Ashley Kavanaugh

Estes was born in Abilene, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1997. Estes manages the small community of The Village of Chevy Chase Section 5 in Maryland. The village is comprised of 227 houses and one restaurant. Her position is non-partisan, as she was appointed by the Town Council. From 2001 to 2005, she worked in the White House as George W Bush's personal secretary, but she was also Bush’s personal assistant from 1996 to 1999 while he was the governor of Texas. Estes was the personal assistant for the Bush-Cheney presidential campaign from 1996 to 2000. Both she and her now-husband were working for the Bushes in 2001 when they met. When the couple got married in 2004, the Bushes were just a few of the guests. The couple has two children, Margaret and Liza. Margaret was born just 13 months after they married, and Liza followed soon after.