Roger Severino

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Roger Severino
File:Roger Severino May 2024.jpg
Severino in 2024
Personal details
Born
Roger Thomas Severino

1974 or 1975 (age 49–50)
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
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(m. 2004)​
EducationUniversity of Southern California (BBA)
Carnegie Mellon University (MPP)
Harvard University (JD)

Roger Thomas Severino (born 1974/1975)[1] is an American attorney who served as the director of the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services from 2017 to 2021. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a contributor on health policy, including abortion, to Project 2025.[2]

Early life and education

Severino, the son of immigrants from Colombia, was raised in Los Angeles.[3][4] He received a bachelor's degree in business from University of Southern California, a Master of Public Administration from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.[5]

Career

From 2008 to 2015, Severino was a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Severino was also previously CEO and counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a nonprofit law firm taking on cases related to freedom of religion. In 2015, Severino joined The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank geared towards public policy. There, he served as the director of the DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation.[5] Severino has written several opinion columns for The Daily Signal. Severino has also written for Public Discourse: Ethics, Law, and the Common Good, a journal published by the Witherspoon Institute, a conservative think-tank.[6] In 2023, Severino contributed abortion policies to the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, a plan prepared for an incoming Republican president.[7]

Department of Health and Human Services

In July 2020, Trump nominated Severino for a three-year position on the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States.[8] Severino was commissioned in January 2021, in the final days of Trump's presidency, and in February, filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming the Biden administration offered him an ultimatum to resign or be terminated.[9][10]

Personal life

Since 2004 Severino has been married to Carrie Severino (née Campbell), an attorney and activist who leads the Judicial Crisis Network.[11][12][13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "With Barrett Nomination, a D.C. Conservative Power Couple Nears Its Dream (Published 2020)". 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
  2. ↑ "Department of Health and Human Services" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Civil Rights Chief At HHS Defends The Right To Refuse Care On Religious Grounds". NPR.org. March 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ Leonard, Kimberly (September 26, 2019). "'It should be treated just like every other civil right': Top Trump health official looks to enshrine religious liberty". Washington Examiner. Archived from the original on September 26, 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "OCR Leadership". U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Roger Severino". Public Discourse. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  7. ↑ Miranda Ollstein, Alice (January 29, 2024). "The anti-abortion plan ready for Trump on Day One". Politico.
  8. ↑ Seidman, Harry M. (July 24, 2020). "President Trump Appoints Three New Members to the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States". www.acus.gov. Administrative Conference of the United States.
  9. ↑ Choi, Matthew (February 3, 2021). "Trump appointee sues Biden over alleged ouster from advisory board". Politico.
  10. ↑ Holmes, Kristen; Subramaniam, Tara; Stark, Liz (February 6, 2021). "Biden administration works to clean house of Trump appointees". cnn.com.
  11. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named :1
  12. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Politico-Diamond
  13. ↑ Williamson, Elizabeth (October 15, 2020). "With Barrett Nomination, a D.C. Conservative Power Couple Nears Its Dream". The New York Times.
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