A day after we posted a story about congressional leaders urging President Donald Trump to nominate a new commissioner of Social Security “without day,” Trump acted and nominated Andrew Saul to be the new commissioner of Social Security.
Saul, of New York, is currently a partner with Saul Partners, L.P., which is identified as an investment firm.
Trump nominated Saul not only for the remainder of the current six-year term, which expires in January, but for an additional six-year term through January of 2025.
Besides Saul’s business background, he does have some public policy experience and has been appointed to two different government boards by former President George W. Bush and former New York Gov. George Pataki.
He was nominated and confirmed by the Senate to chair the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board in 2002. This board manages savings plans for federal government agencies and soldiers in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. He served on this board for 10 years. During much of the same period, Saul also served on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York. Saul, who is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, currently serves as a county commissioner for Westchester County in New York.
In addition to nominating Saul for commissioner, Trump also nominated North Dakota resident David Black for the position of deputy commissioner for Social Security. Black, a veteran of both the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as a member of the U.S. Army Reserves, is no stranger to Social Security. He served as the agency’s general counsel from 2007 to 2015. As general counsel, he was in charge of advising the commissioner on legal matters and was responsible for providing all legal advice to the commissioner and deputy commissioner. To learn more about the Trump appointees click here.
