Calley Means

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Calley Means
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Born (1985-09-28) September 28, 1985 (age 40)
Education
Occupations
  • Health activist
  • lobbyist
  • author
Employer Federal government of the United States (2024–2025)
Relatives Casey Means (sister)

Calley Means (born September 28, 1985) is an American conspiracy theorist [1] [2] [3] , lobbyist [4] and entrepreneur who served as a special government employee (SGE) for the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2025. [5] [6] [7]

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Early life and education

Calley and his younger sister Casey Means were raised in Washington, D.C. He attended Stanford University, where he studied political science and economics, and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University. [7]

Career

Means served as a White House intern during the second term of George W. Bush. He also interned for the Heritage Foundation before working as a consultant. He describes his experiences as a consultant on behalf of the food and pharmaceutical industries as his inspiration to fight against conflicts of interest within health regulatory bodies. [7] While Means has described himself as a lobbyist, he has never registered as a lobbyist in the USA. [8]

In 2022, Means founded Truemed, which enables tax-advantaged medical spending (i.e., flexible spending accounts (FSAs), health savings accounts (HSAs)) on health and wellness products and provides letters of medical necessity to qualify for eligible items. [9]

Means leads the lobbying organization End Chronic Disease, a coalition of executives from top wellness companies which was founded in 2024. End Chronic Disease advocates for policies to allow pre-tax medical spending funds to pay for health and wellness products. [4]

Means and his sister Casey Means co-authored the 2024 book Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health. [10] The book helped them get a spot on The Tucker Carlson Show , as well as podcasts such as The Joe Rogan Experience , The Rubin Report , and The Doctor’s Farmacy with Mark Hyman . Means and Casey also participated in a live-stream from Washington, D.C. hosted by Senator Ron Johnson: American Health and Nutrition: A Second Opinion. [11]

Means caught the attention of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after appearing on a February 2024 episode of The Tucker Carlson Show . [12] Both Means siblings advised Kennedy on healthcare policy during his presidential bid, eventually becoming surrogates for Kennedy's Make America Healthy Again platform within the Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign. [7] [13] Means is credited with facilitating the Trump-Kennedy partnership, having arranged a call between the two candidates in July 2024 after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania. [14] He served as an advisor to Health Secretary Kennedy during part of 2025. [15] Media reports have alleged that Truemed's business model may not comply with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulation and that Means may have a conflict of interest in his role in the Department of Health and Human Services. Means has denied both assertions. [9] [16] [17] [18]

Personal life

In 2017, Means married Leslie Voorhees. [19] The couple moved from San Francisco to Tempe, Arizona in 2022. [20] That same year, his mother died of pancreatic cancer. [21]

Means identifies as politically conservative. According to The Wall Street Journal , he initially described himself as a "Never Trumper" before deciding that the policy goals of Kennedy and Trump aligned. [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Armour, Stephanie (October 16, 2025). "It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Chemtrail? New Conspiracy Theory Takes Wing at Kennedy's HHS". KFF Health News. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  2. ↑ Tom, Kip (May 29, 2025). "The Misguided Anti-Pesticide Crusade of Casey and Calley Means". RealClearScience. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Surgeon General nominee is a prescription for 'pseudoscience'". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Oprysko, Caitlin; Fuchs, Hailey (June 27, 2024). "Wellness execs pitch their industry to address chronic disease". POLITICO. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  5. ↑ https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/10/the-means-siblings-darlings-of-maha-both-out-of-the-trump-admin-for-now/
  6. ↑ "Calley Means joins White House as a special government employee, will assist with MAHA policies".
  7. 1 2 3 4 Cueto, Isabella. "With boost from RFK Jr. and Tucker Carlson, two chronic disease entrepreneurs vault into Trump's orbit". STAT. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  8. ↑ Eban, Katherine (May 30, 2025). "The Dizzying Rise of MAHA Warrior Calley Means, RFK Jr.'s Right-Hand Man". Vanity Fair. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  9. 1 2 Lieber, Ron; Mueller, Benjamin (July 18, 2025). "A Kennedy Aide's Start-Up Can Get You a Tax Break on a $9,000 Sauna". The New York Times. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  10. ↑ Stone, Will. "In 'Good Energy,' a doctor lays out how to measure and boost your metabolic health". NPR. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  11. ↑ Jarry, Jonathan. "Kennedy's Coalition of Quacks Wants to Feed America a Diet of Lies". McGill Office of Science and Society. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  12. 1 2 Peterson, Kristina; Whyte, Liz Essley. "The Siblings Behind RFK Jr.'s 'Make America Healthy Again' Campaign". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  13. ↑ Sullivan, Peter; Knight, Victoria (October 31, 2024). "Calley Means on the MAHA movement". Axios. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  14. ↑ O'Brien, Rebecca Davis; Swan, Jonathan; Haberman, Maggie (September 2, 2024). "How Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Unlikely Partnership Took Shape". The New York Times. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  15. ↑ Mueller, Benjamin (October 30, 2025). "R.F.K. Jr. Adviser Calley Means Has Left the White House". The New York Times.
  16. ↑ "Takeaways from AP's report on financial interests of RFK Jr. adviser who runs wellness platform". Associated Press. June 10, 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Why the IRS doesn't believe your doctor's note for tax-free health items". Washington Post. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Wellness CEO files ethics complaint against top RFK Jr. adviser". Politico. May 12, 2025. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Leslie Voorhees Calley Means". The New York Times. January 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
  20. ↑ Vanek, Corina. "Destination Arizona". Phoenix Business Journal. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
  21. ↑ "About". Truemed. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
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