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. She serves 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, previou...
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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. She serves 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.
Tchen was born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrants who fled Communist China in 1949. She grew up near Cleveland, Ohio, where her father worked as a psychiatrist and her mother as a scientist. She graduated from Harvard University's Radcliffe College in 1978, and received her law degree in 1984 from Northwestern University School of Law.
After graduation from Radcliffe, Tchen worked for several years for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as a budget analyst. She then went to law...
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