Allan Hubbard received his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University cum laude in 1969. He received a J.D. from Harvard Law School (1975), also cum laude, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a classmate of Bush’s.

He was previously the director of E & A Industries, a conglomerate in Indiana that owns three chemical companies, among others. A major fundraiser for Bush, from 1993 to 1994, Hubbard served as the volunteer chairman of the Indiana State Republican Party and from 1990 to 1992 as deputy chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle, and previously as executive director of the President’s Council on Competitiveness, which was chaired by Quayle.

Hubbard formerly served as an Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director, National Economic Council. He was also one of the Members of the 2006 Bilderberg Meeting in Ottawa, Canada, and is a former member of the group’s Steering Committee.