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'''Joshua Brewster Bolten''' (born August 16, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician. Bolten served as the ] to ] ], replacing ] on April 14, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nndb.com/people/526/000109199/|title=Josh Bolten |publisher=nndb.com }}</ref> Previously, he served as the director of the ] from 2003 to 2006.


Since 2017, he has been president and CEO of the ].
==Early History==
Bolten's father, Seymour, worked for the ] and his mother, Analouise, taught world history at George Washington University. He graduated from ], and he is now on the school's board. At ], he attended the ]. He also served as class president and president of the exclusive ]. He graduated in 1976. At ], from which he graduated in 1980, he was an editor of the law review.


==Early life and education==
==Government Service==
Bolten is ],<ref> August 30, 2012.</ref> the son of Analouise (née Clissold) and Seymour Bolten.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=analouise-clissold-bolten&pid=145035156|title=Analouise Clissold Bolten's Memoriam on The Washington Post|newspaper=] }}</ref> His father worked for the ] and his mother taught world history at ].<ref>{{cite news|last=Birnbaum |first=Jeff |date=Summer 2004 |title=Josh Bolten '80, nicknamed "Yosh" by President Bush, is one of the most powerful people in Washington. And he's a darned good bowler to boot |publisher=Stanford Lawyer |url=http://www.law.stanford.edu/publications/stanford_lawyer/issues/69/bolten.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061013021654/http://www.law.stanford.edu/publications/stanford_lawyer/issues/69/bolten.html |archive-date=October 13, 2006 }}</ref> He graduated from ], and served on the school's board until 2007.
Formerly the Director of ] (OMB), Bolten was confirmed by the ] to that position in 2003. Bolten was ] at the ] from 2001 to 2003. He previously served as policy director for the 2000 ] from 1999 to 2000 and as Executive Director for Legal and Government Affairs at ] in London from 1994 to 1999. He was general counsel to the ] for three years and Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs for one year during the administration of ].


Bolten attended ], where he studied in the ] and served as class president and president of ].<ref>{{cite news
==Bush Administration==
|last=Cai
Bolten was brought in by Bush to smooth relations with Congress, and to reinvigorate the West Wing staff.
|first=Angela
|title=Bush names Bolten '76 chief of staff
|date=March 29, 2006
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|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/03/29/news/14966.shtml
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|archive-date=December 6, 2008
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> He graduated in 1976. Bolten completed a 152-page long senior thesis titled "Judicial Selection in Virginia."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bolten|first=Joshua Brewster|editor-last=Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs|title=Judicial Selection in Virginia|url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/dsp01xg94hq26z|journal=Princeton University Library|language=en}}</ref> He graduated with a ] from ] in 1980 and served as an editor of the law review.

]; his predecessor ] looks on.]]

==Career==
Under President George H.W. Bush (1989–1993), Bolten was general counsel to the ] for three years and deputy assistant to the president for legislative affairs for one year.

Bolten was executive director for legal and government Affairs at ] in London from 1994 to 1999. He served as policy director for the 2000 ]<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/bolten-bio.html
|title=Joshua Bolten, White House Chief of Staff
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303234434/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/bolten-bio.html
|archive-date=March 3, 2014
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

Under George W. Bush, he served as ] at the White House from 2001 to 2003. Bolten served as director of ] (OMB) from 2004 until 2006. In 2006, he was appointed as White House chief of staff. He was the second Jewish person to hold that top position (after ] during the ], and before ] in the ]).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/28/ap/politics/mainD8GKSLRG1.shtml |title=Bush Praises Bolten's Humor and Candor |date=March 28, 2006 |url-status=dead |publisher=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205164455/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/28/ap/politics/mainD8GKSLRG1.shtml |archive-date=December 5, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/28/AR2006082801451_pf.html |newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Sideman|first=Libby|last=Copeland|access-date=April 3, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|last=Berger
|first=Matthew
|title=New chief of staff has strong Jewish identity
|date=March 31, 2006
|publisher=Jewish News Weekly of Northern California
|url=http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/28811/new-chief-of-staff-has-strong-jewish-identity/
|access-date=March 14, 2007
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919223356/http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/28811/new-chief-of-staff-has-strong-jewish-identity/
|archive-date=September 19, 2012
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

