ConocoPhillips White House Lecture Series - 9/19/2000
John H. Sununu
John H. Sununu of Salem, New Hampshire, is President of JHS Associates, Ltd. and a partner in Trinity International Partners, a private financial firm.
Governor Sununu co-hosted CNN's nightly Crossfire, from March 1992 until February 1998.
Commissioned Chief of Staff to the President of the United States on January 21, 1989, Governor Sununu oversaw the daily operations of the White House and its staff until March 1, 1992, when he was appointed Counselor to the President.
Governor Sununu became New Hampshire's 93rd Governor on January 6, 1983, and served three consecutive terms prior to joining the White House staff. He assumed the office with a background of nearly 20 years experience as an educator, engineer, businessman and community leader. He gained both regional and national recognition through his chairmanship of the Coalition of Northeastern Governors, the chairmanship of the Republican Governor's Association, and his election in 1987 to the chairmanship of the National Governors' Association.
From 1963 until his election as Governor, he served as President of JHS Engineering Company and Thermal Research Inc. In addition, he helped establish and served as chief engineer for Astro Dynamics Inc. from 1960 until 1965.
Governor Sununu attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and earned his Ph.D. there in 1966 in Mechanical Engineering. From 1968 until 1973, he was Associate Dean of the College of Engineering at Tufts University and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He served on the Advisory Board of the Technology and Policy Program at MIT from 1984 until 1989.
Governor Sununu is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a member of the Board of Trustees for the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation. He is married to the former Nancy Hayes, and they have eight children.