Jon Cordova

Jon Cordova serves as the principal deputy assistant secretary for administration at HHS. A KFile review of Cordova's social media accounts found that he pushed stories filled with baseless claims and conspiracy theories, including stories that claimed Gold Star father Khizr Khan is a "Muslim Brotherhood agent" and made baseless claims about Sen. Ted Cruz's personal life. He has been placed on administrative leave after a CNN KFile inquiry while the agency investigates social media postings in which he pushed unfounded smears on social media. Cordova joined HHS in February of 2017, initially as part of the Office of the White House Liaison. In his current role, Cordova oversees day-to-day operations for the Office of Human Relations, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of Security and Strategic Information, Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance and Operations Office and the Program Support Center, according to his biography posted on the HHS website. Prior to joining HHS, Cordova served as a Trump delegate from California to the Republican National Convention and worked in communications for Donald Trump's campaign in California. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Cordova routinely promoted stories on social media that pushed fringe claims about Trump's opponents that have no basis in fact. Prior to joining HHS, Cordova spent nearly 4 decades gaining diverse private sector experience, primarily in emerging technologies and organizational transformation. He was part of two of largest American organizational transformations in the divestiture of the Bell System and the IPO of Lucent Technologies – Bell Laboratories Innovation. Cordova is a native Californian and has Bachelor of Science in Business Economics from University of California at Los Angeles, and has done advanced studies at University of Michigan. He is married to Janet, who is also technology professional, and has three adult children.