John Gibbs, Acting Assistant Secretary for HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development, Nominated to Head Office of Personnel Management

President Donald Trump announced on July 20 his intent to nominate John Gibbs, acting assistant secretary of HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD), to be director of the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM). OPM serves as the human resources agency and personnel policy manager for the federal government.  

Prior to his brief tenure at HUD, Mr. Gibbs led teams in Japan to train nonprofits how to use technology for churches to reach people experiencing homelessness. Before that, Mr. Gibbs was a software engineer at Symantec, Palm, and Apple, helping to develop technology products. 

The White House announcement is at: https://bit.ly/3jyd2ma