Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was expected to take a seat as the Presidio Trust's new, Trump-appointed board meets in person for the first time Thursday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The paper's account was published ahead of the meeting, and Burgum's attendance had not been confirmed.
The Interior secretary or a designee holds the board's seventh seat, a position that has gone unoccupied for several years. A Presidio Trust spokesperson told the Chronicle that Burgum's attendance was a "possibility," adding, "we don't have 100% confirmation." His office did not respond to a message seeking confirmation, the newspaper reported.
The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. in the Presidio Officers' Club. It comes months after President Trump fired the previous six presidential appointees, following his threat to significantly reduce the Presidio's operations. The new appointees are Lynne Benioff, co-chair of Time and a former Presidio Trust board member; tech entrepreneur Trevor Traina, a former U.S. ambassador to Austria; philanthropist and Stanford educator Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen; James Burnham, general counsel for xAI and X; Kyle Corcoran, a Redpanda Data executive who holds the board's veteran seat; and real estate investor John Bickford, the Chronicle reported.
The board is searching for a CEO to succeed Jean Fraser, who announced plans to step down in February. This account does not report what happened at Thursday's meeting.