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Clay Johnson III
Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget
In office
2003–2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Succeeded byJeffrey Liebman
Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel
In office
2001–2003
Personal details
BornFort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Children2
Alma materYale University (BA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MBA)

Clay Johnson III is an American civil servant who served as the Deputy Director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget from 2003 to the end of the George W. Bush Administration in 2009.[1]

Early life and education

Johnson was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, and attended boarding school in Andover, Massachusetts.[2] Johnson first met George W. Bush when they were students at Phillips Academy. The two were roommates and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity brothers at Yale University, Johnson received his Bachelor of Arts at Yale before earning a Master of Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1970.[3]

Career

Johnson was previously President of Horchow Mail Order and Neiman Marcus Mail Order. He served as the Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Dallas Museum of Art and held positions at Frito-Lay and Wilson Sporting Goods.

He served U.S. President George W. Bush since his tenure as Governor of Texas. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Johnson worked with then-Governor George W. Bush in Austin, first as his Appointments Director, then as his Chief of Staff, and later as the Executive Director of the Bush-Cheney presidential transition.[4]

Prior to becoming OMB Deputy Director, he was an Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel, serving from 2001 to 2003.[5] During his time leading the Office of Presidential Personnel, Johnson worked with including Dina Powell,[6] Jodey Arrington,[7] and Stuart Holliday.[8]

Personal life

Clay is married to Anne Johnson and has two twin sons, Robert and Weldon.

References

  1. ^ Affairs, United States Congress Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental (2012). Activities of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  2. ^ "- NOMINATIONS OF CLAY JOHNSON, III, ALBERT CASEY, AND JAMES C. MILLER, III". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  3. ^ http://alum.mit.edu
  4. ^ https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/cjohnson-bio.html
  5. ^ Lacey, Marc (2001-02-19). "PUBLIC LIVES; Old Ties Give Bush Aide Cachet; Job Gives Him Power". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  6. ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64575-2005Jan10.html
  7. ^ http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2010-11-28/tech-leader-looks-back-katrina
  8. ^ http://www.meridian.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47