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Executive Office of the President 571 EXECUTIVE BRANCH THE PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, Republican, of Texas; born on July 6, 1946; raised in Midland and Houston, TX; education: Yale University (Bachelor’s Degree); Harvard University (M.B.A.); military service: Texas Air National Guard; occupations: businessman (energy indus- try); Managing General Partner of the Texas Rangers (Major League Baseball team); public service: elected Governor of Texas on November 8, 1994; reelected as Governor on November 3, 1998; became the first Governor in Texas history to be elected to consecutive four- year terms; religion: Methodist; family: married to Laura; two children, Barbara and Jenna; elected President of the United States on November 7, 2000; took the oath of office on January 20, 2001. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 20500 Old Executive Office Building (OEOB), 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 20500 phone 456–1414, http://www.whitehouse.gov The President of the United States.—George W. Bush. Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Oval Office Operations.—Linda Gambatesa. President’s Personal Secretary.—Ashley Estes. Presidential Aide.—Logan Walters. CABINET AFFAIRS phone 456–2572 Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary.—Albert Hawkins. Executive Assistant to the Director.—Cindy Mendl. Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Cabinet Secretary.—Ed Ingle. Special Assistant to the Cabinet Secretary.—Nicole Grodner. CHIEF OF STAFF phone 456–6798 Chief of Staff—Andrew H. Card, Jr. Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff.—Josephine Robinson. Chief of Staff’s Scheduler.—Melissa Bennett. Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff.—Joshua Bolten. Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations.—Joseph W. Hagin. COMMUNICATIONS AND SPEECHWRITING phone 456–7910, speechwriting phone 456–2763 Counselor to the President.—Karen Hughes. Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy to the Counselor, Communications.—Dan Bartlett. Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Production.—Scott Sforza. Deputy Communications Director for Planning.—Jim Wilkinson. Director of Speechwriting.—Mike Gerson. Deputy Director of Speechwriting.—Peter Wehner (Pete). Director of Media Affairs.—Tucker Eskew. Special Assistant to the President and Senior Speechwriter to the President.—Matthew Scully. Special Assistant to the President and Presidential Speechwriter.—David Frum. 572 Congressional Directory NSC Presidential Speechwriter.—John Gibson. First Lady’s Speechwriter.—Charlene (Charlie) Fern. Presidential Speechwriter.—John McConnell. OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY Upper Press Office phone 456–2673, Lower Press Office phone 456–2580 Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary.—Ari Fleischer. Assistant Press Secretaries: Jennifer Millerwise, Anne Womack. Deputy Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy Press Secretary.—Scott McClellan. CORRESPONDENCE phone 456–7610 Director of Presidential Correspondence.—Desiree Sayle (acting). Deputy Director of Presidential Correspondence.—Heidi Marquez. Editor / Quality Control.—Nancy Hansen. Director of Agency Liaison.—Anne Crowther, 456–7486. Director of Gift Unit.—Christa Bailey, 456–7133. Director, Mail Analysis.—Trudy Roddick, 456–6600. WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL phone 456–2632 Assistant to the President and White House Counsel.—Alberto R. Gonzales. Executive Assistant to the Counsel.—Libby Camp. Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President.—Tim Flanigan. Special Assistants to the President and Associate Counsels to the President: Chris Bartolomucci, Rachel Brand, Brad Berenson, Robert (Moose) Cobb, Courtney Elwood, Noel Francisco, Brett Kavanaugh, Helgi Walker. DOMESTIC POLICY COUNCIL phone 456–5594 Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy.—Margaret Spellings. Special Advisor for Education Policy.—Sandy Kress. Special Assistant to the President for— Domestic Policy (Federal and Government).—Kristine Simmons. Domestic Policy (Health).—Anne Phelps. Domestic Policy (Justice).—Diana Schacht. Domestic Policy (HUD / Labor / Transportation).—Liz Dougherty. Domestic Policy (Child / Families).—Aquiles Suarez. NATIONAL AIDS POLICY phone 456–5594 Director.—Scott Evertz. OFFICE OF FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVES Assistant to the President and Director of Faith-Based and Community Initiative.—[Vacant]. Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.—Don Eberly. Associate Director for Law and Policy.—Stanley Carlson-Theis. Director of Operations.—Michele Tennery (acting). Executive Office of the President 573 STRATEGIC INITIATIVES phone 456–2108 Senior Advisor to the President.—Karl Rove. Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Initiatives.—Barry Jackson. Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Strategic Initiatives.—Alicia Peterson Clark. FIRST LADY’S OFFICE phone 456–7064 The First Lady.—Laura Bush. Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady.—Andi Ball. Special Assistant, Executive Assistant, and Personal Aide to the First Lady.—Sarah Moss. Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff.—Julie Thomas. Director of Communications and Press Secretary to the First Lady.—Noelia Rodriguez Deputy Press Secretary to the First Lady.—Ashleigh Adams. Director of— Correspondence for the First Lady.—Syndney Johnson. Projects.—Anne Heiligenstein. Scheduling and Advance for the First Lady.—Quincy Hicks. Deputy Director of Correspondence.—Joan Doty. Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary.—Cathy Fenton. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS phone 456–2896 Deputy Assistant to the President and Director for Intergovernmental Affairs.—Ruben Barrales. Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs.—Deborah (Debbie) Spagnoli. LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS phone 456–2230 Assistant to the President and Director of Legislative Affairs.—Nick Calio. Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director for Legislative Affairs.—Jack Howard. Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs.—Michael Conway. Deputy Assistant to the President for— House Legislative Affairs.—David Hobbs. Senate Legislative Affairs.—Ziad Ojakli. Director of Legislative Correspondence.—Nicole Petrosino. MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION phone 456–2861 Deputy Assistant to the President for Management and Administration.—Hector F. Irastorza, Jr. NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL phone 456–2800 Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director, National Economic Council.— Lawrence (Larry) Lindsey. Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Deputy Director, National Economic Council.—Marc Sumerlin. Executive Assistant to the Director.—Janet Walker. Special Assistants to the President for Economic Policy: Charles Blahous, Carlos Bonilla, Dylan Glenn, Philippa (Pippa) Malmgren, Robert (Bob) McNally. 574 Congressional Directory OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT phone 456–1414 The Vice President.—Richard B. Cheney. Assistant to the President, Chief of Staff to the Vice President, and Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs.—Lewis Libby. Assistant to the President and Counselor to the Vice President.—Mary J. Matalin. Counsel to the Vice President.—David Addington. Principal Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs.—Eric Edelman. Deputy Chief of Staff.—C. Dean McGrath. Assistant to the Vice President for— Legislative Affairs.—Nancy Dorn. Domestic Policy.—Cesar Conda. Executive Director of the National Energy Policy Development Group.—Andrew Lundquist. Executive Assistant to the Vice President.—Debra Heiden. Deputy Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Operations.—Claire O’Donnell. Assistant to the Vice President and Chief of Staff to Mrs. Cheney.—Debra Dunn. Deputy Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Scheduling.—Elizabeth Kleppe. Director of Correspondence for the Vice President.—Cecelia Boyer. POLITICAL AFFAIRS phone 456–6257 Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs.—Ken Mehlman. Executive Assistant.—Kate Marinis. Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs.—Matt Schlapp. Associate Political Directors: Alicia Davis, Coddy Johnson, Kelly McCullough, Sara Taylor. PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL phone 456–6676 Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel and Deputy to the Chief of Staff.— Clay Johnson. Special Assistant to the President and Associate Director.—Jodey Arrington. Deputy Associate Director, Boards and Commissions.—Karen Yeager. OFFICE OF PUBLIC LIAISON phone 456–2380 Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Public Liaison.—Lezlee Westine. Special Assistants to the President and Deputy Directors of Public Liaison: Kirk Blalock, Tim Goeglein. Special Assistant to the Director.—Matthew Smith. SCHEDULING phone 456–5323 Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Scheduling.—Brad Blakeman. Deputy Director of Scheduling (Surrogate Scheduling).—Adrian Gray. Deputy Director of Scheduling.—Amanda Moore. ADVANCE phone 456–5309 Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Advance.—Brian Montgomery. Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Advance—Event Coordination.— Craig Ray. Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Advance—Press.—Kelly Gannon. Executive Office of the President 575 STAFF SECRETARY phone 456–2702 Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary.—Harriet
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