Jason Gray

Jason Gray is an American government official who served as acting administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from January 20 until February 3, 2025, and its chief information officer (CIO) since 2022. He was previously the CIO of the U.S. Department of Education from 2016 to 2022.

Education Gray earned a M.B.A. from Colorado Technical University. He also completed the Key Executive Leadership Certificate at American University. He worked at Lockheed Martin for more than a decade.

Gray later served as associate CIO at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). At DOT, he managed an information technology (IT) portfolio valued at $3.5 billion and provided leadership on IT policy, information governance, compliance, and departmental policy. In this role, he oversaw $844 million in annual IT investments and managed an annual Office of the CIO operating budget of $121 million. On January 27, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Pete Marocco demanded that Gray put on leave 57 employees. Gray complied, though Marocco's belief that these employees had violated Trump's Executive Order 14169 appeared to misunderstand USAID's payment system and lacked evidence. On January 30, 2025, Marocco, backed by Elon Musk, requested that Gray shut off email and cellphone access for USAID personnel worldwide, including in conflict zones. Gray refused, arguing that it could get employees killed, for example during the evacuations from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was replaced the next day by Marco Rubio.