Brian Hook

Brian Hook
United States Special Representative for Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office September 1, 2018
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Stephen Mull (Coordinator for Iran Nuclear Implementation)
Director of Policy Planning
In office February 17, 2017 – September 1, 2018
President	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Jonathan Finer
Succeeded by	Kiron Skinner
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
In office October 7, 2008 – January 20, 2009
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Kristen Silverberg
Succeeded by	Esther Brimmer
Personal details
Born	1968 (age 57–58)
Party	Republican
Education	University of St. Thomas, Minnesota (BA) Boston College (MA) University of Iowa (JD)

Brian H. Hook is an American lawyer and government official. As of 2017, he serves as Director of Policy Planning and Senior Policy Advisor to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

During the George W. Bush administration, Hook served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs; Senior Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Special Assistant to the President for Policy in the White House Chief of Staff’s office; and as Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, at the U.S. Justice Department.

Hook practiced corporate law at Hogan & Hartson in Washington from 1999-2003. He has also worked for Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and U.S. Congressman Jim Leach.

Career

Hook is the founder of Latitude, LLC, an international consulting firm based in Washington, DC. He serves on the advisory board of Beacon Global Strategies.

Hook worked on the 2012 Romney campaign staff as senior advisor on foreign policy. He chaired the foreign policy and national security task forces of the Romney Readiness Project. He was the foreign policy director of Governor Tim Pawlenty's presidential campaign from 2010-2011.

In 2013, he co-founded the John Hay Initiative, an anti-isolationist group intended to inform political leaders about foreign policy.

Hook serves on the board of trustees for St. John's Seminary in Boston and the board of directors for the National Civic Arts Society in Washington, DC.

Education

Hook received a bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of St. Thomas in 1990, a master's degree in philosophy from Boston College, and a law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law.

See Also

• David Satterfield
• Brett McGurk
• Jim Jeffrey

External links

• Hook, Brian H. (2014-10-21). "Brian Hook: The U.N. Agency That Bungled Ebola - WSJ". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
• Labash, Matt (2015-06-08). "Hawks of a Feather". The Weekly Standard. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
• "Lexington: Defending America". The Economist. 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
• Josh Rogin (2014-08-28). "Romney Foreign Policy Team Is Schooling 2016's Republicans". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
• "The Romney national security transition team that might have been". Foreign Policy. 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
• "President Bush Bids U.N. Farewell". NPR. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2017-02-23.