15 Facts About Cheryl Mills

Cheryl Denise Mills was born on 1965 and is an American lawyer and corporate executive.

Cheryl Mills first came into public prominence while serving as deputy White House Counsel for President Bill Clinton, whom she defended during his 1999 impeachment trial.

Cheryl Mills 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".

Cheryl Mills served as counselor and chief of staff to Hillary Clinton during her whole tenure as United States Secretary of State.

Cheryl Mills worked for no pay in those first months at the State Department, and was officially designated as a "temporary expert-consultant", which allowed her to continue receiving outside income while serving as Clinton's Chief of Staff.

Additionally, Cheryl Mills remained on the Clinton Foundation's unpaid board for a short time after joining the State Department.

Cheryl Mills served as the counselor and chief of staff to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton beginning in January 2009.

Cheryl Mills' attorney emphasized that she had assisted on a strictly volunteer basis, and was not paid for her services or travel; a State Department spokesperson indicated that such an undertaking was not in conflict with federal ethics rules.

Cheryl Mills' attorney raised this protection in May 2016, as Cheryl Mills was being questioned by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in connection with the investigation of Clinton's private email server.

Cheryl Mills oversaw the department's interagency global hunger and food security initiative and diplomacy and development efforts in Haiti working closely with USAID and others across the government.

Cheryl Mills served as the United States' representative on the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission.

In January 2011, Cheryl Mills joined Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive, the Inter-American Development Bank, Sae-A and the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, headed by Bill Clinton, to announce the construction of Caracol Industrial Park in Northern Haiti.

Cheryl Mills founded BlackIvy Group and is CEO of BlackIvy Group, a company which builds and grows enterprises in Africa.

Cheryl Mills served on the Boards of the See Forever Foundation, National Partnership for Women and Families, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, the Center for American Progress, and the William J Clinton Presidential Library Foundation.

Cheryl Mills has spoken about women in the work place and work-life balance.