Sheila Nix

About Sheila Nix

Sheila is the Chief of Staff for Vice-President Harris on the Biden-Harris \'24 campaign. She came from US Department of Education where she served as Chief of Staff. Before joining the Biden Administration in 2021, she was President of Tusk Philanthropies and she has close to three decades of leadership in political, domestic policy and innovative nonprofit operations. As the Chief of Staff to Dr. Jill Biden and as a Deputy Assistant to President Obama, Sheila coordinated policy and communications for signature efforts serving veterans, teachers, students, and women and girls across the globe. Sheila also served as a Senior Advisor on the Biden for President 2020 Campaign. Her role was managing the campaign operations for Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris. Sheila previously worked on voter outreach plans for various presidential and gubernatorial campaigns, helped develop policies as Deputy Governor of Illinois and Chief of Staff to two US Senators, and coordinated resources across the country to fight poverty and disease in Sub-Saharan Africa as the U.S. Executive Director of Bono’s ONE Campaign. She is a graduate of Creighton University and the University of Chicago Law School.

Experience

1. Chief of Staff for Vice President Kamala Harris

   Harris For President

   Aug 2023 — Present

Education

• University of Chicago Law School

  Doctor of Law - JD

• Creighton University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Accounting

Skills

• Campaigns
• International Relations
• Community Development
• Grant Writing
• Program Development
• Policy
• Budgets
• Ngos
• Management
• International Development
• Grants
• Politics
• Policy Analysis
• Grassroots Organizing
• Community Organizing
• Public Policy
• Fundraising
• Philanthropy
• Strategic Communications
• Public Speaking