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Karl Zinsmeister | |
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Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council | |
In office May 24, 2006 – January 20, 2009 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Deputy | Jess Sharp |
Preceded by | Claude Allen |
Succeeded by | Melody Barnes |
Personal details | |
Born | 1959 (age 64–65) Baldwinsville, New York, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Yale University (BA) |
Website | Official website |
Walter Karl Zinsmeister[1] (born 1959) American journalist, researcher, and consultant. From 2006 to 2009, he served in the White House as President George W. Bush's chief domestic policy adviser, and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. In 2016 he created the Almanac of American Philanthropy—the definitive reference on America's use of private resources to solve public problems—and is now an adviser and national authority on the power of voluntary action and civil society to spur innovation and social refinement in the U.S.[2]