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REDACTED HSGAC BIOGRAPHICAL QUESTIONS FOR EXECUTIVE NOMINEES l. Basic Biographical Information Please provide the following information. Position to Which You Have Been Nominated . Name of Position Date of Nomination Director, Office of Management & December 17, 2016 (announced) Budaet _Current Legal Nahte First Name MiddleN"me Last Name Suffix John Michael Mulvaney Addresses Residential Address Office Address (do not include street address) (include street address) Street: 2350 Ra bum H.O.B City: State: Zip: \Vashin on DC 20515 Other Names Used . NameU§i:!J. Name Used To From (Month/Year) First Name Middle Name Last Name Suffix (Month/Year) (Check box if (Check box if ~~I estimate) estimate) Est c Mick Mulvaney Current list c J. Michael Mulvaney Current Birth YearandPlaee Year of Birth Place of Birth (Do not include month and dav.) 1967 Alexandria, VA Marital Status Check All That Describe Your Current Situation: Never Married Married Separated Annulled Divorced Widowed D x D D D D Spouse's Name (current spou,e onlj) Sgouse's Sl!onse's First Nj!me S12ouse's Middle Name Sgouse's Last Name Suffix Pamela West Mulvaney Spouse's_ Other Names _Used (c«treilt spOU$e only) Name Used Name Used To From (Month/Year) (Month/Year) First Name Middle Name Last Name §!!!TI! (Check box if (Check box if ~~ estimate) estimate) Pam Harris 12/88 5/98 Pam Lynch early 1970s 12/88 2 Children's Names (if over 18) First Name Middle Name Last Name Suffix 2. Education List all post-secondary schools attended. Date Ended Tvne of School Date Began School ( vocationaVtechnieal/trade school, School Name of (mGnth/year) (check college/university/military college, (month/year) Deeree !!!!ts School box if estimate) Awarded correspondence/distancc/eictension/online (check box if (check ''present" box school) estimate) if still in school) Georgetown 4-Year University 8/85 5/89 BSFS 5/89 University Univ. Of North Law School 8/89 5/92 JD 5192 Carolina Harvard 2106 Business Executive Education 2/04 2/06 OPM School Present '"0 '"0 0 3 3. Employment (A) List all of your employment activities, including unemployment and self-employment. If the employment activity was military duty, list separate employment activity periods to sho\V each change of military duty station. Do not list employment before your 18th birthday unless to provide a minimum of two years of employment history. Tv11:e of Eml!loyment (Active Military Duty Station, Date National Guard/Resi::rve, Em[!loyment USPHS Commissioned Corps, ~ Ended Name of Your Location Other Federal employment, Most B,ecegt Employment (month/year) Emgloy~r/ (City and State Government (Non- Positjog Began (check box if Federal Employment), Self- Assigned Duty State Title/Rank (month/year) estimate) employment, Unemployment, Statjon only) (check box if (check Federal Contractor, Non- estimate) ''present" box Government Employment if still (excluding sclf..cmployment), employed) Other SEE ATTACHED APPENDIX '"0 '"0 F.st 0 '"0 £,t '"0 0 '"0 '"0 (B) List any advisory, consultative, honorary or other part-time service or positions with federal, state, or local governments, not listed elsewhere. Date Servi£!; Date Servis~ Endg!l (month/year) (check box Name of Government Name of Position Bee: an (month/year) ifestimate) (check Entity (check box if ''present" box if still estimate) serving) F.st E•t p...,,~nl 0 0 0 NIA Es! F.st Pr<:Scnt 0 0 0 Pro.s<nt '"0 "'0 0 4 4. Potential Conflict of Interest (A) Describe any business relationship, dealing or financial transaction which you have had during the last 10 years, whether for yourself, on behalf of a client, or acting as an agent, that could in any way constitute or result in a possible conflict of interest in the position to which you have been nominated. NONE (B) Describe any activity during the past 10 years in which you have engaged for the purpose of directly or indirectly influencing the passage, defeat or modification of any legislation or affecting the administration or execution of law or public policy, other than while in a federal government capacity. Other than while I was an elected member ofthe US House, I have no other activity that would be responsive as to influencing federal legislation. As to state legislation, I obviously was involved with tltat while an elected member ofthe South Carolina General Assembly. 