Clay Johnson III

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Clay Johnson III is the Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget at the White House.

Prior to becoming OMB Deputy Director, he was the Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel. He has served President Bush since his tenure as Governor of Texas, achieving the rank of Chief of Staff prior to leading the Bush-Cheney presidential transition.

He was previous President of Horchow Mail Order and President of Neiman Marcus Mail Order, the Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer of the Dallas Museum of Art, and held positions at Frito-Lay and Wilson Sporting Goods.

He was a classmate of President George W. Bush's at Phillips Academy, roommate and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity brother at Yale University, where he helped pull down the goalposts after a Princeton game, and received his B.A. He received his S.M. degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1970. [1]

Clay is married to Anne Johnson and has two twin sons, Robert and Weldon, co-founders of the running website Letsrun.com