RFK Jr. ally Calley Means formally joins Trump administration

Source: The Hill

11/19/25 1:26 PM ET


Calley Means, a top adviser to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has formally joined the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). A staff directory for the department lists Means as a senior adviser in the Office of the Secretary.

An HHS spokesperson confirmed to The Hill that the wellness entrepreneur is joining the department as a senior adviser supporting food and nutrition policy working directly with Kennedy. Means previously served as a special government employee, a temporary position limited to a 130-day term. He left that position last month.

Means is one of the most vocal proponents of Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) agenda. He was a key author of the first iteration of the Trump administration’s MAHA report that focused on chronic illness in children and raised alarms about the ubiquity of pesticides.

The adviser is also poised to elevate the Trump administration’s most popular parts of the MAHA agenda, as it revamps U.S. dietary guidelines and the Food and Drug Administration’s standards for food ingredients.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5613136-calley-means-hhs-adviser-rfk-jr-maha/