Bolten served as White House chief of staff from 2006 until 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joshua Bolten {{!}} Center for Presidential History |url=https://www.smu.edu/Dedman/Research/Institutes-and-Centers/Center-for-Presidential-History/CMP/The-Surge-in-Iraq/Joshua-Bolten |website=www.smu.edu |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref> He recruited ]—then-CEO of Goldman Sachs—to serve as ], based on his former employment at the firm.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Gleckman |first=Howard |title=Paulson to the Rescue? |date=May 30, 2006 |magazine=] |url=http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/may2006/nf20060530_1022.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225044514/http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/may2006/nf20060530_1022.htm |archive-date= February 25, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition, he recruited ] to work as ], offered ] the opportunity to succeed him as OMB director, and brought his OMB deputy ] into the White House as deputy chief of staff for policy.<ref>{{cite news|last=Baker|first=Peter|title=White House Personnel Changes Complete|date=June 17, 2006|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/16/AR2006061601664.html}}</ref>

===Later career===

Bolten became the ]/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor at the ] in September 2009, teaching courses on the federal budget and international trade and ].<ref>Princeton University (2009). . Retrieved July 8, 2009.</ref> In March 2010, Bolten was appointed a member of the board and co-chair of the ], which has raised $36 million to date for immediate ] relief and long-term recovery efforts in the ] country.<ref> by ''Daily Princetonian'' Staff, March 22, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-30.</ref>

In July 2011, Bolten co-founded Rock Creek Global Advisors, an international economic and regulatory policy consulting firm, where he served as managing director until 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aspeninstitute.org/our-people/joshua-bolten/|title=Joshua Bolten|website=The Aspen Institute|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref>

In January 2017, Bolten was named president and CEO of the ], a conservative lobbying organization.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessroundtable.org/joshua-bolten-named-president-and-ceo-of-business-roundtable|title=Joshua Bolten Named President and CEO of Business Roundtable|website=www.businessroundtable.org|language=en|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> He replaced former Michigan Governor ] in the role.

==Personal life==
Bolten plays ] in a band called The Compassionates.<ref>{{cite news|title=White House's Bolten shows "Born to be Wild" side |agency=] |date=June 16, 2006 |url=http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=884602006 |access-date=December 25, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211150614/http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=884602006 |archive-date=December 11, 2006 |location=Edinburgh |work=The Scotsman |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015, Bolten married Ann Kelly.<ref>{{cite news |first=Kate |last=Bennett |date=April 30, 2015 |url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/josh-boltens-surprise-wedding-to-ann-kelly-117496.html |title=Surprise! Josh Bolten's married |publisher=politico.com }}</ref>

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American lawyer and politician (born 1954)
Josh Bolten
22nd White House Chief of Staff
In office
April 14, 2006 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byAndrew Card
Succeeded byRahm Emanuel
34th Director of the Office of Management and Budget
In office
June 6, 2003 – April 14, 2006
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
DeputyJoel Kaplan
Preceded byMitch Daniels
Succeeded byRob Portman
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
In office
January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byMaria Echaveste
Succeeded byHarriet Miers
Personal details
BornJoshua Brewster Bolten
(1954-08-16) August 16, 1954 (age 70)
Political partyRepublican
Spouse Ann Kelly ​(m. 2015)
EducationPrinceton University (AB)
Stanford University (JD)

Joshua Brewster Bolten (born August 16, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician. Bolten served as the White House chief of staff to U.S. president George W. Bush, replacing Andrew Card on April 14, 2006. Previously, he served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget from 2003 to 2006.

Since 2017, he has been president and CEO of the Business Roundtable.

Early life and education

Bolten is Jewish, the son of Analouise (née Clissold) and Seymour Bolten. His father worked for the CIA and his mother taught world history at George Washington University. He graduated from St. Albans School, and served on the school's board until 2007.

Bolten attended Princeton University, where he studied in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and served as class president and president of The Ivy Club. He graduated in 1976. Bolten completed a 152-page long senior thesis titled "Judicial Selection in Virginia." He graduated with a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1980 and served as an editor of the law review.

