(born May 10, 1947) is an American politician who was White House Chief of Staff under President George W.
Bush from 2001 to 2006, as well as head of Bush's White House Iraq Group.
Card served as United States Secretary of Transportation under President George H.
W.
Bush from 1992 to 1993.
Card announced his resignation as Chief of Staff on March 28, 2006, effective April 14, 2006.
Card was the Acting Dean of The Bush School of Government and Public Service, at Texas A&M University while Ryan Crocker fulfilled his U.S.
Ambassador to Afghanistan responsibilities before stepping down in July 2013.
In 2014, he became the president of Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire, serving until he retired from that post in the summer of 2016.