Hope Hicks

Hope Hicks
Hicks on Air Force One in 2017
Counselor to the President
In office
March 9, 2020 – January 12, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byJohnny DeStefano
Succeeded bySteve Ricchetti
Jeff Zients
White House Communications Director
In office
September 12, 2017 – March 29, 2018
Acting: August 16, 2017 – September 12, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byAnthony Scaramucci
Succeeded byBill Shine
1st White House Director of Strategic Communications
In office
January 20, 2017 – September 12, 2017
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMercedes Schlapp
Personal details
Born
Hope Charlotte Hicks

(1988-10-21) October 21, 1988 (age 36)
Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationSouthern Methodist University (BA)

Hope Charlotte Hicks[1] (born October 21, 1988) is an American public relations executive and political advisor who served in President Donald Trump’s administration from 2017 to 2018 and 2020 to 2021. She served as White House director of strategic communications from January to September 2017, as White House communications director from 2017 to 2018,[2][3] and returned to serve as a counselor to the president from 2020 to 2021.[4]

Hicks was a teenage model before following her father into a career in media and communications. After college and a couple of years' work in public relations, she became an employee of the Trump Organization. From there, she became press secretary and early communications director for the Trump 2016 presidential campaign, shifting to national press secretary for the presidential transition team[5][6] before joining the Trump Administration. When Hicks resigned from the Administration in March 2018, she was Trump's longest-serving political aide.[7][8] After her resignation, she was Fox Corporation's chief communications officer and executive vice president.[9][10] She returned to the White House as counselor to President Trump in March 2020 before departing for the final time on January 13, 2021.[11]

  1. ^ Fox, Emily Jane (January 22, 2019). ""Like an alien landed in the middle of Los Angeles": Hope Hicks, West Wing alum, begins her second act on the west coast". Vanity Fair. Condé Nast.
  2. ^ Haberman, Maggie (September 12, 2017). "Hope Hicks Is Formally Named White House Communications Director". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  3. ^ Phelps, Jordyn (March 29, 2018). "Trump bids farewell to close aide Hope Hicks". ABC News. Archived from the original on April 4, 2018. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  4. ^ Haberman, Maggie (February 13, 2020). "Hope Hicks to Return to the White House After a Nearly Two-Year Absence". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  5. ^ Nelson, Rebecca (June 7, 2016). "Meet Donald Trump's 27-Year-Old Communications Director, Hope Hicks". Marie Claire. Archived from the original on January 28, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
  6. ^ Nussbaum, Matthew. "Trump transition seeks distance from conservation fundraiser". Politico. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  7. ^ Grynbaum, Michael (June 26, 2016). "The Woman Who 'Totally Understands' Donald Trump". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 6, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  8. ^ Dangremond, Sam. "15 Things You Should Know About Hope Hicks, Donald Trump's Director of Strategic Communications". Town & Country. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016.
  9. ^ Selter, Brian (October 8, 2018). "Former Trump aide Hope Hicks joins Fox as head of PR". CNN. Archived from the original on October 26, 2018. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  10. ^ "Hope Hicks Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer". Archived from the original on May 30, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  11. ^ Brown, Pamela; Gangel, Jamie (January 13, 2021). "Top White House adviser Hicks no longer works at the White House, a previously planned departure". CNN. Retrieved January 14, 2021.