Jon Harrison is the former chief of staff of the United States Secretary of the Navy from February to October 2025. [1] [2] [3]
He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Southampton. [4]
Before his federal appointment, Harrison was a board member of Albers Aerospace, an aviation and defense engineering firm. [4] [5]
He previously worked in the U.S. State Department and as the chairman of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. [4] [5]
Harrison is the chair of the District Board of Trustees of Palm Beach State College [4] and a board member of Florida Atlantic University. [5]
An appointee of President Donald Trump in January 2025, Harrison had worked to streamline the Navy’s policy and budgeting offices. [6] He was fired by US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in October of the same year. [3] [6]