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SHAREWASHINGTON — Sheila Nix, an Oak Park resident who was a senior adviser in President Joe Biden’s campaign, will join the administration as chief of staff in the U.S. Department of Education.When ex-President Barack Obama was in the White House, Nix was chief of staff for then second lady Jill Biden, the new first lady.Last summer, after Biden tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to be his running mate, Nix became a senior campaign adviser to Harris, at the time a senator from California.Claudia Chavez, who served in Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s City Hall and was the Biden campaign’s midwest deputy director, will be White House liaison in the Education Department.The Nix and Chavez appointments were announced by the department on Thursday, a day after Biden’s inauguration. Biden’s choice for Education Secretary, Miguel Cardona, has not yet been confirmed.Nix, along with Democratic activist Chris Dunn, led the Illinois Biden campaign. Before that, Nix had been Jill Biden’s chief of staff from April 2013 to the last day of the Obama/Biden administrations — Jan. 20, 2017.During the 2012 Obama reelection campaign, with headquarters in Chicago, Nix was chief of staff for then-Vice President Biden.She is the president of Tusk Philanthropies. Nix and Brad Tusk, who founded the nonprofit, served together in the administration of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, where Nix was a deputy governor. She went on become the U.S. executive director of Bono’s ONE Campaign. Nix is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School with an undergraduate degree from Creighton University.While in Emanuel’s City Hall, Chavez was a deputy in the Office of Legislative Counsel and Government Affairs. She is a graduate of Illinois State University.`In This StreamNext Up InMost ReadThe LatestThe victims were in the park in the 5500 block of South Martin Luther King Drive when they were shot, police said.Rather than ask why many Americans now hold a dim view of the Supreme Court, Roberts has closed his ears and downplayed the public’s very valid concerns.The Cubs’ Single-A affiliates opened postseason play on Tuesday.Eloy Jimenez homers for fourth time in seven games, Jose Abreu homers for first time in 38; Kopech pitches five innings of two-run ballThere are some who would rather do away with libraries and the freedom of public space altogether. We now see this happening in Downers Grove where a drag queen bingo event was canceled due to threats of violence.

SHAREWASHINGTON — Sheila Nix, an Oak Park resident who was a senior adviser in President Joe Biden’s campaign, will join the administration as chief of staff in the U.S. Department of Education.When ex-President Barack Obama was in the White House, Nix was chief of staff for then second lady Jill Biden, the new first lady.Last summer, after Biden tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to be his running mate, Nix became a senior campaign adviser to Harris, at the time a senator from California.Claudia Chavez, who served in Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s City Hall and was the Biden campaign’s midwest...

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