Ashley Estes Kavanaugh
Kavanaugh in 2018
Personal Secretary to the President
In office
January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byBetty Currie
Succeeded byKaren E. Keller
Personal details
Born
Ashley Jean Estes

Abilene, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
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(m. 2004)​
Children2
EducationUniversity of Texas, Austin (BA)

Ashley Estes Kavanaugh is an American public official and former political aide. She is the wife of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Early life and education

Kavanaugh was born in Abilene, Texas.[1] She graduated from Abilene Cooper High School in 1993, where she was a member of the Student Council for three years and played golf for three years.[2] She attended the University of Texas at Austin,[3][4] beginning in 1993, and graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Journalism degree.[5]

In 2004, she married fellow West Wing staff member Brett Kavanaugh. Both President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush attended the wedding ceremony in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.[6]

Career

The Kavanaugh family with President Donald Trump

Kavanaugh served as an assistant to George W. Bush from 1996 through 1999, during his tenure as Governor of Texas and in the George W. Bush 2000 presidential campaign. When Bush became president in January 2001, Kavanaugh took the position of Personal Secretary to the President, serving in the position until 2004.[7]

Kavanaugh was Director of Special Projects at the George W. Bush Presidential Foundation from 2005 to 2009, and then Media Relations Coordinator at the George W. Bush Presidential Center from 2009 to 2010.[2]

Since 2016, Kavanaugh has served as town manager of the village of Chevy Chase Section Five, Maryland, taking over for acting town manager John Higgins.[8][9][10][11]

References

  1. ↑ Resendiz, Eric (July 12, 2018). "Who is Ashley Estes Kavanaugh?". KXVA. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Jaklewicz, Greg; Chipp, Timothy (July 13, 2018). "Abilenians fondly regard Ashley Estes, wife of Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh". Abilene Reporter-News. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  3. ↑ "Our attention on Supreme Court nominee's wife, an Abilene girl". Abilene Reporter-News. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  4. ↑ "Who Is Brett Kavanaugh's Wife? New Details On Ashley Estes Kavanaugh". YourTango. 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  5. ↑ "Degrees and Dates of Attendance". University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ Glover, Mary Clare (February 19, 2008). "Weddings of the Rich & Famous". Washingtonian. Washingtonian. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  7. ↑ McClellan, Scott (2008). What happened: inside the Bush White House and Washington's culture of deception. United States: PublicAffairs. pp. 234–236. ISBN 978-1-58648-556-6.
  8. ↑ "A Note From Council" (PDF). The Quarterly. 48 (1): 1. March 2016.
  9. ↑ Schwartzman, Paul; Boorstein, Michelle (July 11, 2018). "The elite world of Brett Kavanaugh". Washington Post. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  10. ↑ Frey, David (March 17, 2016). "Bethesda Magazine's 30 Great Neighborhoods to Live In". Bethesda Magazine. Retrieved September 26, 2018.
  11. ↑ Karni, Annie. "Kavanaugh's wife tests standing by your man in the #MeToo era". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
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