Hope Charlotte Hicks[1] (born October 21, 1988) is an American public relations executive and political advisor who served in President Donald Trump’s administration from 2017 to 2018 and 2020 to 2021.

[13][14] Her father was Regional CEO, Americas,[15] of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, and executive vice president of communications for the National Football League from 2010 to 2015, before becoming managing director of the Glover Park Group.

[7] She then posed for a Ralph Lauren campaign with her older sister Mary Grace, and was the face of the Hourglass Adventures novels about a time-traveling 10-year-old.

[14][21][22] She then attended Southern Methodist University, where she majored in English and played on a club lacrosse program she helped start.

[26] In January 2015, Donald Trump chose Hicks, who was 26 at the time, for the role of press secretary for his potential presidential campaign.

[25][29] When in New York City, she would spend most of her day in Trump's office, handling inquiries from the press and taking dictation from him to tweet.

[30] On December 22, 2016, it was announced that Hicks would become part of the Trump administration, in the newly created position of the White House director of strategic communications.

[37] On March 4, 2019, the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to Hicks requesting information regarding alleged obstruction of justice by the current administration.

[49] In February 2020, it was announced that Hicks would return to the White House Office as an aide to Jared Kushner and counselor to President Donald Trump.

[50] On June 1, 2020, during the George Floyd protests in Washington, Hicks and others suggested that Trump walk to St. John's Episcopal Church go across the street from the White House to make a public appearance.

Law enforcement subsequently used tear gas and other riot control tactics to forcefully clear peaceful protesters from Lafayette Square and surrounding streets, creating a path for President Donald Trump and senior administration officials, including Hicks, to the church.

[55][56][57] The New York Times reported in June 2022 that, in the weeks after the 2020 election Trump insisted had been stolen from him, some of his aides quietly disagreed with him.

[58] On October 25, 2022, Hicks sat for a "transcribed interview" with the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.

[64] She provided some detail on Trump's relationship with former American Media Inc. head David Pecker during the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries and also on how Trump wanted his alleged affairs with Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal covered up to avoid embarrassment against him and his family in the wake of the Access Hollywood tape release.