Executive for Agency Services

Jay Trainer

Jay Trainer was appointed as NARA’s Executive for Agency Services effective June 2013. As such he is responsible for NARA's nationwide efforts to service the ongoing records management needs of Federal agencies and to represent the public's interest in the accountability and transparency of these records. Agency Services is comprised of the Office of the Chief Records Officer, the Federal Records Centers Program, the Information Security Oversight Office, the National Declassification Center, and the Office of Government Information Services.

Jay is a career NARA employee having started as a student trainee at the Dayton Federal Records Center in 1988. Upon reassignment to Washington, DC, in 1991 he held a progression of management analyst and financial analyst positions at headquarters offices for the Federal Records Center, Records Management, and Regional Archives programs and the Washington National Records Center. Since 2004, Jay served as Assistant Director for the Federal Records Centers Program (FRCP). As the Assistant Director, Jay had oversight authority for four lines of business: Operations, the National Personnel Records Center, Customer Relations Management, and Business Development. He also exercised daily authority over staffing, finance, facilities, and administrative functions as well as a lead role in FRCP strategic planning efforts. Jay also served as a member of the NARA Strategic Support Team assisting with strategic planning and benchmarking efforts.

Jay holds a B.A. in History from the University of Dayton and an M.A. in American History from George Mason University.