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Daniel Scavino
| Daniel Scavino Jr. | |||
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| Organization: | Donald Trump presidential staff | ||
| Role: | Director of social media | ||
| Location: | Washington, D.C. | ||
| Education: | Plattsburgh State University | ||
| Website: | Official website | ||
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Daniel Scavino Jr. is a Republican social media consultant. On November 13, 2024, Donald Trump (R) announced Scavino would work as assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff in Trump's second presidential term.[1]
He was a director of social media for Donald Trump's first presidential term.[2] The founder and director of Scavino and Associates, a social media management company, Scavino was also the director of social media for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.[3]
Private sector career
Early career
While still a student at Plattsburgh State University, Scavino caddied at the Briar Hall Country Club in Westchester, New York, a position that put him in contact with Donald Trump as well as the president of Coca-Cola. In 1998, when Scavino graduated, he took a job as a regional manager with Coca-Cola, a position he held for five years. Then, in 2003, Trump bought Briar Hall and made it into Trump National Golf Club; Scavino became the assistant clubhouse manager.[5]
Trump Organization
From 2003 to 2013, Scavino worked in the Trump Organization's golf division in a number of capacities. He moved to the position of general manager at Trump National in 2006 and then to executive vice president, a position reporting directly to Trump, in 2007.[6] In 2009, Scavino was named one of the 20 "most admired" club operators by Golf Inc. Magazine.[7]
In a 2009 interview with Hudson Valley Magazine, Scavino detailed his business relationship with Trump, noting that he spent time traveling around the country developing golf courses for the Trump Organization. Of Trump's personality, Scavino told the magazine, "If something pisses him off, he’s going to let you know it. ... If you do something great, he’ll let you know. Positive reinforcement. If you do something the wrong way, he certainly has his own ways of letting you know that, too. It’s part of the territory, but he’s been great to me all these years."[8]
Joe Torre Foundation
Scavino left the Trump golf division in 2013 to become the director of development at the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation.[9] The foundation focuses on domestic violence and aims at "educating to end the cycle of domestic violence and save lives."[10]
Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016
In February 2016, Scavino was appointed as the director of social media for Trump's campaign.[11] Scavino had been working with Trump's campaign as a senior advisor since June 2015.[3] According to the Poughkeepsie Journal, Scavino had been "working directly with the Republican presidential hopeful while managing his social media efforts."[12]
Much of Scavino's work for the campaign involved using Twitter for posting images and videos covering Trump's campaign rallies and for attacking other candidates, including rapid response posts during the debates. He was also in charge of sourcing many of Trump's images and videos to be tweeted out and commented upon by the candidate.
White House director of social media (2017)
- See also: Donald Trump White House staff
On December 22, 2016, Scavino was appointed to be the director of social media for Trump's White House staff. Scavino was hired to manage the official @POTUS account, and he maintains a personal account as well.[2] In a June 2017 article, Politico detailed some of Scavino's responsibilities, reporting, "Scavino ... is omnipresent in the West Wing, constantly recording content for online videos. He has said that he often taps out tweets for the president’s account as Trump dictates them, and he has a knack for mimicking his boss on Twitter."[13]
See also
- Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016
- Donald Trump presidential campaign key staff and advisors, 2016
- Donald Trump White House staff
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ X, "Trump War Room on November 13, 2024," accessed November 13, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Poughkeepsie Journal, "Trump names Dan Scavino White House social media director," December 22, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn, "Dan Scavino," accessed March 5, 2016
- ↑ Eric Trump Foundation, "Dan Scavino," accessed March 5, 2016
- ↑ Cardinal Points Online, "PSUC Alum assists the Trump campaign," February 26, 2016
- ↑ Mass Media Distribution Newswire, "Donald J. Trump names Dan Scavino Executive Vice President of Trump National Golf Club," accessed March 5, 2016
- ↑ Golf Inc. Magazine, "Most Admired Operators 2009," May 31, 2009
- ↑ Hudson Valley Magazine, "Playing the Trump Card," May 2009
- ↑ CohnReznick, "CohnReznick Foundation Donates $150,000 to Benefiting Charities at 23rd Annual Golf Invitational," August 7, 2014
- ↑ Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation, "About," accessed March 5, 2016
- ↑ Daily Mail, "Longtime Trump advisor Scavino appointed his social media director," February 11, 2016
- ↑ Poughkeepsie Journal, "Trump campaign hires Hopewell's Scavino for social media," February 12, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Dan Scavino is the other @realdonaldtrump," June 10, 2017
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