Constance Horner

Constance Joan Horner (born February 24, 1942, nee McNeely) is an American businesswoman, known for being the third Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management as well as President Reagan's chief advisor on Federal civil service personnel matters. She was a presidential appointee in the Administrations of President Reagan and President George H. W. Bush.

Horner worked for OPM from August 22, 1985 through May 10, 1989. She approved the budget and legislative proposals of many of Federal agencies, including the Departments of Treasury, Justice, Transportation, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development.

After she left the White House Horner was a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution, writing and lecturing on public organization management reforms. Raised in Chatham Borough, New Jersey, she graduated from Chatham High School in 1960.

She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964 and received an M.A. degree in English Literature from the University of Chicago in 1967. She is married to Charles Horner. They have two sons. They live in Lexington, Virginia.