Jay F. Hein is a former director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI), and Deputy Assistant to U.S President George W.

[1] As director of the OFBCI, he was charged with the mission of expanding and strengthening the influence of faith based organizations in providing social welfare services.

[4] While at the OFBCI, Hein viewed one of its purposes as leveling the playing field for small religious groups that wanted to obtain government grants.

[5] Prior to his appointment to the OFBCI, Hein, as president and founder of the Sagamore Institute, conducted research that concentrated on community-based reforms.

He was one of the first recipients of the Ronald Reagan Leadership Program scholarship, a full tuition grant given to just 6 entering freshmen each year.