Louisa Terrell

Louisa Terrell
White House Director of Legislative Affairs
In office
January 20, 2021 – August 1, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byAmy Swonger
Succeeded byShuwanza Goff
Personal details
Born (1969-08-17) August 17, 1969 (age 55)
Delaware, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationTufts University (BA)
Boston College (JD)

Louisa Terrell (born August 17, 1969)[1] is an American lawyer and former government official. From 2021 to 2023, Terrell served as director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs under President Joe Biden.[2][3][4][5] Prior to this, Terrell served in a variety of government and private sector positions, including as a member of Biden's Senate staff and as a public policy director at Facebook.

Early life and education

Terrell was born in Delaware on August 17, 1969. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University and a Juris Doctor degree from Boston College Law School.[6][7]

Terrell has known President Joe Biden almost her entire life. She was a classmate of his son Beau Biden from kindergarten on. She has maintained this connection to the Bidens to the present day.[8]

Career

In 2001, she was on the Senate staff of Joe Biden.[9] She was chief of staff for Cory Booker, and advisor to Tom Wheeler. She was a legislative aide to Barack Obama.[9] She was director of federal policy and strategy, at Yahoo, public policy director at Facebook, and was deputy general counsel at McKinsey & Company.[3] She was visiting faculty at the Biden Institute.[10]

Biden Administration

Following Joe Biden's inauguration as President of the United States, Terrell was appointed director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. In 2021, she lobbied moderate Republicans and Democrats on the American Jobs Plan, which eventually passed the United States Senate in August 2021 as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.[11][12][13]

Terrell, along with Shalanda Young and Steve Ricchetti, was tapped to lead the Democratic side in negotiations over the 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis.[14] She was due to depart at the end of July 2023.[15]

Post Biden-Administration

Terrell serves as a managing director[16] with Macro Advisory Partners, a company which provides businesses with strategic advice.[17]

References

  1. ^ Lizza, Ryan; Daniels, Eugene (17 August 2022). "POLITICO Playbook: Scoop: Liz Cheney's next move". Politico. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
  2. ^ Macaya, Melissa (2020-11-20). "Biden announces more members of White House senior staff". CNN. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  3. ^ a b "Meet President Biden's legislative affairs chief". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  4. ^ "Terrell to lead Biden's legislative affairs shop". Roll Call. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  5. ^ Waldman, Scott. "Meet Biden's Climate Voice on Capitol Hill". Scientific American. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  6. ^ "Louisa Terrell: From Tufts to the Biden administration". The Tufts Daily. 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  7. ^ "Louisa Terrell | Boston College Law School Magazine". Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  8. ^ Bash, Dana (2022-12-11). "Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill". CNN. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  9. ^ a b "Biden's Congress Whisperer". Politico. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  10. ^ "Blue Hens in the House | UD Magazine | UDaily". www.udel.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  11. ^ Monroe, Madeline (2021-06-23). "White House digs in as infrastructure talks stall". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  12. ^ "White House team cites progress in talks with bipartisan infrastructure group". Reuters. 2021-06-22. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  13. ^ Broadwater, Luke (2021-05-25). "Coons, Biden's Eyes and Ears in the Senate, Reaches for Bipartisanship". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
  14. ^ "Debt limit progress as Biden, McCarthy name top negotiators to avert national default". Associated Press. 2023-05-16.
  15. ^ "Biden's top legislative director to step down". Politico. 14 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Louisa Terrell | Managing Director | Macro Advisory Partners". MAP. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  17. ^ "MAP | Our Counsel". MAP. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
Political offices
Preceded by White House Director of Legislative Affairs
2021–2023 		Succeeded by