elect Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social the members of the Treasury Department’s senior leadership team who will work alongside Scott Bessent, his pick for secretary.

Ken Kies will be the Treasury’s assistant secretary for tax policy, making him a key figure at the Treasury Department working on the tax cuts that Trump has described as a political hallmark of 2025.

Kies is a longtime Republican tax lobbyist whose clients include Microsoft, insurance companies and financial services groups.

Also joining the team is Alexandra Preate, who Trump appointed as senior counsel to the secretary.

Trump appointed Hunter McMaster to serve as the director of policy planning and Daniel Katz was appointed to serve as chief of staff.

Katz, Trump wrote, is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a graduate of Yale. Katz also served as a senior adviser at the Treasury Department.

Trump’s appointment as deputy chief of staff in the Treasury Department is Samantha Schwab. 

Schwab, granddaughter of billionaire Charles Schwab, will be deputy chief of staff.