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 1997–1999
Mayor	John Delaney
Preceded by	Rick Mullaney
Succeeded by	Scott Teagle
Personal details
Born	Susan Summerall (1957-05-14) May 14, 1957 (age 67) New Jersey, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Lanny Wiles ​ ​ (m. 1985; div. 2017)​
Children	2
Parent	Pat Summerall (father)
Education	University of Maryland, College Park (BA)

Susan Wiles (née Summerall; born May 14, 1957) is an American government official and political consultant who has served as the 32nd White House chief of staff since 2025, and the first woman to do so. A member of the Republican Party, she was co-chair of Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, having previously been CEO of Trump's leadership PAC Save America and co-chair of his 2016 campaign in Florida.

Wiles began her career working for New York congressman and future Republican vice presidential nominee Jack Kemp. She then worked as a campaign scheduler on Ronald Reagan's 1980 campaign. In 1995, while working for Congresswoman Tillie Fowler, she was appointed chief of staff to Jacksonville mayor John Delaney – the first woman to hold the position. She wielded significant influence over the government of Jacksonville during her tenure and would later advise Mayor John Peyton from 2004 to 2009.

She was campaign manager of Rick Scott's successful 2010 gubernatorial campaign, defeating incumbent Florida attorney general Bill McCollum in the Republican primary and incumbent Florida chief financial officer Alex Sink in the general election. In January 2011, Wiles was hired as campaign manager of Jon Huntsman Jr.'s 2012 presidential campaign. She left the campaign in July 2011 after establishing a Ponte Vedra Beach-based consulting firm with former Jacksonville Jaguars player Tony Boselli. After the first election of Donald Trump, she became a senior advisor for Ron DeSantis's successful 2018 gubernatorial campaign. However, after being shut out of DeSantis' inner circle, she would later describe working for DeSantis as the "biggest mistake" of her entire career.^[1]

On November 7, 2024, she was selected by then-President-elect Trump to be the White House chief of staff in his second administration, and she became, on January 20, 2025, the first woman to hold the role.