Douglas Hoelscher

Douglas Lynn Hoelscher is an American politician who served as director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Trump administration.^[1][2]

Doug Hoelscher
Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
In office June 15, 2018 – January 20, 2021
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Justin R. Clark
Succeeded by	Julie Rodriguez
Personal details
Born	Douglas Lynn Hoelscher Williams, Iowa, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	University of Iowa (BA)

Early life and education

Hoelscher is a native of Williams, Iowa, and attended Northeast Hamilton High School in Blairsburg, Iowa.^[3] He then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Iowa in 1999.^[4]

Career

After graduating from college, Hoelscher worked for the Republican Party of Wisconsin during the 2000 United States presidential election. In 2001, he became a political coordinator and scheduler for the White House Office of Political Affairs, serving under Ken Mehlman.^[5]

Hoelscher worked for the Republican National Committee in 2004, and later served as the director of the Iowa Office of State–Federal Relations in the administration of Terry Branstad. He chaired the National Governors Association 2016 Summer Meeting Committee in Des Moines, Iowa.

Hoelscher also worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers and as executive director of the Homeland Security Advisory Council during the George W. Bush Administration.^[6]

Hoelscher joined the Trump administration on February 14, 2017 as deputy director of intergovernmental affairs, and was promoted to director in June 2018.^[7][8][9] Hoelscher was replaced in the role by Julie Chávez Rodriguez upon the inauguration of Trump's successor Joe Biden on January 20, 2021.

References

1. Perlman, Derek Kravitz,Al Shaw,Claire (7 March 2018). "Douglas L. Hoelscher | Trump Town". ProPublica. Retrieved 2020-01-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. "How President Trump Became Counties' Best Friend and Biggest Ally". www.governing.com. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
3. "Hoelscher to serve in White House position | News, Sports, Jobs - The Freeman Journal". Retrieved 2020-01-31.
4. "Inexperienced 28-Year-Old Bush Staffer Appointed to Critical Homeland Security Post". ThinkProgress. 10 March 2006. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
5. "Former White House staffer named to head DHS policy committee". Government Executive. 7 March 2006. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
6. "- The Kentucky Association of Counties". conference.kaco.org. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
7. Printing, Congress (U S. ), Joint Committee on (2018-09-06). Official Congressional Directory 115th Congress, 2017-2018, Convened January 2017. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-16-094208-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
8. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Appointments for the Executive Office of the President". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-31 – via National Archives.
9. Sweet, Lynn (2018-06-06). "Trump shakes up White House staff: Here is the list of new appointments". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2020-01-31.

Political offices
Preceded by Justin R. Clark	Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs 2018–2021	Succeeded by Julie Rodriguez