Kristie Canegallo

Kristie Canegallo currently serves as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Implementation, a position she has held since May 2014. Prior to that, she was a Special Assistant to the President and Advisor to the Chief of Staff. In these roles, Ms. Canegallo has worked on a wide range of domestic policy and national security issues. She worked on the National Security Council staff from 2008 through 2012. Prior to her move to the White House, Ms. Canegallo worked in a variety of roles at the Department of Defense, including in Iraq and Afghanistan. She previously worked at Goldman Sachs. Ms. Canegallo holds a Master of Arts from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a Bachelors of Arts from Colgate University and is a native of Springfield, MA.