Cheryl Mills

Cheryl Mills
Counselor of the United States Department of State
In office May 24, 2009 – February 3, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Eliot Cohen
Succeeded by	Heather Higginbottom
Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of State
In office January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Brian Gunderson
Succeeded by	David Wade
Personal details
Born	1965 (age 51–52)
Political party	Democratic
Domestic partner	David Domenici
Alma mater	University of Virginia (B.A.) Stanford Law School (J.D.)

Cheryl D. Mills (born 1965) is an American lawyer and corporate executive. She first came into public prominence while serving as deputy White House Counsel for President Bill Clinton, whom she defended during his 1999 impeachment trial. She has worked for New York University as Senior Vice President, served as Senior Adviser and Counsel for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, and is considered a member of Hillary Clinton's group of core advisers, self-designated as "Hillaryland". She served as Counselor and Chief of Staff to Hillary Clinton during her whole tenure as United States Secretary of State. After leaving the State Department in January, 2013, she founded BlackIvy Group, which builds businesses in Africa.

On September 3, 2015, she testified before the House Select Committee on Benghazi regarding her and former Secretary Clinton's actions and role during the 2012 Benghazi attack, although the fact that she no longer held a security clearance may have limited the scope of the committee's questioning.

Mills is the daughter of a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army and grew up on Army posts all over the world, including Belgium, West Germany, and the U.S. She attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland. Mills received her B.A. from the University of Virginia in 1987, where she was Phi Beta Kappa, and her J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1990, where she was elected to Stanford Law Review.

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