Amanda Scales
Amanda Scales is an American businesswoman who has served as the chief of staff of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in the first part of 2025.
Early life
Scales attended the University of California, Davis.[1] During college, she interned for the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC, while also teleworking for an internet startup based in Davis, CA.[2][3] She joined the honors program at the College of Letters and Sciences in 2012.[4]
Career
Scales held talent acquisition (known as "acqui-hiring") positions at tech companies, including Uber, before joining xAI, an Elon Musk company.[5]
In January 2025, Scales was appointed to be chief of staff of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.[6] She was reportedly hired to carry out U.S. president Donald Trump and Musk's directives to purge large numbers of staff from the federal government; agencies were directed to send lists of potentially fireable employees directly to her.[7] Scales was one of only a few people with the authority to create exemptions for mass firings across federal agencies.[8] By May 20, Scales had returned to xAI.[9]
Scales is on the Board of Directors for the Evergreen Music and Performing Arts in Colorado.[10][11]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2018-07-10). "Amanda Scales | Washington Program". washingtonprogram.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ "Psychology | Washington Program". washingtonprogram.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ Anonymous (2018-07-10). "Amanda Scales | Washington Program". washingtonprogram.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
- ↑ Anonymous (2022-12-30). "Honors, Awards, and Achievements | Psychology". psychology.ucdavis.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
- ↑ Elliott, Vittoria (2025-02-02). "The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government Takeover". Wired. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
- ↑ Alms, Natalie (2025-01-27). "Musk visits OPM following workforce assignments for DOGE". Nextgov.com. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ Rozen, Courtney (2015-01-21). "Trump HR Office Seeks List of Easy-to-Fire Federal Workers". Bloomberg Law.
- ↑ Katz, Eric (2025-01-22). "Broad exemptions to Trump's federal hiring freeze begin to take shape". Government Executive. Retrieved 2025-01-28.
- ↑ Wiggers, Kyle (2025-05-20). "Amanda Scales, a Musk hire who helped lead DOGE, has returned to xAI, Amanda Scales is still employed as a contractor with OPM. She is currently meeting with agencies on their hiring plans". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
- ↑ Arts, Evergreen Music and Performing. "Evergreen Music and Performing Arts". Evergreen Music and Performing Arts. Retrieved 2025-05-13.
- ↑ Arts, Evergreen Music and Performing. "Evergreen Music and Performing Arts". Evergreen Music and Performing Arts. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
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