It was announced that Hope Hicks (one of Donald Trump’s most loyal and long-term aides) will serve as the interim White House Communications Director, following Anthony “The Mooch” well-known 10-day run of Scaramucci. Hicks also served as the strategic communications director of the president and the sole gatekeeper managing his media interviews. 28-year-old Hicks is making history as the youngest person ever to perform this role. Hicks will now be accountable for managing all day-to-day messaging of the White House. You should know about the woman who might be one of the most powerful women in the United States. Hicks is a former model and lacrosse champion from Greenwich, Connecticut. Hicks’s all-American pedigree includes an upbringing in the wealthy suburban enclave.
She was born in 1988 and her father, Paul Hicks was a regional CEO for Ogilvy Public Relations and an EVP with the NFL. She was co-captain of the champion lacrosse team at Greenwich High School. She majored in English and played club lacrosse before graduating in 2010 from the Southern Methodist University. Hicks had no political experience before joining the campaign of Donald Trump. She belongs to a family having a political background. Her parents first met when her mother, Caye Ann was an aide for a Democratic congressman and her father was a Chief of Staff for a Republican. She was a rep for New York public relations powerhouse Hiltzik Strategies, whose clients included Alec Baldwin, Justin Bieber, Drake, and Ivanka Trump. Mother of Hicks said that after working for Ivanka and on various Trump Organization real-estate projects, Trump sat her down and said, ‘This is your new job’.