Matt Schlapp

Matt Schlapp
Schlapp in 2025
Chairman of the American Conservative Union
Assumed office
June 19, 2014
Preceded byAl Cardenas
White House Director of Political Affairs
In office
May 23, 2003  February 2005
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byKen Mehlman
Succeeded bySara Taylor
Personal details
Born
Matthew Aaron Schlapp

(1967-12-18) December 18, 1967
Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
(m. 2002)
Children5
EducationUniversity of Notre Dame (BA)
Wichita State University (MPA)

Matthew Aaron Schlapp (born December 18, 1967) is an American political activist and lobbyist who is chairman of the American Conservative Union. He leads the lobbying firm Cove Strategies, which had strong ties to the Donald Trump administration. He is a former Fox News political contributor.

Schlapp was President George W. Bush's deputy assistant and political director during Bush's first term. He is married to Mercedes Schlapp, who was President Donald Trump's Director of Strategic Communications.