Lanhee Chen
| Lanhee Chen 陳仁宜 |
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| Born |
July 4, 1978 Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Residence | Silicon Valley, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | John A. Rowland High School, Rowland Heights, California |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (A.B., A.M., J.D., Ph.D.) |
| Occupation | University lecturer, attorney, policy expert, commentator |
| Years active | 2003 — present |
| Known for | Senior Adviser, Marco Rubio presidential campaign, 2016; Policy Director, Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2012; Domestic Policy Director, Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2008 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Parent(s) | Originated from Taiwan |
| Website | Official website |
Lanhee J. Chen (Chinese: 陳仁宜; pinyin: Chén Rényí; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Jîn-gî; born July 4, 1978) is an American university lecturer, policy expert, and political commentator. Chen currently serves as the David and Diane Steffy Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Director of Domestic Policy Studies and Lecturer in the Public Policy Program at Stanford University, and Lecturer in Law at Stanford Law School. Chen is also a political commentator for CNN, on which he frequently provides insights related to the 2016 presidential election. He is also counsel at the law firm Arent Fox LLP. He was a senior adviser to the 2016 presidential campaign of Senator Marco Rubio.
Chen was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to a seat on the bipartisan and independent Social Security Advisory Board, which advises the President, Congress, and the Social Security Administrator on Social Security policies. He was recommended for the post by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. He also currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of El Camino Hospital, the hospital of Silicon Valley.
Chen is most well known for his role as policy director for the 2012 Mitt Romney presidential campaign and Romney's chief policy adviser. He has been described as the "orchestra leader" behind the Romney 2012 campaign. Romney confidante Beth Myers described Chen as the person Romney relied on "entirely" for policy direction.
Chen was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, but grew up in Rowland Heights in Southern California, the son of Taiwanese immigrants. He speaks Taiwanese Hokkien more fluently than Mandarin Chinese. His father is originally from the western county of Yunlin, Taiwan, while his mother grew up in Taipei, Taiwan. They currently live in the San Gabriel Valley in Southern California.
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