Susie Wiles

Susie Wiles
Wiles in 2025
32nd White House Chief of Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office January 20, 2025
President	Donald Trump
Deputy	Dan Scavino Stephen Miller James Blair Taylor Budowich Beau Harrison Nicholas F. Luna
Preceded by	Jeff Zients
Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Jacksonville
In office November 20, 1997 – November 17, 2000
Mayor	John Delaney
Preceded by	Rick Mullaney
Succeeded by	Audrey McKibbin Moran
Personal details
Born	Susan L. Summerall (1957-05-14) May 14, 1957 (age 68) Lake City, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Lanny Wiles ​ ​ (m. 1984; div. 2017)​
Children	2
Parent	Pat Summerall (father)
Education	University of Maryland, College Park (BA)

Susan L. Wiles (née Summerall; born May 14, 1957) is an American political consultant and lobbyist who has served as the White House chief of staff since 2025.

Wiles graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1978. While attending university, she began working for New York representative Jack Kemp. Wiles later worked for Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign in his scheduling office, in the White House Office of Scheduling and Advance, and for Raymond J. Donovan, the secretary of labor. In 1985, she moved to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, with her husband and two children. Wiles served as the district director for Tillie Fowler's 1992 campaign to represent Florida's fourth congressional district. She worked within as Jacksonville mayor John Delaney and served as his chief of staff from 1997 to 2000. Wiles later served in John Peyton's administration, but quit to work as a spokeswoman and lobbyist.

In the 2010 Florida gubernatorial election, Wiles worked as Rick Scott's campaign manager. After Scott's victory, she served as Jon Huntsman Jr.'s campaign manager for his presidential campaign, though she resigned after less than a month amid a dispute with John Weaver. In October 2015, Wiles was hired as a Florida campaign chairwoman for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. She became his campaign manager for Florida in September 2016. After Trump won that year's presidential election, Wiles moved to Washington, D.C. to lead Ballard Partners with Brian Ballard. In September 2018, she was hired to lead Ron DeSantis's failing campaign for the 2018 Florida gubernatorial election. By the following year, a feud between Wiles and DeSantis allies, including his wife, Casey, led to her removal from Trump's 2020 campaign. She left Ballard Partners that year.

Wiles rejoined the Trump campaign in July 2020. After Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election, she was appointed to lead Trump's fundraising apparatus, including Save America. She assumed a dominant role in Trump's post-presidential activities, including his travel, fundraising, and endorsements in the 2022 elections. After Trump announced a third consecutive presidential campaign in November 2022, Wiles was named as his campaign manager alongside Chris LaCivita. After his victory in the 2024 election, Trump named Wiles as his White House chief of staff. She is the first woman to hold the position.