Top HUD official's departure follows disagreements over housing policy and Puerto Rico disaster fund

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Source: WaPo

A top Department of Housing and Urban Development official is leaving the agency Thursday following disagreements with other members of the Trump administration over housing policy and the White House’s attempt to block disaster-recovery money for Puerto Rico, according to five people with direct knowledge of the situation.

Deputy Secretary Pam Patenaude, second-in-command at the agency helmed by Ben Carson and widely regarded as HUD’s most capable political leader, is said to have grown frustrated by what a former HUD employee described as a “Sisyphean undertaking.”

Patenaude cited personal reasons when she submitted her resignation on Dec. 17.

“It’s a bittersweet farewell to HUD,” Patenaude said in an interview.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/top-hud-officials-departure-follows-disagreements-over-housing-policy-and-puerto-rico-disaster-funds/2019/01/16/e6ba5be4-1839-11e9-9ebf-c5fed1b7a081_story.html?utm_term=.a2a0100a928e

[FirstLight]

1. Another one they won't re-fill

another employee gone, just as planned...Coup-in-Progress

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. She was with the beachhead team, I think. Check ProPublica.

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There might have been two of them at HUD named Patenaude. I'm on a slow connection. I can't look into this now.

Google finds these and others:

Here Are the Financial Disclosures of Hundreds of Officials Trump Has ...
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/trump-disclosures
Jun 5, 2017 - Office of the Vice President, Pamela Hughes Patenaude, Deputy ..... to 24 federal agencies seeking the names of beachhead team members.

Here are More than 1,000 Officials Trump has Quietly Deployed ...
https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/beachhead
Mar 8, 2017 - ... about members of the Trump beachhead teams or their roles in the agencies, ...... General Services Administration, Pamela Dixon, Press Secretary, 6/12/2017 .... Health and Human Services, Caitlin Lisa Patenaude, Special ...

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3. K & R nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. The two Patenaudes:

Caitlin Lisa Patenaude

Health and Human Services (joined: July 9, 2017)

Special Assistant | Policy Advisor | $112,021 | Financial Disclosure »

Former Positions Outside Government

Belmont University College of Law Academic Research Assistant
J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America's Families VP of Policy/Director of Operations
J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America's Families Intern
J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America's Families Senior Policy Analyst
PricewaterhouseCoopers, PLC Legal Intern
TalentWave (3rd party hire for PWC) Tax Project Specialist

Former Compensation Sources

J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America's Families As VP of Policy/Dir of Operations, I monitor housing-related legislation and assess policy impacts. I develop the program for briefings, meetings and the 2017 Housing America's Families Forum. I also develop the Foundation budget, work on white papers and policy briefs, manage social media, work with the advisory board and executive committee and manage relationships with the housing industry. Previous positions were Senior Policy Analyst and intern.

Pamela Hughes Patenaude

Office of the Vice President

Deputy Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Scheduling | Financial Disclosure »

Former Positions Outside Government

Home Builders Institute Trustee, Vice Chair
J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America's Families President
National Housing Conference Board of Governors, Trustee
The Reinvestment Fund Advisory Board Member
Tysons Trace HOA Vice President

Former Compensation Sources

J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America's Families I am responsible for the day- to- day operations of the Foundation including but not limited to: financial management; strategic planning; research agenda; communications; liaison to the advisory board and executive committee;scheduling for the chairman; supervision of employees and consultants; and conference programming.