Archive profile summary
Former federal personnel official hired by Heritage in 2022 to direct Project 2025, where he coordinated the project's policy, personnel, training and transition-planning architecture.
Why this entry is in the archive
Shows the personnel expertise embedded in transition planning.
Government background
Dans brought federal personnel experience from the first Trump administration, including work at the Office of Personnel Management.
Project 2025 leadership
Heritage hired Dans in 2022 to direct the 2025 Presidential Transition Project.
The role placed him at the center of a project deliberately combining a policy blueprint, personnel recruitment, training and agency implementation planning.
Why it matters
Dans illustrates that Project 2025 was not simply a book of policy recommendations. Its leadership included people with practical federal personnel and transition experience.
Evidence limits
Directing Project 2025 does not mean Dans personally authored every policy recommendation or selected every later administration appointee.
Timeline
- Project 2025 launches
Heritage launches the 2025 Presidential Transition Project to combine policy recommendations with vetted and trained personnel.
Relationship records
Paul Dans → Project 2025
Director at launch · 2022
Evidence status: documented