5. Honors and Awards List all scholarships, fellowships, honorary degrees, civilian service citations, military medals, academic or professional honors, honorary society memberships and any other special recognition for outstanding service or achievement. SEE ATTACHED APPENDIX 6. Memberships List all memberships that you have held in professional, social, business, fraternal, scholarly, civic, or charitable organizations in the last 10 years. Unless relevant to your nomination, you do NOT need to include memberships in charitable organizations available to the public as a result of a tax deductible donation of $1,000 or less, Parent-Teacher Associations or other organizations connected to schools attended by your children, athletic clubs or teams, automobile support organizations (such as AAA), discounts clubs (such as Groupon or Sam's Club), or affinity n1emberships/consumcr clubs (such as frequent flyer memberships). 5 Dates of Your Membershig Name of Or1:;i!nization Position(s} Held (\'ou may approximate.) Carmel Country Club 1992-2012 Member, President Lancaster Moose Lodge 2006-2008 Member Indian Land Rotary 2006-2011 Founding Member Lancaster County Chamber of 2000-2005 Member, Board Me1nber Commerce United Way of Lancaster County 2004-2008 Member, Campaign Chair Lahinch Golf Club 2004 - present Member MENSA 2000-2004 Metnber North Carolina Bar Association 1992-2008 Member 7. Political Activity (A) Have you ever been a candidate for or been elected or appointed to a political office? Year{s} Electing Elect~d/Annoin!cdl Held or Term of S~o:icg Name of Office Candidate Onl! Aimointment (if applicable) Made SC 1-fouse ofRepresentatives Elected Nov. 2006 2 years SC Senate Elected Nov. 2008 4 years (left after 2) US I-louse ofRepresentatives Elected Nov. 2010, 2012, Current = 6 years 2014&2016 6 (B) List any offices held in or services rendered to a political party or election committee during the last ten years that you have not listed elsewhere. Name of PartYL!;lection Office/Services Render~d Dates of Resl!onsibilith:ii Committee Service NRCC Executive Committee Member None I 14'h Congress (C) Itemize all individual political contributions of$200 or more that you have made in the past five years to any individual, campaign organization, political party, political action committee, or similar entity. Please list each individual contribution and not the total amount contributed to the person or entity during the year. Name ofReci[!ient Amo uni Year of Contribution Jeff Landry (Landry for Louisiana) $2500 2012 Note: Other political contribulions have been made fi·on1 either 111y ca111paign account or my leadership PAC account during the relevant ,..,,riod, but the above is the onlv one I 111ade as an individual. Note: J\4y ivife contributed$ I 000 lo a local school board candidate, James A-1. Brooks, in 2014. 7 8. Publications and Speeches (A) List the titles, publishers and dates of books, articles, reports or other published materials that you have written, including articles published on the Internet. Please provide the Committee with copies of all listed publications. In lieu of hard copies, electronic copies can be provided via e-mail or other digital format. Title Publisher Dat!l{s} of Publication SEE ATTACHED APPENDIX TEXT PROVIDED SEPARATELY (B) List any formal speeches you have delivered during the last five years and provide the Committee with copies of those speeches relevant to the position for which you have been nominated. Include any testimony to Congress or any other legislative or administrative body. These items can be provided electronically via e-mail or other digital format. Titleffogit Place/Audien1,;1:; Date{s} of S(!eecb SEE ATTACHED APPENDIX 8 (C) List all speeches and testimony you have delivered in the past ten years, except for those the text of which you arc providing to the Committee. Title Plaee/Audiencil Dat!;{s} ofS[!:eccb SEE ATTACHED APPENDIX 9. Criminal History 1 Since (and including) your 18 h birthday, has any of the following happened? • 1-1.ave you been issued a summons, citation, or ticket to appear in court in a criminal proceeding against you? (Exclude citations involving traffic infractions \Vhere the fine was less than $300 and did not include alcohol or dnigs.) • Have you been arrested by any police officer, sheriff, marshal or any other type of law enforcement official? • Have you been charged, convicted, or sentenced of a crime in any court? • Have you been or are you currently on probation or parole? • Are you currently on trial or awaiting a trial on criminal charges? • To your knowledge, have you ever been the subject or target of a federal, state or local criminal investigation? If the answer to any of the questions above is yes, please answer the questions below for each criminal event (citation, arrest, investigation, etc.). If the event was an investigation, lvhere the question below asks for information about the offense, please offer information about the offense under investigation (if knolvn). A) Date of offense: a. Is this an estimate (Yes/No): B) Description of the specific nature of the offense: C) Did the offense involve any of the following? 1) Do1nestic violence or a crime of violence (such
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