Project 2025 Personnel Audit: Reformed-Evangelical Stream Achieves Highest Chapter-Author-to-Role Placement Rate; Three Parallel Pipelines Confirmed

A per-position audit across 19 high-visibility Trump 2 administration placements confirms that the Project 2025 personnel pipeline operates through three parallel mechanisms, with the Reformed-evangelical / Center for Renewing America stream achieving the highest chapter-author-to-role placement density.

Chapter-author-to-placement confirmed (7 positions):

• Russell Vought (Ch. 2 — OMB) → OMB Director (confirmed 53-47, Feb. 6, 2025)
• Brendan Carr (Ch. 29 — FCC) → FCC Chair (Jan. 20, 2025)
• Gene Hamilton (Ch. 17 — DOJ) → Deputy White House Counsel (Jan.–Jun. 2025)
• Jonathan Berry (Ch. 18 — DOL) → Solicitor of Labor (confirmed Oct. 2025)
• Peter Navarro (Ch. 26 — Trade) → Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing (Jan. 2025)
• Lindsey Burke (Ch. 11 — Education) → Education Dept. Deputy Chief of Staff (Jun. 2025)
• Adam Candeub (Ch. 30 — FTC chapter) → FCC General Counsel (Feb. 2025)

Chapter-author mismatches (chapter policy implemented; author not placed):

• Roger Severino (Ch. 14 — HHS) → NOT placed in Trump 2; Heritage VP; HHS policy from Severino’s chapter implemented via RFK Jr. + EPPC language adoption
• Christopher Miller (Ch. 4 — DOD) → NOT placed in Trump 2; Hegseth placed instead with consistent stream theology
• Kiron Skinner (Ch. 6 — State) → NOT placed in Trump 2; returned to Heritage Senior Advisor role

Stream analysis:

• Reformed-evangelical/CRA stream: 3/4 direct matches (Vought/OMB, Hamilton/DOJ, Berry/DOL) — highest density; executive-power chapters matched to executive-power roles
• Catholic-integralist/EPPC stream: 2/4 direct matches (Carr/FCC, Candeub/FCC GC) — partial; regulatory-communications chapters matched; HHS chapter author not placed
• NAR/AFPI stream: 0 chapter-author matches (consistent with writing zero Mandate for Leadership chapters); 4 AFPI-pipeline placements in social-mission departments (Bondi/AG, Rollins/Agriculture, Collins/VA, Turner/HUD)

Three-pipeline architecture confirmed:

1. Heritage chapter-author pipeline (Reformed-evangelical and Catholic-integralist streams; executive-power and regulatory departments)
2. AFPI institutional pipeline (73 alumni self-reported; NAR/AFPI stream; social-mission departments)
3. CRA/personal-loyalty bridge pipeline (Patel/FBI, Ratcliffe/CIA; CRA fellow and loyalty-credential placements in IC and law enforcement)

The stream-to-domain pattern at the personnel-placement level is consistent with the chapter-authorship division-of-labor documented in project-2025-as-cn-wn-bridging-instrument — Reformed-evangelical stream dominates executive-power agencies; Catholic-integralist stream targets regulatory agencies; NAR/AFPI stream fills social-mission and coalition-cover departments — but operates through multiple parallel pipelines rather than a single coordinated mechanism.