The Office of American Innovation (OAI) was an office within the

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created by the

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on March 27, 2017.

History

The purpose of the office was to "make recommendations to the President on policies and plans that improve Government operations and services, improve the quality of life for Americans now and in the future, and spur job creation." The Office was directed by President Trump’s son-in-law

Jared Kushner Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American businessman and investor. He served as a senior advisor to 45th U.S. president Donald Trump, his father-in-law. Since leaving the White House, Kushner founded Affinity Partners, a pri ...

, Senior Advisor to the President. The other members, according to the founding memorandum, are the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff ( John F. Kelly at its establishment and then

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and

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), the Senior Advisor to the President for Policy ( Stephen Miller), the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (

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), the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy (

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), the Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives (

Chris Liddell Christopher Pell Liddell (born 24 April 1958) is a New Zealand-American businessperson who served as Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft, the Vice Chairman of General Motors, Senior Vice President and CFO of International Paper, Director and ...

), the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental and Technology Initiatives (

Brooke Rollins Brooke Leslie Rollins (born April 10, 1972) is an American attorney who is the president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute. She previously served as the acting director of the United States Domestic Policy Council under President Don ...

), the Senior Counselor to the President for Economic Initiatives (was

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- position vacant March 2018), the Assistant to the President for Strategic Communications, the Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President (

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), and the Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary ( Derek Lyons) In July 2017, the Office's operational team consisted of Kushner, Liddell,

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(the predecessor to Brooke Rollins), and Matt Lira. Communications were run by Josh Raffel, a former

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executive, until February 2018, when Raffel announced his resignation from the position. In February 2018, Democracy Forward Foundation and

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have brought a complaint against the OAI to compel its compliance with the

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. Between April 2019 to November 2020, Ja'Ron Smith served as the office's Deputy Director.

References

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