Project 2025
Heritage Foundation blueprint to reshape U.S. government under the next Republican president.
2025
25 items
People
Key figures in Project 2025
81 figures
Donald Trump
President of the United States
Linda McMahon
Education Secretary
Kevin Roberts
Heritage Foundation President — Project 2025 Foreword Author and Institutional Architect
Russell Vought
OMB Director — Chapter 2 Author (Executive Office of the President)
Paul Dans
Former Project 2025 Director — Chapter 3 Co-Author (Central Personnel Agencies)
David Richardson
Acting FEMA Administrator
E.J. Antoni
Heritage Foundation Economist and Trump BLS Nominee (Withdrawn)
Kristi Noem
DHS Secretary
Rod Bray
Indiana Senate President Pro Tem (Republican)
Shelley Moore Capito
U.S. Representative - WV
Tom Homan
White House Border Czar and Heritage Foundation Visiting Fellow
Adam Candeub
FTC Chapter Author — Former DOJ and Commerce Department Official
Becky Pringle
Union leader
Benjamin Carson
Chapter 15 Author (Department of Housing and Urban Development) — Former HUD Secretary
Bennie Thompson
U.S. Representative - MS District 2
Bernard McNamee
Chapter 12 Author (Department of Energy) — Former Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner
Bill Cassidy
Senate Education Committee Chair
Brendan Carr
FCC Chair — Chapter 28 Author (Federal Communications Commission)
Brooks Tucker
Chapter 21 Author (Department of Veterans Affairs) — Former VA Chief of Staff
Carey Hamilton
Former FEMA Administrator
Center for American Progress
Liberal Think Tank
Christopher Miller
Chapter 4 Author (Department of Defense) — Former Acting Secretary of Defense
Curtis Yarvin (Mencius Moldbug)
Neoreactionary philosopher whose ideas influence administration allies
Cynthia Kirk
Working parent
Daren Bakst
Chapter 10 Author (Department of Agriculture) — Heritage Foundation Senior Research Fellow
Dennis Dean Kirk
Chapter 3 Co-Author (Central Personnel Agencies) — Trump Nominee to Merit Systems Protection Board
Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Chapter 20 Author (Department of Transportation) — Former Treasury and DOT Official
Donald Devine
Chapter 3 Co-Author (Central Personnel Agencies) — Former OPM Director under Reagan
Dustin Carmack
Chapter 7 Author (Intelligence Community) — Former Chief of Staff to Director of National Intelligence
Edwin Feulner
Closing Essay Author ('Onward!') — Heritage Foundation Co-Founder
Elizabeth Warren
Democratic Senator
Erika McEntarfer
Former BLS Commissioner
Everett Kelley
AFGE President
Gene Hamilton
White House Senior Counsel — Chapter 17 Author (Department of Justice)
Greg Goode
Indiana State Senator (Republican)
Hans von Spakovsky
FEC Chapter Author — Heritage Foundation Senior Legal Fellow
Heritage Action
Conservative advocacy organization
J.D. Vance
Vice President of the United States
Jennifer Bacon
Personnel Office Deputy (2020)
Jim Anderson
Heritage Action Executive Vice President
John McEntee
Former Presidential Personnel Office Director (2020-2021)
John Roberts
Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Jonathan Berry
Chapter 19 Author (Department of Labor) — Confirmed Solicitor of Labor
Justice Jackson
Associate Justice
Justice Kagan
Associate Justice
Justice Sotomayor
Associate Justice
Ken Cuccinelli
Former Acting DHS Deputy Secretary — Chapter 5 Author (Department of Homeland Security)
Kevin Hassett
National Economic Council Director
Kiron K. Skinner
Chapter 6 Author (Department of State) — Former State Department Director of Policy Planning
Lee Zeldin
EPA Administrator — Implementing Chapter 13 (Environmental Protection Agency)
Leonard Leo
Conservative judicial activist and dark money network leader
Lindsay James
New York Attorney General
Lindsey Burke
Education Dept. Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy — Chapter 11 Author (Dept. of Education)
Lucy McBath
Member of Congress
Mandy Gunasekara
Heritage Foundation EPA Fellow — Chapter 13 Author (Environmental Protection Agency)
Marc Andreessen
Tech investor who called Yarvin a good friend
Max Primorac
Chapter 9 Author (USAID) — Former Acting USAID Chief Operating Officer
Michael Anton
State Department Director of Policy Planning who discussed Yarvin ideas
Mike Braun
Indiana Governor (Republican)
Mike Gonzalez
Chapter 8 Co-Author (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) — Heritage Foundation Senior Fellow
Monae Johnson
House Speaker
Mora Namdar
Chapter 8 Author (U.S. Agency for Global Media) — Former USAGM Legal Official
Partnership for Public Service
Nonpartisan Transition Organization
Peter Navarro
Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing — Chapter 26 Co-Author (Trade)
Peter Thiel
Billionaire investor who funded both Yarvin and Vance campaigns
Peter Welch
U.S. Representative - VT
Ratcliffe
CIA Director
Rick Dearborn
Chapter 1 Author (White House Office) — Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff
Robert Aderholt
U.S. Representative - AL District 4
Roger Severino
Heritage Foundation VP of Domestic Policy — Chapter 14 Author (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Russ Vought
OMB Director and Project 2025 Author
Spencer Chretien
Project 2025 Associate Director
Spencer Deery
Indiana State Senator (Republican)
Stephen Miller
Immigration Policy Advisor
Steve Bannon
Former Trump Advisor
Susie Wiles
White House Chief of Staff
Thomas Gilman
Chapter 22 Author (Department of Commerce) — Former Commerce CFO and Assistant Secretary
Tyler Bowyer
Chief Operating Officer of Turning Point USA Action
Vice President JD Vance
Has cited Yarvin as influence, funded by Thiel
William Beach
Former Trump-appointed BLS Commissioner
William Perry Pendley
Chapter 16 Author (Department of the Interior) — Former Acting BLM Director