Joe Hagin

Joseph Whitehouse Hagin II (born January 6, 1956) is the outgoing Deputy White House Chief of Staff for President George W. Bush. He will leave this position the week of July 20, 2008, and go back to the private sector. [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11507.html] He was born in Lexington, Kentucky and raised in the Village of Indian Hill near Cincinnati, Ohio. He received a B.A. from Kenyon College in 1979 where he was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. He is single.

Career

* Prior to Karl Rove's resignation in 2007, Hagin's day-to-day power rivaled that of Rove. [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4867329]
* Elevated to Deputy Chief of Staff 2001
* Deputy Campaign Manager in George W. Bush's 2000 presidential campaign
* Former Vice President at Chiquita Brands International 1991-2000
* Appointments Secretary to President George H. W. Bush 1989-90
* Public Affairs Dir., Federated Department Stores 1985-88
* Head of Legislative Affairs, Vice President George H.W. Bush 1983-85
* Personal Aide to Vice President George H. W. Bush 1981-83
* Served on campaigns for George H. W. Bush: unsuccessful GOP nomination campaign in 1979 and Presidential campaigns in 1988, 1992
* George W. Bush's Deputy Chief of Staff