Keith Hennessey
{{short description|American presidential advisor}}
{{distinguish|Keith Hennessy}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2010}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Keith Hennessey
|image = Keith Hennessey.jpg
|office = 7th Director of the National Economic Council
|president = George W. Bush
|term_start = November 28, 2007
|term_end = January 20, 2009
|predecessor = Al Hubbard
|successor = Larry Summers
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|party = Republican
|education = Stanford University {{small|(BS)}}
Harvard University {{small|(MPP)}}
}}
Keith Hennessey is an American economist and former political advisor who served as the Assistant to the U.S. President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council. He was appointed to the position in November 2007 by President George W. Bush, and served until the end of Bush's second term in office. Hennessey had served in the White House since August 2002, when he was appointed to the position of Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Deputy Director of the U.S. National Economic Council.
Education
Hennessey holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Political Science from Stanford University and a Master of Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.[http://keithhennessey.com/about-2/ "About Keith Hennessey"], "KeithHennessey.com" blog, retrieved September 9, 2009 The title of his Harvard public policy thesis was Unintended Consequences: Critical Assumptions in the Clinton Health Plan.
Career
Prior to joining the White House staff, Hennessey worked for Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott from February 1997 to August 2002. While in Senator Lott's office, he was involved in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and all budget resolutions since 1997, the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and all tax legislation since 1998, Trade Promotion Authority, all health legislation, the Transportation Equity Act, FAA authorization bills and many other smaller bills. Prior to joining Senator Lott, Hennessey worked as a health economist for the Senate Budget Committee, from January 1995 to February 1997. Hennessey was a research assistant for the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform from June 1994 to January 1995. From 1990 to 1992 he tested the database program Q&A for Symantec Corporation in Cupertino, California.
Since leaving the White House, Hennessey has been a television commentator and established a blog, which was named in an article reported by the Wall Street Journal economics bureau as one of the "Top 25 Economics Blogs" in 2009.Justin Hart, Phil Izzo, Kelly Evans, Sara Murray, Conor Dougherty and Sudeep Reddy, "A Reader's Guide to Econoblogs", July 16, 2009, The Wall Street Journal
From 2009 to 2012, Hennessey worked as a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. He has since worked as a lecturer at Stanford Law School, the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and the Stanford University Public Policy Department.{{Cite web|title=Keith Hennessey|url=https://www.hoover.org/profiles/keith-hennessey|access-date=2020-09-14|website=Hoover Institution|language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://keithhennessey.com/ KeithHennessey.com]
- {{cite web |last=Roberts |first=Russ |title=Hennessey on the Debt Ceiling and the Budget Process |url=http://www.econtalk.org/archives/_featuring/keith_hennessey/ |work=EconTalk |publisher=Library of Economics and Liberty |authorlink=Russ Roberts |date=July 25, 2011}}
- {{C-SPAN|1026885}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Director of the National Economic Council|years=2007–2009}}
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Category:George W. Bush administration personnel
Category:Harvard Kennedy School alumni
Category:Stanford University alumni