Mack McLarty

Mack McLarty
Counselor to the President
In office
July 17, 1994 – June 30, 1998
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byDavid Gergen
Succeeded byPaul Begala
17th White House Chief of Staff
In office
January 20, 1993 – July 17, 1994
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byJames Baker
Succeeded byLeon Panetta
Chair of the Democratic Party of Arkansas
In office
1974–1976
Succeeded byHerby Branscum Jr.
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
from the 34th district
In office
1971–1973
Preceded byTalbot Feild Jr.
Succeeded byJohn Hoffman
Personal details
Born
Thomas Franklin McLarty III

(1946-06-14) June 14, 1946 (age 78)
Hope, Arkansas, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Arkansas (BA)

Thomas Franklin "Mack" McLarty, III (born June 14, 1946) is an American business and political leader who served as President Bill Clinton's first White House Chief of Staff from 1993 to June 1994, and subsequently as counselor to the president and special envoy for the Americas, before leaving government service in June 1998.

Previously, he was chairman and CEO of Arkla, Inc. (1983–1992), a natural gas company. During that time, he was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to the National Petroleum Council and the National Council on Environmental Quality, and served on the St. Louis Federal Reserve Board.[1]

He is currently the chairman of McLarty Associates, an international strategic advisory firm headquartered in Washington, DC, and chairman of the McLarty Companies, based in Little Rock, Arkansas.[2]

  1. ^ "UA Business Hall of Fame 2014: Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty". Arkansas Business. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "Thomas F. McLarty, III - McLarty Associates". McLarty Associates. Retrieved November 10, 2017.