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Kevin Hassett

Kevin Hassett

March 21, 2024
Hyatt Regency Dallas

Kevin Hassett served as the 29th Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 2017 to 2019. He returned to the White House in 2020 as a senior advisor to President Trump, during which time he coordinated the economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hassett has been involved in national politics for more than 20 years, serving as an economic adviser to the campaigns of President George W. Bush in 2004, the late Senator John McCain in 2000 and 2008 and Senator Mitt Romney in 2012.

Hassett is currently a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Global Director of Research for Affinity Partners, a private equity firm headquartered in Miami. Hassett is also senior advisor of Capital Matters, the economic website of National Review.

Prior to his service at the White House, Hassett was Research Director at the American Enterprise Institute. He also served as a senior economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. His academic background includes being an associate professor of economics and finance at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, as well as a visiting professor at New York University's Law School. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and B.A. with high honors from Swarthmore College.