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Katz entered the Secretary's office in 2025, long after the 2020–2021 PPP/EIDL/Coronavirus Relief Fund disbursements.
- Pandemic-program role: None direct. 2025-era political appointee (Secretary Bessent's Chief of Staff, Trump II); included for completeness of the Treasury org chart. Took office years after PPP/EIDL/CRF were stood up.
- Institution · office: Treasury · Office of the Secretary (Chief of Staff) · Type: political
- Tenure (relief-relevant): Chief of Staff to the Secretary in 2025 (Wikipedia, secondary), until his move to the IMF in October 2025 (IMF releases).
Identity and role
- Level / appointment: Non-career political appointee (Chief of Staff to the Secretary is a senior political/Schedule C-type staff role, not a Senate-confirmed PAS position).
- Reports to: Secretary of the Treasury (Scott Bessent).
- Core responsibility: Principal staff adviser to the Secretary; coordinated the Secretary's domestic and international policy agenda and day-to-day department operations.
- Pay: Not documented.
- Expectations / mandate: Run the Secretary's office; manage policy flow, personnel, and decision-making for the Secretary.
- Tenure norm: Serves at the pleasure of the Secretary/President.
Dan (Daniel Scott) Katz is an American lawyer and economic-policy official who served as Chief of Staff to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Biography / career arc
Not documented in first-party sources (his Treasury/IMF bios do not foreground a degree list).
Earlier Treasury service in international roles is cited to the IMF release of Sept. 18, 2025 .
Pandemic-relief / PPP-EIDL role
None documented. No first-party source ties him to administering, signing, or overseeing any pandemic-relief program.
Where they are now (2025–2026)
First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from October 2025 (IMF releases of Sept. 18 and Oct. 3, 2025, Wikipedia, secondary).
Sources held in this archive
Original source documents and archived captures
Sources (first-party)
- Treasury officials roster (original: home.treasury.gov · stored capture) (Treasury officials roster)
- Pr25328 Imf Announces Appointment Of Dan Katz As First Deputy Managing Def0069add4dfdc3 (original: imf.org) (IMF appointment, effective date)
- Pr25302 Imf Md Kristalina Georgieva Proposes The Appointment Of Daniel 7e3dd466195e796c (original: imf.org · stored capture) (proposal, prior Treasury roles)
- secondary — used only to locate primary leads on Toomey/Key Square background (original: en.wikipedia.org · stored capture) (secondary; used to locate primary sources)