[ 0 => '{{Infobox person', 1 => '| name = Michael Rigas', 2 => '| education = {{unbulleted list|[[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] (M.A.)|[[Boston University]] (M.A.)}}', 3 => '| occupation = Chief of Staff at the Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services', 4 => '}}', 5 => ''''Michael Rigas''' is Chief of Staff at the Massachusetts Department of Veterans’ Services. In June 2017, the [[White House]] announced that it would nominate Michael Rigas to serve as deputy director of the [[United States Office of Personnel Management|Office of Personnel Management]].', 6 => '==Education==', 7 => 'Rigas holds an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] in public administration from [[Harvard University]]’s [[John F. Kennedy School of Government]] and a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] and M.A. in economics from [[Boston University]].<ref name="White House">{{cite web|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/06/22/president-donald-j-trump-announces-intent-nominate-personnel-key|date=22 June 2017|publisher=The White House|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref>', 8 => false, 9 => '==Career==', 10 => 'At the beginning of his career, Rigas worked for more than a decade in the private sector, e.g. at [[Mellon Financial]] and [[Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.]]<ref name="White House" />', 11 => false, 12 => 'During the [[George W. Bush]] administration, Rigas was associate administrator in the [[General Services Administration]] (GSA). He was responsible to increase [[Federal government of the United States|Federal Government]] contracting with woman-owned, veteran-owned, and [[Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business]]es. At GSA, he managed to improve the administration’s scorecard from "red" to "green".<ref name="White House" />', 13 => false, 14 => 'Rigas worked for the [[Massachusetts Republican Party]]<ref name="Leadership">{{cite web|title=Trump Team Starts to Fill Out OPM Leadership, With Pick for No. 2 Job|url=http://www.govexec.com/management/2017/06/trump-team-starts-fill-out-opm-leadership-pick-no-2-job/138937/|date=23 June 2017|publisher=Government Executive|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref> and at [[the Heritage Foundation]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] to advance free-market and limited government public policy solutions. Rigas then became the Chief of Staff at the Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services.<ref name="White House" />', 15 => false, 16 => 'In June 2017, the White House announced that it would nominate Michael Rigas to serve as deputy director of the Office of Personnel Management.<ref name="Leadership" />', 17 => false, 18 => '==Public appearances==', 19 => '* Guest on RVC with Morris Morris<ref>{{YouTube|id=14mqljwICOs|title="RVC 245: Michael Rigas"}}</ref>', 20 => false, 21 => '* Adam vs "conservative" Heritage Foundation on their big-gov't foreign policy/[[Ron Paul]] 2012<ref>{{YouTube|id=bNOxnoyzBRQ|title="Adam vs "conservative" Heritage Foundation on their big-gov't foreign policy/Ron Paul 2012"}}</ref>', 22 => false, 23 => '==References==', 24 => '{{reflist}}', 25 => false, 26 => '{{DEFAULTSORT:Rigas, Michael}}', 27 => '[[Category:Living people]]', 28 => '[[Category:United States Office of Personnel Management]] ', 29 => '[[Category:Massachusetts Republicans]]', 30 => '[[Category:The Heritage Foundation]]', 31 => '[[Category:Administrators of the General Services Administration]]', 32 => '[[Category:John F. Kennedy School of Government alumni]]', 33 => '[[Category:Boston University alumni]]' ]