Children Patrick and Emma Siblings Cassandra Tchen Parents Peter Tchen, Lily Tchen | Nationality United States Party Democratic Party Preceded by Susan Sher Name Tina Tchen | |
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Born January 25, 1956 (age 68) ( 1956-01-25 ) Role White House Director of Public Liaison Office White House Director of Public Liaison since 2009 Education Northwestern University School of Law, Radcliffe College/Harvard University, Harvard University, Radcliffe College | ||
Tina tchen 2010 commencement address
Christina M. "Tina" Tchen (simplified Chinese: 陈远美; traditional Chinese: 陳遠美, pinyin: Chén Yuǎnměi) (born January 25, 1956) is an American lawyer. From 2011 until 2017, she served as Assistant to President Barack Obama; Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama; and Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls. From the date of Obama's inauguration until January 5, 2011, she was the Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, previously known as the Office of Public Liaison.
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- Tina tchen 2010 commencement address
- How far we ve come tina tchen on hiv aids
- Early life and education
- Career experience
- Community and professional service
- Awards
- Political donations
- References
How far we ve come tina tchen on hiv aids
Early life and education
Tchen was born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrants who fled the People's Republic of China in 1949. Her father worked as a psychiatrist and her mother as a scientist. She grew up in Beachwood, Ohio where she graduated from Beachwood High School. She has known Amy Rule, Rahm Emanuel's wife, since they were teenagers together in suburban Cleveland. She graduated from Radcliffe College of Harvard University in 1978, and received her law degree in 1984 from Northwestern University School of Law.
Career experience
After graduation from Radcliffe, Tchen worked for several years for the Illinois Bureau of the Budget where she served as the Governor's budget analyst for the Department of Children and Family Services. She then went to law school, and after graduation went to work as an associate attorney for the Chicago office of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
Tchen worked at Skadden for 25 years where she specialized in litigation at all levels of the state and federal courts. She represented companies, officers and directors in shareholder class and derivative actions. She also handled a wide range of commercial, intellectual property, and employment-related litigation, and represented public agencies in state and federal class actions, including the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, the Illinois Department of Public Aid and the Chicago Housing Authority. She was a partner at Skadden for 13 years before her appointment to the Obama administration.
Community and professional service
Tchen has served on several boards for organizations involved in public, legal and social policy: the Chicago Bar Association Foundation; the Field Foundation of Illinois (chair of the board); the Chicago Public Library (trustee); and the Chinese American Service League (board member).
Tchen has served on the Judicial Nominations Commission for the Northern District of Illinois and has served in several leadership positions with the American Bar Association Litigation Section.
Awards
Tchen is the recipient of a number of awards recognizing her contributions in the legal field: Leadership Award from the Women's Bar Association of Illinois (1999); "Women of Achievement" award from the Anti-Defamation League (1996); and Chicago Lawyer (Magazine) "Person of the Year" (1994). She was selected for inclusion in Chambers USA guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2008) and The Best Lawyers in America (2009). She also was selected in 2007 as one of the top three women business lawyers in Illinois by the Leading Lawyers Network. In 2011, she was honored with the Harvard College Women's Leadership Professional Achievement Award.
Political donations
Tchen made 13 donations totaling $7,850 to various Democratic political campaigns in 2008. She was also an early supporter of Barack Obama's run for the U.S. presidency, and was an effective fundraiser for his campaign.