Denis Richard McDonough is an American government official serving as the eleventh United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs under President Joe Biden since 2021.
Denis McDonough wife
McDonough is married to Karin Hillstrom. President Joe Biden nominated McDonough to lead the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. He appeared before the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on January 27, 2021.
Denis McDonough children
McDonough and his wife Karin have three children, McDonough graduated from Saint John’s University with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in history and Spanish in 1992. After graduation, he traveled extensively throughout Latin America and taught high school in Belize.
Denis McDonough parents
McDonough was born on December 2, 1969, in Stillwater, Minnesota. to Kathleen Marie McDonough and William Joseph McDonough, William Joseph was an American economist.
In addition, He was a vice chairman and special advisor to the chairman at Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. He was the 8th President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 1993 through 2003. McDonough was born in Chicago.
Denis McDonough siblings
McDonough was one of 11 children in a devout Irish Catholic family, his grandparents having emigrated from Connemara in the Gaeltacht.
