Brian Harrison (government official)


Brian Harrison is an American government official, currently serving as Chief of Staff of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

Education

Harrison studied economics at Texas A&M University.

Career

From 2005–2009, Harrison held positions at HHS, in the Social Security Administration, at the United States Department of Defense, and at the Office of the Vice President of the United States during the Presidency of George W. Bush.
After leaving government service in 2009, he was director of healthcare practice at the DCI Group, a public affairs consulting group. In 2011, he was a delegate at the annual American-German Young Leaders Conference organized by the American Council on Germany. Harrison then worked at his father's home-building business, Harrison Homes. From 2012 to 2018 he owned and operated a Dallas, Texas, dog-breeding business called Dallas Labradoodles.
During the Presidency of Donald Trump, Harrison was appointed deputy chief of staff in the Department of Health and Human Services and promoted to chief of staff when his predecessor departed in June 2019. Harrison coordinated HHS' early response to the COVID-19 pandemic before those responsibilities were transferred to Robert Kadlec in February 2020.

Personal life

Harrison was married to Tara Napier in 2011. She worked at the White House during the Bush administration in 2007 and at the Office of the Secretary of Defense from 2005 to 2011 before being hired by BP as communications manager in December 2011. She became head of corporate affairs in 2019. The Harrisons have four children.