Constance Horner

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Constance Horner
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Horner in 1985
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Constance Joan McNeely

(1942-02-24) February 24, 1942 (age 79)
Summit, New Jersey

Constance Joan Horner (born February 24, 1942, nee McNeely) is an American businesswoman, known for being the third Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management as well as President Reagan's chief advisor on Federal civil service personnel matters. [1] She was a presidential appointee in the Administrations of President Reagan and President George H. W. Bush. [2] [3]

Horner worked for OPM from August 22, 1985 through May 10, 1989. [1] During her time in the Reagan administration she also served as Associate Director for Economics and Government in the Office of Management and Budget. [4] She approved the budget and legislative proposals of many of Federal agencies, including the Departments of Treasury, Justice, Transportation, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development. [4] She was the Director of VISTA as well as Acting Associate Director of ACTION, VISTA's parent agency. [4]

She later served as Assistant to the President in the Bush administration where he appointed her deputy secretary of Health and Human Services and later director of Presidential Personnel where she advised the President on "the selection of appointees to cabinet and sub-cabinet posts, ambassadorships, judgeships, regulatory agencies, and commissions." [5] [2] During her nomination hearing for the position at Health and Human Services, Senator David Durenberger said of Horner "[I]f you had to find somebody inside the system who was never satisfied that the system worked well enough for the people it is supposed to serve, it would be Constance Horner." [6]

After she left the White House Horner was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution, writing and lecturing on public organization management reforms. [5] She is a lecturer and writer on the subject of managing the Federal Government. [4] Her writing on public policy has been published in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The American Spectator. [1] As of 2013 she served on the boards of directors of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Ingersoll-Rand, and Pfizer. [2]

Early years and education

Horner was born in Summit, New Jersey. [7] Raised in Chatham Borough, New Jersey, she graduated from Chatham High School in 1960. [6] [8]

She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964 and received an M.A. degree in English Literature from the University of Chicago in 1967. [1] [9] She is married to Charles Horner. [1] They have two sons. [1] They live in Lexington, Virginia. [2]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Constance J. Horner". Center for Women in Law » 2013 Women’s Power Summit on Law & Leadership™. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  3. ↑ Ogrysko, Nicole (2019-10-02). "OPM employees voiceless as administration ramped up merger efforts". Federal News Network. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
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  5. 1 2 "Constance Horner". Brookings. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  6. 1 2 Nomination of Constance J. Horner and Mary Sheila Gall: Hearing Before the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on the Nomination of Constance J. Horner to be Under Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Mary Sheila Gall to be Assistant Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, April 21, 1989. S. hrg. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1989. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  7. ↑ "Appointment of Constance Horner as Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel". The American Presidency Project. 1991-09-04. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  8. ↑ Bruce, Edna. "Along the Way", The Chatham Press, August 26, 1960. Accessed January 27, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Constance J. McNeely of 16 N. Hillside Avenue has been awarded one of the 202 freshman competitive scholarships at the University of Pennsylvania. A recent Chatham High School graduate, Miss McNeely will enter the College of Liberal Arts for Women next month."
  9. ↑ "Public Papers". George Bush Library and Museum. 1989-02-28. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
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