TRUMP PEOPLE: “Longtime Donald Trump aide and White House Director of Scheduling and Advance George Gigicos is departing the White House.
The decision for Gigicos to move on has been in the works for more than a month and is not a part of recent staff shake-ups, multiple sources told CNN.
Gigicos said he will remain in Washington and return to his consulting business, where he will do work for the Trump 2020 campaign. Gigicos’ transition back to the campaign side will allow him to spend more time with his family while still working on all of the political events, he said. He will continue to assist the President as needed with official events from the outside…
The 50-year-old self-described ‘advance man’ who worked for the Bush White House and Mitt Romney campaign was part of Trump’s early team, joining in June 2015. He’s been one of few original staffers to remain with Trump for more than two years. During the 2016 campaign, Gigicos led the campaign’s advance team in planning and executing all of Trump’s large events, while making it a point to remain out of the spotlight. Gigicos was known to joke to reporters on the trail that he ‘only builds stages.’ “
-Noah Gray, “Longtime Trump advance man leaves administration,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, Aug. 2, 2017 01:17pm