Calley Means
{{Short description|American entrepreneur (born 1985)}}
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| relatives = Casey Means (sister)
| employer = United States Federal Government (2024–present)
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Calley Means (born September 28, 1985) is an American entrepreneur serving as a special government employee (SGE) for the United States Department of Health and Human Services since 2025.{{Cite web|url=https://endpts.com/calley-means-joins-white-house-as-a-special-government-employee/|title=Calley Means joins White House as a special government employee, will assist with MAHA policies}}{{cite news |last1=Cueto |first1=Isabella |title=With boost from RFK Jr. and Tucker Carlson, two chronic disease entrepreneurs vault into Trump’s orbit |url=https://www.statnews.com/2024/10/07/calley-means-casey-means-conservative-voices-of-chronic-disease-crisis/ |access-date=7 November 2024 |agency=STAT}}
Early life and education
Calley and his younger sister Casey Means were raised in Washington, D.C.. He attended Stanford University, where he studied political science and economics, and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University.
Career
Means served as a White House intern during the second term of George W. Bush. He also interned for the Heritage Foundation before working as a consultant. He describes his experiences as a consultant on behalf of the food and pharmaceutical industries as his inspiration to fight against conflicts of interest within health regulatory bodies. Calley and Casey Means co-authored the 2024 book Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health.{{cite news |last1=Stone |first1=Will |title=In 'Good Energy,' a doctor lays out how to measure and boost your metabolic health |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/06/14/nx-s1-4996408/good-energy-measure-metabolic-health-mitochondria |access-date=7 November 2024 |agency=NPR}}
Means caught the attention of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after appearing on a February 2024 episode of The Tucker Carlson Show.{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Kristina |last2=Whyte |first2=Liz Essley |title=The Siblings Behind RFK Jr.’s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ Campaign |url=https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-rfk-calley-casey-means-bc996dc1 |access-date=14 November 2024 |agency=The Wall Street Journal}} Both Means siblings advised Kennedy on healthcare policy during his presidential bid, eventually becoming surrogates for Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again platform within the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign.{{cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Peter |last2=Knight |first2=Victoria |title=Calley Means on the MAHA movement |url=https://www.axios.com/pro/health-care-policy/2024/10/31/calley-means-on-the-maha-movement |website=Axios |access-date=7 November 2024}} Means is credited with facilitating the Trump-Kennedy partnership, having arranged a call between the two candidates in July 2024 after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.{{cite news |last1=O'Brien |first1=Rebecca Davis |last2=Swan |first2=Jonathan |last3=Haberman |first3=Maggie |title=How Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Unlikely Partnership Took Shape |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/us/politics/donald-trump-robert-kennedy-jr-partnership.html |access-date=14 November 2024 |agency=The New York Times}}
Means co-authored a book with his sister Casey Means titled "Good Energy" which helped them get a spot on The Tucker Carlson Show, as well as podcasts like The Joe Rogan Experience, The Rubin Report, and The Doctor’s Farmacy with Mark Hyman. Calley and his sister Casey also participated in a live-stream from Washington, D.C. hosted by Senator Ron Johnson and entitled “[https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2024/9/video-release-sen-johnson-s-full-roundtable-discussion-american-health-and-nutrition-a-second-opinion American Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion].”{{cite web |last1=Jarry |first1=Jonathan |title=Kennedy’s Coalition of Quacks Wants to Feed America a Diet of Lies |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition-pseudoscience/kennedys-coalition-quacks-wants-feed-america-diet-lies |website=McGill Office of Science and Society |access-date=17 November 2024 |authorlink=Jonathan Jarry}}
Personal life
= Family =
In 2017, Means married Leslie Voorhees.{{cite news |title=Leslie Voorhees, Calley Means |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/fashion/weddings/leslie-voorhees-calley-means.html |access-date=7 November 2024 |agency=The New York Times}} The couple moved from San Francisco to Tempe, Arizona in 2021.{{cite news |last1=Vanek |first1=Corina |title=Destination Arizona |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2021/03/26/destination-arizona-wedding-dress-company-relocate.html |access-date=14 November 2024 |agency=Phoenix Business Journal}} That same year, his mother died of pancreatic cancer.{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.truemed.com/about |website=Truemed |access-date=7 November 2024}}
= Political views =
Means identifies as politically conservative, According to The Wall Street Journal, he initially described himself as a "Never Trumper" before deciding that the policy goals of Kennedy and Trump aligned.