Mike McCartney
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| Role: | Former chief of staff | ||
| Location: | Honolulu, Hawaii | ||
| Affiliation: | Democrat | ||
| Education: | Pacific University (B.S. biology and physical education, 1982) | ||
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Mike McCartney is a Democratic political advisor in the state of Hawaii. He is the former chief of staff for Gov. David Ige from 2014 to 2018. Previously, McCartney was the president and chief executive officer of the Hawaii Tourism Authority and served in the Hawaii State Senate as a senator for 10 years.
Career
Hawaii State Senate
In 1988, McCartney was elected to the Hawaii State Senate and served as majority leader, education chair, labor chair, and government operations chair. He remained in the state senate until 1998.[1]
Private sector
After his tenure as senator, McCartney was the director of the Hawaii Department of Human Resources Development until 2000 when he became the CEO of PBS Hawaii.[2]
In 2008, McCartney served as the executive director of the Hawaii State Teachers Association. He remained with the association until 2009, when he took the position of CEO and president of the Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA). Prior to becoming CEO, McCartney had been on the board of directors for the HTA since 2004.[3]
McCartney also served as the chair of the Hawaii Democratic Party.[4] He was president and co-founder of Hawaii Stars Presents Inc & Hawaii Stars Studios, producer of Hawaii Stars, a TV program that showcased the musical talents of Hawaiians.[5][6]
David Ige chief of staff
McCartney remained with the HTA until 2014, when he accepted the position of chief of staff for Democratic Governor of Hawaii David Ige.[7] McCartney and Ige both served in the legislature and worked on education reform together.[8] Upon McCartney's appointment, Gov. Ige stated,[4]
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I’m glad that I’m able to have a chief of staff that has broad private sector, public sector experience, working inside the executive as well as inside the legislative branch of government. As you know, chief of staff becomes a very, very important position to the governor’s office. Mike’s personality, his style, his abilities, really provide an extension of my core beliefs of open government, being respectful and responsive to all concerns, and then — most importantly — doing the right thing the right way.[9] |
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In October 2017, Ige hired former Transportation Director Ford Fuchigami to serve as his administrative director, a role outlined in the state constitution that had been simultaneously held by McCartney since 2014, as well as by previous chiefs of staff under prior administrations. McCartney remained on staff as Ige's chief of staff, though he accepted the lower salary rate of the vacant deputy chief of staff position and allowed Fuchigami to receive the higher salary rate of the administrative director position.[4]
According to Ige, the revised staff structure allowed Fuchigami to take the lead on the governor's policy, legislative, and budget initiatives, while McCartney took charge of communications and collective bargaining outreach.[4]
Chief of staff
- See also: Gubernatorial chiefs of staff
In 2017, Ballotpedia identified Mike McCartney as a gubernatorial chief of staff. A chief of staff is the lead staff member of an administration and is responsible for implementing the governor's agenda.
The role is both a managerial and advisory position, although specific duties vary by administration. The chief of staff typically has the following responsibilities, according to the National Governors Association (NGA):[10]
- Control access to the governor and manage the governor's calendar;
- Monitor the flow of information to the governor on policy issues;
- Oversee gubernatorial Cabinet and staff; and
- Manage and communicate the governor's policy agenda to the state legislature and the public.
In terms of policymaking, the NGA notes that a chief of staff is responsible for bringing policy and communications together: "The chief is responsible for overseeing the development of the governor’s policy agenda. The policy director or advisor is typically responsible for shaping the general concepts and specific details of the agenda with input from the communications director, policy staff and cabinet members. The chief often must take charge and bring the pieces together coherently."[10]
Media
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Footnotes
- ↑ Hawaii News Now, "Governor-elect Ige appoints Mike McCartney as chief of staff," November 7, 2014
- ↑ Greater Good Radio, "Mike McCartney, Chief Executive Officer of PBS Hawaii, former Hawaii State Senator," May 3, 2006
- ↑ Honolulu Advertiser, "Panel recommends Mike McCartney to head HTA," February 26, 2009
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Honolulu Star-Advertiser, "Gov.-elect Ige chooses HTA's McCartney as his chief of staff," November 7, 2014 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "star" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Hawaii Stars, "About Us," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Mike McCartney," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ Khon 2, "Gov-elect Ige appoints Mike McCartney as chief of staff," November 7, 2014
- ↑ Hawaii Business, "TALK STORY WITH MIKE MCCARTNEY," January, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 National Governors Association, "The Many Roles of the Governor’s Chief of Staff," accessed April 20, 2021
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