James Byron, president and CEO of the Richard Nixon Basis, has been chosen to assist oversee the Nationwide Archives and Information Administration.
President Donald Trump on Sunday, Feb. 16, took to social media to announce Byron, 31, will function a senior advisor to performing archivist Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the Nationwide Archives. The federal government company is tasked with preserving essential data and paperwork.
“Jim will manage the National Archives on a day-to-day basis, while we continue our search for a full-time Archivist,” Trump mentioned in a publish on his Fact Social account. “Jim has worked with the National Archives for many years, and understands the great responsibility and duty we have to preserve the History of our Great Country.”
Byron, of Costa Mesa, will take a depart of absence from the Nixon Basis whereas serving within the Nationwide Archives and Information Administration. Whereas gone, Joe Lopez, the muse’s vice chairman of promoting and communications, will function performing president and CEO.
The Chapman graduate took the highest publish on the basis in 2021. As president, his objective has been to create an immersive and academic expertise for guests across the globe who come to Yorba Linda to go to the presidential library, based on his biography on the muse’s web site.
By way of particular reveals — together with former President George. W. Bush’s “Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors,” which visited the library in 2024 — Byron has mentioned he hopes to boost the muse’s and library’s nationwide affect and on-line presence.
Byron additionally oversaw the American Civics marketing campaign, a $40 million effort launched in 2023 that helps educate center and highschool college students on American civics and historical past.
“The Nixon Foundation is pleased that President Trump has appointed Jim Byron to this important role at the National Archives. The Board congratulates Jim and looks forward to welcoming him back to Yorba Linda when his work is finished. We wish him great success,” mentioned Robert O’Brien, chair of the Nixon Basis.
“Jim Byron’s fingertips on maintaining and curating America’s history are found all over Orange County,” mentioned Will O’Neill, former Newport Seashore mayor and lately elected chair of the Orange County Republican Get together. “Our county’s loss is truly our nation’s gain. I commend President Trump on his election and wish Jim the absolute best as senior advisor to our nation’s acting archivist.”
Just lately, performing archivist William J. Bosanko and different senior workers members reportedly resigned from the Nationwide Archives, the most recent shakeup since Trump took workplace once more.
Byron, based on his bio, is a local of Santa Monica who grew up in Orange County.
Byron is only one of a number of folks from Southern California who’s serving within the new Trump administration.
Initially Printed: February 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM PST
