Keith Hennessey

Keith Hennessey
7th Director of the National Economic Council
In office November 2007 – January 20, 2009
Preceded by	Allan Hubbard
Succeeded by	Lawrence Summers
Personal details
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Stanford University Harvard University
Profession	Political Aide

Keith Hennessey is the former Assistant to the U.S. President for Economic Policy and Director of the U.S. 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. Mr. Hennessey served in the White House since August 2002, when he was appointed to his previous position of Deputy Assistant to the U.S. President for Economic Policy and Deputy Director of the U.S. National Economic Council. He is currently a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.

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 and 1992 he tested the database program Q&A for Symantec Corporation in Cupertino, California.

Hennessey holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Political Science from Stanford University as well as a Master of Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.^[1] The title of his Harvard public policy thesis was Unintended Consequences: Critical Assumptions in the Clinton Health Plan.

Since leaving the White House, Hennessey has been a television commentator and started a blog called "KeithHennessey.com",^[1] which was named in an article reported by the Wall Street Journal economics bureau as one of the "Top 25 Economics Blogs" (limited to free blogs and excluding blogs about markets). The Journal writers gave Hennessey's blog "3 light bulbs" for originality, "3 calculators" for "geekiness" and "4 reading glasses" for readability (on scales of 1 to 5, with "5" the best in each category).^[2]

References

External links

• KeithHennessey.com
• Roberts, Russ (July 25, 2011). "Hennessey on the Debt Ceiling and the Budget Process". EconTalk. Library of Economics and Liberty.