Kristan King Nevins

Nevins began her career as an employee at JPMorgan Chase. She later worked as an associate at Dutko Worldwide, a lobbying firm. Nevins served as Chief of Staff to former First Lady Barbara Bush.^[2][3] She later worked as Director of Outreach at the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and Director of Strategy at SBD Advisors, LLC, a management consulting firm.^[4] Nevins also served in the United States Department of State and Central Intelligence Agency.^[5][6][7]

In February 2017, it was announced that Nevins would serve as Chief of Staff to Second Lady Karen Pence.^[8] Nevins left Pence's office in January 2018, becoming Chief of Staff to Texas Congressman Will Hurd.^[9] Nevins returned to the White House Office in 2019, serving as Assistant to the President and White House Cabinet Secretary.^[10]

On December 16, 2020, Trump stated his intention to nominate Nevins as a board member of the Institute of Education Sciences.^[11] After serving in the Trump administration, Nevins went to work for Blackstone as a managing director of government relations.^[12]

Nevins is married to Kyle Nevins, a businessman and former congressional aide. He is a co-founder of Harbinger Strategies and formerly worked for Representatives Eric Cantor and Roy Blunt.^[13] Nevins and her husband have three children and live in Washington, D.C.^[14][15]