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Trump Appoints Six Members, Including Lynne Benioff, to Presidio Trust Board
President Trump named six new members to the Presidio Trust Board of Directors on Thursday, including Lynne Benioff who previously served as chair. The move follows last month's dismissal of all prior presidential appointees and an executive order targeting the agency. New board members include figures with ties to the administration and conservative tech circles.
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President Trump appointed Lynne Benioff and five others to the Presidio Trust Board of Directors on Thursday, reinstalling the Salesforce CEO's wife less than four months after she completed a decade of service that included time as chair. Lynne Benioff previously served on the Presidio Trust Board of Directors from 2015 through 2025.
” The appointments come weeks after President Trump fired all six previous presidential appointees to the Presidio Trust Board last month.
Among those named Thursday was Trevor Traina, who served as ambassador to Austria during Trump’s first administration. ” President Trump also appointed Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen, whose husband Marc Andreessen’s firm and founders reportedly donated millions to Trump-aligned political groups during the 2024 election cycle.
Other appointees include James Burnham, who previously worked with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency initiative, John Bickford and former Marine Kyle Corcoran.
The announcement arrives amid renewed attention on Marc Benioff after Salesforce cut nearly 1,000 roles in early February 2026. Those layoffs targeted the marketing, product management, data analytics, Heroku, and Agentforce AI teams. The reductions followed a strategic reorganization late last year in which the company transitioned 4,000 customer service jobs following the rollout of AI agents.
Last year Marc Benioff publicly called for the National Guard to be deployed in San Francisco to combat crime. The comments marked a shift for the tech executive, who has often aligned with Democratic causes. The Presidio Trust largely funds itself through hospitality, leasing and real estate revenue rather than ongoing congressional appropriations, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
