Joel Kaplan
| Joel Kaplan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy | |
|
In office April 19, 2006 – January 20, 2009 Served with Karl Rove, Joe Hagin, and Blake Gottesman | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Karl Rove |
| Succeeded by | Mona Sutphen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University Harvard Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Policy Advisor |
| Religion | Jewish |
Joel Kaplan was the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy for U.S. President George W. Bush.[1] The other Deputy Chief was Blake Gottesman, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. He took over policy planning from Karl Rove on April 19, 2006, as part of a staff shake-up by Josh Bolten, the White House Chief of Staff.[2]
Prior to his appointment as a White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Kaplan had served as Deputy Director of the Office of Management And Budget (OMB) from August 2003, serving under Josh Bolten in his capacity as Director of the OMB. He had previously been a Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff from the start of the Bush administration up to that point.
Before 2001, Kaplan had worked as a policy advisor on George W. Bush's 2000 Presidential campaign. He had also clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and Judge J. Michael Luttig. Kaplan is a graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, and has served for four years in the United States Marine Corps.[1] He was an active conservative Democrat during the early 1990s.[3]
He is currently vice president of public policy at Facebook, effective June 13, 2011.[4]
Personal life
Kaplan married in early 2006.
References
- 1 2 "White House biography". The White House. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved December 25, 2006.
- ↑ Baker, Peter (June 17, 2006). "White House Personnel Changes Complete". The Washington Post.
- ↑ John G. Knepper (February 5, 1990). "Seven Elected State Delegates". Archived from the original on September 29, 2010.
- ↑ Tony Romm (May 26, 2011). "Facebook picks up former Bush aides". Politico.
External links
- "Some See Him as an 'Energetic Presence' on Pennsylvania Avenue", Jewish Telegraphic Agency, May 11, 2006