Jonathan Davidson (lawyer)

Davidson is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Georgetown University Law Center.[1] He clerked for chief judge William K. Sessions III of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.[1]

Davidson served as chief of staff to U.S. senator Paul Sarbanes and U.S. representative John Sarbanes, and chief counsel to U.S. senator Mark Warner.[1] He also served as the Biden-Harris Transition’s economic nominations confirmation team lead after the 2020 United States presidential election.[1] Davidson worked as an adjunct professor at American University School of Public Affairs, periodically teaching a class on the legislative and political processes.[1] Davidson worked on Capitol Hill for more than two decades.[1] He served as U.S. senator Michael Bennet’s chief of staff from 2011 to 2020.[1][2] He played a role in the passage of the child tax credit portion of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.[2]

Davidson joined the United States Department of the Treasury as the counselor to secretary Janet Yellen.[3] In 2021, he was nominated by U.S. president Joe Biden to serve assistant secretary of the Treasury for legislative affairs, succeeding Brian T. McGuire.[1] He was confirmed by the U.S. senate in a 88–10 vote on November 2 and assumed office on the November 15.[4] He helped lead the Treasury's efforts to pass and implement the Inflation Reduction Act and worked on a range of national security issues, including the Biden administration’s efforts in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its push to diversify global supply chains.[3] He resigned from his Treasury Department positions in 2023.[5]

On July 20, 2023, Davidson was named as the incoming chief of staff of the United States Department of Homeland Security, following the elevation of Kristie Canegallo to acting deputy secretary.[6] He assumed the role in August 2023.[5]