There goes another one

Reed S. Cordish is leaving his post as assistant to the president in the Office of American Innovation, where he is being replaced by Brooke L. Rollins, the White House said this week.

Rollins is a former aide to Energy Secretary Rick Perry, from his time as Texas governor. She joins the White House from the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank that advocates for criminal justice reform and free enterprise.

Cordish, 43, a close friend of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, played a central role in shaping the administration’s infrastructure plan with the aim of passing it this spring.

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“We did consensus-building and crafted legislative principles on initiatives like workforce and infrastructure, which are being transmitted to Congress this month,” he said.

  WaPo

Why quit when you're finally close to some results?

He said in an interview that he never planned to remain with the administration more than a year and that his role forging infrastructure and workforce policy was complete. He plans to return to his family’s Maryland real estate company.

Sounds kind of convenient.

Cordish served on President Trump’s transition committee and although he had no government experience oversaw a wide breadth of White House projects involving subjects such as science, technology, engineering and math education and issues within the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Ah, the transition committee.

Cordish also served as a conduit to private sector leaders and helped shaped memorandums signed by Trump aimed at emphasizing computer science education and expanding apprenticeships. He said during his time in the White House he spoke with more than 300 chief executives from companies of all sizes about their difficulty finding necessary workers in a tight labor market.

What? I thought the story was: we need jobs brought back to the states for all our unemployed people.

“When we first came into office we did not come in with the idea that workforce was going to be a high priority of the administration,” he said.

Really? What about "Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!" ?

What they kept saying is it’s great you’re going to do tax reform, but we can’t find workers with the skills that match available jobs.”

Okay, what about Miss Rollins? How is she going to handle the office of American Innovation? At least she has some experience in government.

“Reed and I have been working closely with Brooke Rollins in her role as president and CEO of Texas Public Policy Foundation on Prison Reform, and she is well prepared to continue executing on our key initiatives,” Kushner said.

"Executing" is an interesting choice of words for someone holding a position in Texas for prison reform.  I'm getting the feeling that the Office of American Innovation is a squishy title for privatization.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.