She is nicknamed the “ice lady”: who is Susie Wiles, the new chief of staff of the White House?

She is a shadowy woman and was chosen to occupy the famous position of “chief of staff”the equivalent in France of the secretary general of the Elysée.

Susie Wiles, born in 1957 in New Jersey, United States, is a political consultant with a long career behind her. Since April 2024, she has served as co-chair of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. She co-led the president-elect’s election campaign with Chris LaCivita.

Appointed chief of staff this Thursday, November 7, 2024, she becomes the first woman to occupy this position on American territory.

“Susie Wiles just helped me win one of the greatest political victories in American history and she was an integral part of my successful campaigns in 2016 and 2020.”Donald Trump said in a press release.

She avoids being in the light

Daughter of former National Football League (NFL) player Pat Summerall, who later became a legendary sports commentator, Susie Wiles joined Ronald Reagan’s presidential campaign in 1980 as a campaign planner, Wikipedia recalls.

In the 1990s, Susie Wiles became chief of staff to John Delaney, then mayor of Jacksonville. Considered a traditional moderate Republican, she carefully avoids the spotlight, stresses The Point.

From 2004 to 2009, she advised Jacksonville Mayor John Peyton. During the 2010 Florida gubernatorial election, Susie Wiles is credited with helping to elect businessman Rick Scott.

In 2015, she “sees something” in Trump

In 2015, when he had just launched into the Republican primary, Donald Trump invited Susie Wiles to New York, recalls Politico, spotted by The Point. When she returns, the consultant will tell her loved ones that she “sees something in him”convinced that he can win the election. She will play a central role in helping him beat Hillary Clinton in Florida, the same in 2020 even if Joe Biden wins in most other states.

In 2016 and 2020, Donald Trump chose Susie Wiles, in duo with Chris LaCivita, ex-military turned political consultant. The pair is recognized for having organized the most disciplined operation of Donald Trump’s three campaigns and played a key strategic role in the victory of the now president-elect of the United States against Kamala Harris.

The “ice lady”

This Tuesday evening, November 5, 2024, on the stage of the Palm Beach Convention Center, Donald Trump also paid tribute to the duo. “Susie, come on, Chris, come on. Susie likes to stay in the background. We call her ‘The ice maiden'”he said, echoed in particular by The Point.

Susie Wiles practically never expresses herself and speaks even less about herself, we can still read in Politico.

Donald Trump is currently choosing the members of his new administration, including some of his loyalists already present during his first term (2017-2021).