{{Short description|American lawyer and strategist}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Susan Sher | native_name = | image = Susan Sher 2009.jpg | office = [[Chief of Staff to the First Lady of the United States]] | president = [[Barack Obama]] | term_start = | term_end = | predecessor = [[Jackie Norris]] | successor = [[Tina Tchen]] | birth_name = Susan Steiner | birth_date = | birth_place = [[New Jersey]], [[United States]] | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Neil Cohen | children = [[Graham Moore (writer)|Graham Moore]], Evan Moore (entrepreneur, investor, Door Dash co-founder) | caption = Sher in 2009 }} '''Susan Sher''' (née '''Steiner''') is a lawyer and strategist in the United States who works for the [[University of Chicago]] and served as the chief of staff for the First Lady under [[Michelle Obama]] during the first two years of the Obama administration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.juf.org/news/local.aspx?id=75457|title=JUF News : First Family friend/ former advisor, Susan Sher to speak to JUF's King David Society|website=JUF News}}</ref> She served as [[Corporation Counsel]] for the City of Chicago earlier in her career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.uchicago.edu/story/susan-sher-former-chief-staff-first-lady-returns-university-chicago-medical-center|title=Susan Sher, former Chief of Staff to the First Lady, returns to University of Chicago Medical Center|website=news.uchicago.edu |date=August 2011 }}</ref> She headed the Obama Library Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/video/chicago-tonight-december-10-2014-web-extra-obama-library-susan-sher/|title=Chicago Tonight | Web Extra: Obama Library Susan Sher | Season 2014|via=www.pbs.org}}</ref>
Sher was born in New Jersey. She is married to judge Neil Cohen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-susan-sher-bio-box-20150223-story.html|title=About Susan Sher|website=chicagotribune.com |date=23 February 2015 }}</ref> Oscar winning screenwriter [[Graham Moore (writer)|Graham Moore]] is her son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-susan-sher-profile-20150223-story.html|title=Who is Susan Sher? Head of U. of C. Obama library bid, mom of Oscar winner|first=Katherine|last=Skiba|website=chicagotribune.com |date=23 February 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Oscar winner Graham Moore's direct line to the Obama White House|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/02/23/oscar-winner-graham-moores-direct-line-to-the-obama-white-house/|access-date=2021-08-13|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en-US}}</ref>
Sher was portrayed by [[Kate Mulgrew]] in ''[[The First Lady (American TV series)|The First Lady.]]'' She succeeded [[Jackie Norris]] as First Lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/sher-departure-adds-palace-intrigue-blog-entry-1.1663525|title=Sher's Departure Adds to Palace Intrigue|first=Kenneth R.|last=Bazinet|website=nydailynews.com}}</ref>
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