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Olivia Troye
Born (1976-11-19) November 19, 1976 (age 49)
Reno, Nevada, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA)
National Defense University (MA)
Naval Postgraduate School (GrDip)
Political partyRepublican (before 2026)
Democratic (2026–present)

Olivia Troye (born November 19, 1976) is an American national security official who worked on national security and homeland security issues at the Department of Defense, National Counterterrorism Center, the United States Department of Energy Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, and the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis.

She went on to work in the Office of the Vice President of the United States as the Homeland Security and Counterterrorism advisor to Vice President Mike Pence and also served on the White House Coronavirus Task Force as Pence's lead staffer on the Task Force. She resigned from the White House in August 2020.

She is a Democratic candidate for the 2026 United States House of Representatives election in Virginia's 7th congressional district.[1]

Early life and education

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Born in Reno, Nevada and raised on the U.S. Mexican border in El Paso, Texas, Troye is Mexican American and is fluent in Spanish.[2][3]

She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, the National Defense University College of International Affairs, and the Naval Postgraduate School.[4]

Career

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After graduating from college, Troye worked for the Republican National Committee. She began a career in national security after the September 11 attacks. She served in the Pentagon as a George W. Bush administration appointee, later becoming a career intelligence officer where she went on to serve in various posts for cabinet level intelligence community officials including at the Director of National Intelligence's National Counterterrorism Center. Troye was an intelligence official in the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis serving as chief of strategy, policy, and plans and has talked about her experiences navigating the first Trump administration as a senior career intelligence official on the travel ban, immigration executive orders, and natural disaster responses.

Troye worked in the Office of the Vice President of the United States as the homeland security and counterterrorism advisor to Vice President Pence and served as an aide to the White House Coronavirus Task Force.[5][6][7] Her portfolio covered natural disasters, mass shootings, domestic terrorism and global terrorism issues. Troye also worked on Latin America and Africa foreign policy issues as well.

While Troye claims she resigned, Mike Pence's national security adviser, Keith Kellogg, claims he fired her and "escorted her off the compound". He has also more generally accused her of lying about her time in the Trump-Pence administration. Troye has denied these allegations.[8]

After leaving the White House, Troye became an outspoken critic against the Trump administration's response on the COVID-19 pandemic, immigration policies, and the danger he posed to government institutions and foreign relations.

In the wake of the collapse of the Afghan government and the fall of Kabul in August 2021, Troye called attention to deliberate obstruction of the visa process during the Trump administration, especially by Stephen Miller, for Afghans who were partners with U.S. efforts in Afghanistan.[9]

In August 2020, Troye briefly joined the National Insurance Crime Bureau as vice president of strategy, policy, and plans and departed in order to speak out against Trump.[10] Troye served as advisor to Defending Democracy Together, an anti-Donald Trump political group known for the "Republicans for the Rule of Law" initiative.[11]

In 2024, she appeared with Vice President Kamala Harris at an event in support of abortion rights and spoke at the Democratic National Convention.[12][13]

Troye served on the board of directors of Voters of Tomorrow, an advocacy organization that promotes political engagement among Generation Z.[14][15]

Personal life

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According to CNN, in 2020, Troye was a lifelong Republican.[16] She described herself as a "John McCain Republican" in a video released by Republican Voters Against Trump.[17]

In 2020, Troye, along with over 130 other former Republican national security officials, signed a statement that asserted that President Trump was unfit to serve another term, and "To that end, we are firmly convinced that it is in the best interest of our nation that Vice President Joe Biden be elected as the next President of the United States, and we will vote for him."[18]

Since 2020, Troye has remained an outspoken critic of Donald Trump and extremism in the Republican Party. She appeared as a surrogate[19] on the Harris Presidential Campaign, and spoke at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.[20] She has resided in the Northern Virginia area for over 20 years. She is the daughter of a Mexican immigrant who became a U.S. Citizen[21] and the daughter of a life long truck driver.[22]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sullivan, Justin (April 14, 2026). "Former Pence adviser Olivia Troye launches run for Congress as a Democrat". NBC News. Retrieved April 14, 2026.
  2. ^ "Olivia Troye – Biography". APB Speakers. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  3. ^ "Tweet".
  4. ^ "Olivia Troye Joins The National Insurance Crime Bureau As Vice President Of Strategy, Policy, & Plans". WFMZ.com. August 31, 2020. Archived from the original on January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  5. ^ Glasser, Susan B. (September 17, 2020). ""It Was All About the Election": The Ex-White House Aide Olivia Troye on Trump's Narcissistic Mishandling of COVID-19". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on September 18, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  6. ^ Karni, Annie; Haberman, Maggie (October 3, 2020). "A White House Long in Denial Confronts Reality". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 4, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  7. ^ Dawsey, Josh (September 17, 2020). "Former Pence aide says she will vote for Biden because of Trump's 'flat-out disregard for human life' during pandemic". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on October 3, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  8. ^ Hawkins, Erik (September 22, 2020). "Olivia Troye: Former Pence Aide Says General Keith Kellogg Is Lying About Firing Her". Heavy. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
  9. ^ "Former Pence aide says Trump and Stephen Miller fought against taking Afghan refugees with 'racist hysteria'". Independent. August 20, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021. Mr Miller – a senior aide and speechwriter for Donald Trump – would undermine anyone who was trying to resolve the Special Immigrants Visa issue...Mr Trump and Mr Miller had "watchdogs in place" at the Department of Justice, Homeland Security, State and security agencies to make the process even more difficult.
  10. ^ "Olivia Troye Joins The National Insurance Crime Bureau As Vice President Of Strategy, Policy, & Plans". AP NEWS. August 31, 2020. Archived from the original on January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  11. ^ Niedzwiadek, Nick (January 12, 2021). "Anti-Trump group pledges $50 million effort to defend Republican impeachment supporters". POLITICO. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2021.
  12. ^ House, The White (July 18, 2024). "Remarks by Vice President Harris in a Moderated Conversation with Amanda Stratton and Olivia Troye at a Political Event". The White House. Retrieved July 28, 2024.
  13. ^ Astor, Maggie. "D.N.C. Schedule Tonight: What Time Tim Walz and Bill Clinton Will Speak," NYT, August 21, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
  14. ^ Grumbach, Gary (February 9, 2023). "New PAC aims at increasing Generation Z's political clout". NBC News. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  15. ^ "About Us". Voters of Tomorrow. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  16. ^ Tapper, Jake; Herb, Jeremy (September 17, 2020). "Pence's former lead coronavirus task force aide slams Trump and endorses Biden in new video". CNN. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  17. ^ Glasser, Susan B. (September 17, 2020). "'It Was All About the Election': The Ex-White House Aide Olivia Troye on Trump's Narcissistic Mishandling of COVID-19". The New Yorker.
  18. ^ "Former Republican National Security Officials for Biden". Defending Democracy Together. August 20, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  19. ^ Gangitano, Alex (September 10, 2024). "Harris campaign to bring Scaramucci, Olivia Troye as surrogates to Trump debate". The Hill. Archived from the original on October 10, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  20. ^ Moore, Robert (August 20, 2024). "An El Pasoan's journey from the Trump White House to Democratic National Convention speaker". El Paso Matters. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  21. ^ "Why Olivia Troye, a Former Trump Administration Official, Is Voting for Kamala Harris". latina-to-latina.simplecast.com. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  22. ^ "Obituary for Richard Eugene TROYE, 1939–2001". Reno Gazette-Journal. December 8, 2001. p. 21. Retrieved February 15, 2026.

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