Who Is Hope Hicks? And Why Is The Former Ralph Lauren Model In The White House?

Hope Hicks, born, Hope Charlotte Hicks, October 21, 1988, is a communications and public relations consultant and former Ralph Lauren model who is the current White House Communications Director for President Donald Trump.

From January to September 2017, she served as White House Director of Strategic Communications, a role created for her, according to wikipedia

Hicks was a teenage model, including for a Ralph Lauren campaign with her older sister Mary Grace, and was the face of the Hourglass Adventures novels about a time-traveling 10-year-old. She was the cover model for The It Girl (2005), the first novel in the series by Cecily von Ziegesar.

She previously served as the press secretary and early communications director for Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, as well as the national press secretary for his presidential transition team, and before that was an employee of The Trump Organization. She is Trump’s longest-serving political aide.

In January 2017, Hicks was included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

Hicks is the daughter of Caye Ann (Cavender) Hicks and Paul Burton Hicks III. Her father was Regional CEO, Americas of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, and executive vice president of communications for the National Football League from 2010 to 2015, before his current position of managing director of the Glover Park Group. She grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut.

She attended Greenwich High School, where she was co-captain of the lacrosse team, and graduated in 2006. She attended Southern Methodist University, where she majored in English and played on a club lacrosse program she helped start. She graduated in 2010.