Jim Goyer
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{BLP sources| date=February 2025}}
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{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jim Goyer
| office = Director of the Office of Public Liaison
| president = Donald Trump
| term_start = January 20, 2025
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| predecessor = Stephen K. Benjamin (Public Engagement)
| successor =
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| party = Republican
| education = University of Alabama (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (MBA)
| deputy = Brette Powell
}}
Jim Goyer is an American politician and businessman who serves as the director of the White House Office of Public Liaison for the Trump administration, and also as Deputy Assistant to the President from 2025.{{Cite web |title=White House Press Release - President Trump Announces Appointments to the White House Offices of Communications, Public Liaison, and Cabinet Affairs {{!}} The American Presidency Project |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/white-house-press-release-president-trump-announces-appointments-the-white-house-offices |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu}}
Early life, education and career
Goyer, is a native of Birmingham, Alabama and a graduate of Mountain Brook High School and the University of Alabama. He worked at Goldman Sachs as an Associate of Asset and Wealth Management.{{Cite web |last=Everett |first=Grayson |date=2025-01-25 |title=UA, Mountain Brook alum appointed as Director of the Office of Public Liaison, deputy assistant to President Trump |url=https://yellowhammernews.com/ua-mountain-brook-alum-appointed-as-director-of-the-office-of-public-liaison-deputy-assistant-to-president-trump/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Yellowhammer News |language=en-US}}
Political career
= Trump Administration appointee =
On January 24, 2025, Goyer was appointed to the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Public Liaison.{{Cite web |last=Kahn |first=Debra |date=2025-01-25 |title=Playbook: Trump's play for LA |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/01/25/trumps-play-for-la-00200612 |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=POLITICO |language=en}} He served President Trump in his first Administration as Special Assistant to the President and deputy director of the Office of Public Liaison.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reports |date=2025-01-27 |title=Donald Trump announces heap of White House staff appointments |url=https://floridapolitics.com/archives/717739-donald-trump-announces-heap-of-white-house-staff-appointments/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=Florida Politics |language=en-US}}
Goyer previously served as Political Coordinator at the National Republican Senatorial Committee.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-25 |title=President Trump Announces Appointments to the White House Offices of Communications, Public Liaison, and Cabinet Affairs |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/01/president-trump-announces-appointments-to-the-white-house-offices-of-communications-public-liaison-and-cabinet-affairs/ |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}
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Category:Senior advisors to the president of the United States