Cheryl Mills

Cheryl D. Mills
29th Counselor of the United States Department of State
In office
May 24, 2009 – February 3, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
Secretary of StateHillary Rodham Clinton
Preceded byEliot Cohen
Succeeded byHeather Higginbottom
3rd Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of State
In office
January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013
PresidentBarack Obama
SecretaryHillary Rodham Clinton
Preceded byBrian Gunderson
Succeeded byDavid Wade
White House Counsel
Acting
In office
August 6, 1999 – September 1999
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byChuck Ruff
Succeeded byBeth Nolan
Personal details
Born1965 (age 58–59)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseDavid Domenici (son of Pete Domenici)[1][2]
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
Stanford University (JD)

Cheryl Denise Mills (born 1965[3][4]) is an American lawyer and corporate executive. She first came into public prominence while serving as deputy White House Counsel for President Bill Clinton, whom she defended during his 1999 impeachment trial. She has worked for New York University as Senior Vice President,[5] served as Senior Adviser and Counsel for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign,[6] and is considered a member of Hillary Clinton's group of core advisers, self-designated as "Hillaryland".[6] She served as counselor and chief of staff to Hillary Clinton during her whole tenure as United States Secretary of State.[7] After leaving the State Department in January, 2013, she founded BlackIvy Group, which builds businesses in Africa.[8]

On September 3, 2015, she testified before the House Select Committee on Benghazi regarding her and former Secretary Clinton's actions and role during the 2012 Benghazi attack,[9] although the fact that she no longer held a security clearance may have limited the scope of the committee's questioning.[10]

  1. ^ Haberman, Maggie (July 19, 2013). "Cheryl Mills". Politico. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  2. ^ Karni, Annie (September 1, 2015). "The only person who says no to Hillary". Politico. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
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  5. ^ "Cheryl Mills". New York University. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
  6. ^ a b Michelle Cottle (August 6, 2007). "Hillary Control". New York. Retrieved January 1, 2008.
  7. ^ "Cheryl Mills". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
  8. ^ McIntire, Mike (October 17, 2016). "Haiti and Africa Projects Shed Light on Clinton's Public-Private Web". The New York Times. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  9. ^ Schmidt, Michael S. (September 3, 2015). "Cheryl Mills, Hillary Clinton Aide, Appears Before House Panel". Msn.com. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  10. ^ Bade, Rachael, and Josh Gerstein (September 2, 2015). "Benghazi panel denies ex-Hillary aide's request to publicly testify". Politico. www.politico.com. Retrieved 2016-10-16.