Bolten is sworn in as White House Chief of Staff by his Deputy Joe Hagin; his predecessor Andrew Card looks on.

Career

Under President George H.W. Bush (1989–1993), Bolten was general counsel to the Office of the United States Trade Representative for three years and deputy assistant to the president for legislative affairs for one year.

Bolten was executive director for legal and government Affairs at Goldman Sachs in London from 1994 to 1999. He served as policy director for the 2000 George W. Bush presidential campaign

Under George W. Bush, he served as deputy chief of staff for policy at the White House from 2001 to 2003. Bolten served as director of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) from 2004 until 2006. In 2006, he was appointed as White House chief of staff. He was the second Jewish person to hold that top position (after Ken Duberstein during the Reagan administration, and before Rahm Emanuel in the Obama years).

Bolten served as White House chief of staff from 2006 until 2009. He recruited Henry Paulson—then-CEO of Goldman Sachs—to serve as Treasury Secretary, based on his former employment at the firm. In addition, he recruited Tony Snow to work as White House press secretary, offered Rob Portman the opportunity to succeed him as OMB director, and brought his OMB deputy Joel Kaplan into the White House as deputy chief of staff for policy.

Later career

Bolten became the John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs in September 2009, teaching courses on the federal budget and international trade and financial regulation. In March 2010, Bolten was appointed a member of the board and co-chair of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, which has raised $36 million to date for immediate earthquake relief and long-term recovery efforts in the Caribbean country.

In July 2011, Bolten co-founded Rock Creek Global Advisors, an international economic and regulatory policy consulting firm, where he served as managing director until 2017.

In January 2017, Bolten was named president and CEO of the Business Roundtable, a conservative lobbying organization. He replaced former Michigan Governor John Engler in the role.

Personal life

Bolten plays bass guitar in a band called The Compassionates. In 2015, Bolten married Ann Kelly.

References

  1. "Josh Bolten". nndb.com.
  2. Tablet Magazine: "Talking to W’s Chief of Staff - At the GOP convention, Josh Bolten reminisces about introducing President Bush to shmurah matzo" By Yair Rosenberg August 30, 2012.
  3. "Analouise Clissold Bolten's Memoriam on The Washington Post". The Washington Post.
  4. Birnbaum, Jeff (Summer 2004). "Josh Bolten '80, nicknamed "Yosh" by President Bush, is one of the most powerful people in Washington. And he's a darned good bowler to boot". Stanford Lawyer. Archived from the original on October 13, 2006.
  5. Cai, Angela (March 29, 2006). "Bush names Bolten '76 chief of staff". Daily Princetonian Publishing Company, Inc. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved July 6, 2008.
  6. Bolten, Joshua Brewster. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (ed.). "Judicial Selection in Virginia". Princeton University Library.
  7. "Joshua Bolten, White House Chief of Staff". Archived from the original on March 3, 2014.
  8. "Bush Praises Bolten's Humor and Candor". CBS News. March 28, 2006. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008.
  9. Copeland, Libby. "Sideman". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  10. Berger, Matthew (March 31, 2006). "New chief of staff has strong Jewish identity". Jewish News Weekly of Northern California. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2007.
  11. "Joshua Bolten | Center for Presidential History". www.smu.edu. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  12. Gleckman, Howard (May 30, 2006). "Paulson to the Rescue?". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012.
  13. Baker, Peter (June 17, 2006). "White House Personnel Changes Complete". The Washington Post.
  14. Princeton University (2009). Former Bush chief of staff Bolten to join Wilson School faculty. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
  15. "Bolten '76, Frist '74 appointed to serve on Clinton Bush Haiti Fund's Board of Directors" by Daily Princetonian Staff, March 22, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-30.
  16. "Joshua Bolten". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  17. "Joshua Bolten Named President and CEO of Business Roundtable". www.businessroundtable.org. Retrieved 2019-08-26.
  18. "White House's Bolten shows "Born to be Wild" side". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Reuters. June 16, 2006. Archived from the original on December 11, 2006. Retrieved December 25, 2006.
  19. Bennett, Kate (April 30, 2015). "Surprise! Josh Bolten's married". politico.com.

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