# Tina Flournoy > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tina_Flournoy > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tina_Flournoy.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Flournoy > Source revision: 1350638842 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American political advisor (born 1956) Tina Flournoy Flournoy in 2021 Chief of Staff to the Vice President In office January 20, 2021 – May 16, 2022 Vice President Kamala Harris Preceded by Marc Short Succeeded by Lorraine Voles Personal details Born (1956-04-30) April 30, 1956 (age 70) U.S. Party Democratic Education Georgetown University (BA, JD) **Hartina M. "Tina" Flournoy** (born April 30, 1956) is an American political advisor who served as [chief of staff](/source/Chief_of_Staff_to_the_Vice_President_of_the_United_States) to [vice president](/source/Vice_President_of_the_United_States) [Kamala Harris](/source/Kamala_Harris) from 2021 to 2022. ## Education Flournoy graduated from [Georgetown University](/source/Georgetown_University) in 1978 and earned a [Juris Doctor](/source/Juris_Doctor) from the [Georgetown University Law Center](/source/Georgetown_University_Law_Center) in 1984.[1] ## Career After graduating from Georgetown Law, Flournoy served as a [clerk](/source/Law_clerk) for [Julia Cooper Mack](/source/Julia_Cooper_Mack) of the [District of Columbia Court of Appeals](/source/District_of_Columbia_Court_of_Appeals). Flournoy was the Assistant to the President for Public Policy at the [American Federation of Teachers](/source/American_Federation_of_Teachers), an international union representing 1.6 million members. There, she directed the work of the legislative, political, field and mobilization, and human rights and community outreach departments.[2] Flournoy served as an executive at tobacco giant [Philip Morris](/source/Philip_Morris_USA).[3] In 1992, Flournoy was Counsel to [Paul Kirk](/source/Paul_G._Kirk_Jr.) and [Ron Brown](/source/Ron_Brown) on the [Democratic National Committee](/source/Democratic_National_Committee), the General Counsel for the [1992 Democratic National Convention](/source/1992_Democratic_National_Convention), Deputy Campaign Manager for the [Transition of Bill Clinton and Al Gore](/source/Presidential_transition_of_Bill_Clinton) and an employee in the [White House Office of Presidential Personnel](/source/White_House_Office_of_Presidential_Personnel). During the [2000 United States presidential election](/source/2000_United_States_presidential_election), Flournoy was traveling Chief of Staff to the [Democratic vice-presidential nominee](/source/2000_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection) [Joe Lieberman](/source/Joe_Lieberman) and Finance Director for the [Al Gore 2000 presidential campaign](/source/Al_Gore_2000_presidential_campaign).[4] In 2004, Flournoy worked on the transition of [Howard Dean](/source/Howard_Dean) prior to his tenure as chair of the Democratic National Committee.[5][6] In 2013 Flournoy took up a role as chief of staff for former President Bill Clinton.[7] ## Chief of Staff to the Vice President On December 3, 2020, it was announced that Flournoy would be [Chief of Staff](/source/Chief_of_Staff_to_the_Vice_President_of_the_United_States) to then-[Vice President-elect](/source/President-elect_of_the_United_States) [Kamala Harris](/source/Kamala_Harris) and would continue the role once Harris was sworn in.[8] In a June 30, 2021 article in *[Politico](/source/Politico)* the vice president's office was described as dysfunctional, tense, and trustless with some of the blame resting with Flournoy. Politico interviewed 22 associates of Harris and president Biden and current and former vice presidential aides. The article came to the conclusion that Flournoy, in an effort to screen and protect Harris, created a restrictive environment where decisions are prolonged and ideas are met with dismissals or ignored.[9] On April 21, 2022, the White House announced that Flournoy would be leaving the office. She was replaced with [Lorraine Voles](/source/Lorraine_Voles), former senior advisor to Vice President Harris and communications director to Vice President [Al Gore](/source/Al_Gore) and then-Senator [Hillary Clinton](/source/Hillary_Clinton).[10] ## Post White House On March 24, 2023, Flournoy was appointed to the [President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition](/source/President's_Council_on_Sports%2C_Fitness%2C_and_Nutrition).[11] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Tina Flournoy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201203173810/https://politics.georgetown.edu/profile/tina-flournoy/). *Institute of Politics and Public Service*. Archived from [the original](https://politics.georgetown.edu/profile/tina-flournoy/) on December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announces Members of White House Senior Staff"](https://buildbackbetter.gov/press-releases/vice-president-elect-kamala-harris-announces-members-of-white-house-senior-staff/). *President-Elect Joe Biden*. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Abramson, Jill (August 29, 1999). ["Tobacco Largess Is Touchy Subject For Gore and Bush"](https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/29/us/tobacco-largess-is-touchy-subject-for-gore-and-bush.html). *[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Jasmine Wright (December 3, 2020). ["Harris assembles staff as she builds her vice presidential portfolio"](https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/politics/kamala-harris-staff/index.html). *CNN*. Retrieved December 3, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** staff, Madison365 (December 2020). ["Vice President-elect Kamala Harris selects Tina Flournoy as her chief of staff"](https://madison365.com/vice-president-elect-kamala-harris-selects-tina-flournoy-as-her-chief-of-staff/). *Madison365*. Retrieved December 3, 2020.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_numeric_names:_authors_list)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["The Dean 25 Could Decide Clinton's Fate"](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-dean-25-could-decide-clintons-fate/). *www.cbsnews.com*. April 18, 2008. Retrieved December 3, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Ronayne, Kathleen (December 3, 2020). ["VP-elect Harris picks Tina Flournoy to be her chief of staff"](https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-al-gore-hillary-clinton-campaigns-bill-clinton-486eaa769f50908494e8a719cb3ab1dc). *[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press)*. Retrieved July 2, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["VP-elect Harris picks Tina Flournoy to be her chief of staff"](https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-al-gore-hillary-clinton-campaigns-bill-clinton-486eaa769f50908494e8a719cb3ab1dc). *AP NEWS*. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Cadelago, Christopher; Lippman, Daniel; Daniels, Eugene (June 30, 2021). ["'Not a healthy environment': Kamala Harris' office rife with dissent"](https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/30/kamala-harris-office-dissent-497290). *[Politico](/source/Politico)*. Retrieved July 1, 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Garrison, Joey. ["Vice President Kamala Harris' chief of staff Tina Flournoy to leave administration"](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/04/21/vp-kamala-harris-chief-staff-tina-flournoy-leave-administration/7402414001/). *USA TODAY*. Retrieved April 22, 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Tina Flournoy"](https://health.gov/our-work/pcsfn/council-members/tina-flournoy). *US Department of Health and Human Services*. 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2024. ## External links - [Appearances](https://www.c-span.org/person/?hartinaflournoy) on [C-SPAN](/source/C-SPAN) Political offices Preceded by Marc Short Chief of Staff to the Vice President 2021–2022 Succeeded by Lorraine Voles v t e Kamala Harris's Office of the Vice President Position Appointee Chief of Staff to the Vice President Lorraine Voles Counsel to the Vice President Erica Songer Counselor to the Vice President Assistant to the Vice President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Communications Jamal Simmons Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President Erin Wilson Deputy National Security Adviser to the Vice President Philip H. Gordon Policy Director to the Second Gentleman National Security Adviser to the Vice President Nancy McEldowney Position Appointee Chief of Staff to the Second Gentleman Julie Mason Director of Administration for the Office of the Vice President Domestic Policy Adviser to the Vice President Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President Press Secretary to the Vice President Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President Director of Legislative Affairs Director of Communications for the Second Gentleman --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tina Flournoy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Flournoy) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Flournoy?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.