Prior to joining Hill and Knowlton, Tom Hoog founded and served as President of Hoog and Associates, Inc., a Colorado-based governmental affairs firm with offices in Washington, D.C. and Orange County, California. Tom served on the executive committee and national finance committee for then-Governor Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign. He served for five years as Chief of Staff for US Senator Gary Hart of Colorado. Before his Capitol Hill experience, his involvement in national politics had begun with his work for the presidential campaigns of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Senator George McGovern. Also, Tom spent six years as a naval aviator with the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet.
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