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Not to be confused with William P. Winfree.
Paul Winfree
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Occupation(s)Director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and President of N58 Policy Research
Children2 sons

Paul Winfree serves as director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and is also the Richard F. Aster Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. He is also the founder and president of N58 Policy Research. He previously was Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic policy, Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council, and Director of Budget Policy at the White House during the first year of the Trump administration.

Education

Winfree is a graduate of George Mason University, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics (2001-2005).[1] Afterwards, he completed a Master’s program at the London School of Economics and Political Science, focusing on Economics and Economic History (2005-2006).[2] He was enrolled as a Ph.D. student at London School of Economics when he was drawn to applying economics to public policy. Nonetheless, he remained enrolled for several years at LSE, searching for an interesting topic which would allow him to combine his practical experience in Washington with a scientifically rewarding research design.[3]

Career

Paul Winfree

After graduating from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2006, Paul Winfree took a job at The Heritage Foundation, where he researched issues of economic mobility, a topic he is still very much interested in.[4]

Starting in October 2011, he served at the Senate Budget Committee for more than four years. In 2014, he served under the ranking Republican member of the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Jeff Sessions (Ala.). In this capacity, he contributed greatly to implementing deficit-neutral risk corridor legislation in the Affordable Care Act.[5]

He became the Director of Income Security at the United States Senate Committee on the Budget in September 2014.[6]

After which, Paul Winfree returned to The Heritage Foundation, serving as Director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, the Center for Data Analysis, as well as becoming the inaugural Richard A. Aster Fellow. His research there focused on health economics, public finance, microeconomic modeling, and the history of economic thought.[2]

In this capacity, he commented critically on the GOP’s attempts[7] to compromise with the Obama administration over the 2016 budget.[8] He was lead-authoring the 165-page "Blueprint for Balance" proposal, which later became an important idea-giver[9] for the Trump transition team, of which Winfree eventually became a part of.[3]

In the transition team, Winfree worked alongside Linda M. Springer, a member of the George W. Bush administration,[10] looking forward to achieve a more direct political impact.[3] In November 2016, he stated that President-elect Trump was highly interested in questions of domestic policy, especially considering the reform of the dozens of federal programs providing aid to low-income people.[11]

As part of the Trump administration, Winfree and former Representative OMB Director, Mick Mulvaney, were lead authors of the administration’s budget proposition,[12] calling for major budget cuts in domestic policy programs such as the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.[9]

At the White House, he served as the Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, the Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council, and the Director of Budget Policy.[13] As Chair of the Deputies Committee, Paul Winfree surveilled the execution of all domestic policy at the Deputy Secretary level within the administration and the interagency policy coordination process.[14] He was President Trump's top policy adviser on welfare reform.[15]

In this capacity, it was his job to develop the President’s Executive Order number 13781, with the objective of establishing "A Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch."[16]

Right before Christmas in December 2017, Paul Winfree left the White House and returned to Heritage, in a move which was anticipated by media and policy experts in Washington,[17] who saw him as well as several other early members of the Trump administration leave after one year in office.[18] Paul Winfree is the founder and president of N58 Policy Research,[19] providing analytical research and strategy for decision makers in matters of public policy.[14]

Publications

Winfree has published numerous articles in The Hill and his research was featured in publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Congressional Quarterly, Investor's Business Daily, and Morning Consult.[2]

Personal background

Winfree is from Williamsburg, Virginia, where he once was a "cultural interpreter" at the colonial town's historical district.[4] He is married and has two sons.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Paul Winfree". Alumni US. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Director, Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studie". The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Rising Stars 2017: Administration Staffers". Roll Call. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Paul Winfree Is Dangerous". Morning Consult. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Yes, Marco Rubio Led The Effort To End Obamacare's Health Insurance Slush Fund". Forbes. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Paul Winfree". LinkedIn. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Heritage complicates House GOP's plans to break budget impasse". Politico. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  8. ^ "Lawmakers Rush to Cram Pet Projects Into Spending Deal Ahead of New Deadline". The New York Times. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Six surprises on Trump's budget". Politico. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Bush OPM Directors Tapped For Trump's Management and Budget Transition Team". Government Executive. 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Donald Trump's Transition Team Relies on a Mix of GOP Traditionalists and Outsiders". The Wall Street Journal. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Popular Domestic Programs Face Ax Under First Trump Budget". The New York Times. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Annual Report to Congress on White House Office Personnel" (PDF). White House. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  14. ^ a b "Innovative. Experienced. Accurate". N58 Policy Research. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  15. ^ "White House aides already anxious about 2018". Politico. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  16. ^ "167 - Executive Order 13781—Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch". The American Presidency Project. 13 March 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  17. ^ a b "Exclusive: Policy official leaving White House". Axios. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  18. ^ "White House set to name new Domestic Policy Council deputy director: report". The Hill. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  19. ^ "Republicans Want Bigger Increase for Military Spending in Budget Talks". The Wall Street Journal. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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