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Joseph P. O’Neill (born July 18,1947) is President and CEO of the influential public affairs firm, Public Strategies Washington (PSW). Prior to founding the company in 1991, O’Neill was President of the National Retail Federation. In his public career, O’Neill is most closely associated with former U.S. Senator and Treasury Secretary, Lloyd Bentsen, serving as his chief of staff in the U.S. Senate from 1980 to 1985 and as campaign manager and chief of staff for Bentsen in the Dukakis-Bentsen presidential campaign of 1988. O’Neill also served as head of transition for Senator Bentsen subsequent to his selection by President Clinton in 1992 as the country’s 69th Secretary of the Treasury. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, O’Neill was educated at Harvard University and the University of Texas, where he served on the faculty of the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs from 1973 to 1975. He is married to the former Linda Madden and they have three children, Susannah, Patrick and Kathleen and two grandchildren, Nolan and Keely Kennedy. O’Neill has served on a variety of corporate boards, including serving as lead director for Dallas based Affiliated Computer Services prior to its acquisition by Xerox for $6.4 billion in 2009. O’Neill also served on the board of CareerStaff Unlimited and currently serves on the boards of Supplemental Health Care Inc and T Rex Corporation. O’Neill also serves as Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs.