KALIKOW CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY

Andrew H. Card, Jr., “Andy Card” is the second longest tenured White House Chief of Staff and has served in senior government roles under three U.S. Presidents. Appointed in November 2000, he served as Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush from January 2001 to April 2006. In this capacity, he coordinated the priorities of the Administration’s agenda, the development of policies, and appointments of Cabinet Secretaries and senior officials throughout the government. On September 11, 2001, Card is the one who whispered in President Bush’s ear while the President was sitting in a classroom in Florida, that terrorists had attacked the United States. Card then led a government-wide reorganization to best allocate resources to deal with the aftermath of 9-11 and the new terrorist environment.

Mr. Card served as Deputy Chief of Staff and then as a Cabinet Member for President George H.W. Bush as the 11th Secretary of Transportation from 1992 to 1993. In this role, in August 1992, at the request of President Bush, Secretary Card coordinated the Administration’s disaster relief efforts in the wake of the massive Hurricane Andrew. He also directed President Bush’s transition office during the transition from the Bush Administration to the Clinton Administration. Prior to that he served as Special Assistant (1983 to 1987) and later as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for President Ronald Reagan (1988) where he was liaison to governors, statewide elected officials, state legislators, mayors and other elected officials. From March 1987 until March 1988, Card ran the successful New Hampshire Presidential Primary Campaign for George H. W. Bush.

Card is a native of Holbrook, Massachusetts and got his start in politics as an elected official in Holbrook and then as Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1975-1983. He served as a Minority Whip from 1977-1983. In 1982 he was named Legislator of the Year by the National Republican Legislators Association and received the Distinguished Legislator Award from the Massachusetts Municipal Association. He was a candidate for the Republican Nomination for Governor of Massachusetts in 1982.

He and his wife, The Reverend Kathleene (Bryan) Card, also from Holbrook, Massachusetts, have three children and six grandchildren.

Philip M. Schiliro has more than 30 years of experience in Congress and the Executive Branch.  He served as President Obama’s Director of Legislative Affairs from 2009 to 2010, Special Advisor to the President in 2011, and the President’s Advisor for the Affordable Care Act and Health Policy in 2013 and 2014. As President Obama’s liaison to Congress, Schiliro played a key role in the passage of the Affordable Care Act and other historic laws and reforms during the first two years of the Obama Administration.

Schiliro also worked in Congress for over 26 years, serving as Rep. Henry Waxman’s Chief of Staff, the Democratic Staff Director of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the Policy Director for Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, and the Staff Director for the Senate Democratic Leadership Committees. While on Capitol Hill, Schiliro was deeply involved in a broad range of health and environmental legislation (including the 1990 Clean Air Act) and a series of high-profile investigations.

Since leaving government, Schiliro has co-founded two non-profits, Co-Equal and Grow New Mexico.  Schiliro graduated from Hofstra University with a political science major in 1978 and from Lewis and Clark Law School in 1981.