Inaugural Lecture for "Talking Politics" Series: Andrew Card
Andy Card, White House Chief of Staff from 2000 to 2006 will deliver the inaugural lecture for the UMass "Talking Politics" speakers series.
Card served as White House chief of staff from 2000 to 2006 will speak on “The American Political Landscape: Looking Towards 2008.”
The talk is the inaugural lecture in the “Talking Politics” series sponsored by the UMass Civic Initiative run by the Donahue Institute and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. The event is free and open to the public.
Card served as chief of staff to President George W. Bush from 2000 to 2006 and was the second-longest serving White House chief of staff.
From 1992 to 1993, Card served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President George H.W. Bush. In August 1992, at the request of President Bush, Secretary Card coordinated the administration's disaster relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Andrew. Later that year, Card directed Bush’s transition office during the transition from the Bush Administration to the Clinton Administration.
From 1988 to 1992, Card served in the first President Bush’s administration as assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff. Card also served in President Ronald Reagan's administration as special assistant to the president for intergovernmental affairs and subsequently as deputy assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs, where he was liaison to governors, statewide elected officials, state legislators, mayors and other elected officials.
A native of Holbrook,Massachusetts, Card served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1975 to 83. In 1982, Card was named Legislator of the Year by the National Republican Legislators Association and received the Distinguished Legislator Award from the Massachusetts Municipal Association.
Card graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering. He attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and has received numerous honorary degrees and awards.