Will Turner

Senior Advisor

Former Acting Assistant Secretary and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Commerce

Will Turner is a Senior Advisor at WestExec Advisors. He brings senior executive branch and congressional experience across the U.S. Department of Commerce and both chambers of Congress.

Will most recently served in the Trump Administration at the Department of Commerce as Acting Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, where he led the Department’s engagement with Congress and state and local officials.

Prior to joining the executive branch, Will spent nearly a decade on Capitol Hill, including as Chief of Staff to former Congressman Mike Garcia (R-CA), who served on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and the House Intelligence Committee. In that role, Will oversaw legislative strategy on appropriations, defense, national security, and space policy.

Will holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Tulane University.