Taylor Budowich

Taylor Anthony Budowich (born November 3, 1989) is an American political consultant who served as the White House deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel and the White House cabinet secretary from January to September 2025. Budowich attended the American University in Cairo, but evacuated during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. He interned for California representative Doris Matsui and Sacramento mayor Heather Fargo, and later joined Tea Party Express, an organization established to support the Tea Party movement. Budowich had become the organization's spokesperson by the following year, its communication director the year after that, and its executive director by 2014. He led the organization's national bus tours and organized rallies in support of amenable senators and representatives. In September 2017, Budowich began working for Watchdog PAC, a political action committee for Richard Corcoran, the speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. He later worked for Ron DeSantis's campaign in the 2018 Florida gubernatorial election and served as DeSantis's deputy policy director for education. Budowich served as a spokesperson for Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign. After Trump's loss in that year's presidential election, he began advising political campaigns. In 2022, Budowich began working as a spokesperson for Save America, a political action committee in support of Trump, and was named as the executive director of MAGA Inc., a political action committee with the same goal. In August 2024, he was hired by Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. In November, Trump named Budowich as his deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel. In September 2025, he resigned to work for the private sector.