Thomas R. Nides

Thomas Nides
Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources
In office January 3, 2011 – February, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Jacob Lew
Succeeded by	Heather Higginbottom
Personal details
Born	1958/1959 (age 55–56) Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Thomas R. Nides (b. ca. 1961^[1]) is the former United States Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, having assumed that office on January 3, 2011 and departed office in to assume a role with Morgan Stanley in February, 2013.

Biography

Thomas R. Nides was born in Duluth, Minnesota and educated at the University of Minnesota.^[2]

From 1986 to 1989, Nides was chief of staff of Rep. Tony Coelho (D—CA-15).^[3] He was next chief of staff of Rep. Tom Foley (D—WA-5) from 1989 to 1993, and in 1994, he served as chief of staff of United States Trade Representative Mickey Kantor.^[3]

Nides joined Fannie Mae as Senior Vice President of Human Resources in 1998, holding this position until 2001.^[3] He was then Chief Administrative Officer of Credit Suisse USA from 2001 to 2004.^[3] From 2005 to 2010, he was Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Stanley.^[2]

President of the United States Barack Obama nominated Nides to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources on September 29, 2010.^[4] He was confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 2010, and sworn into office on January 3, 2011.^[2]

References

http://www.thestreet.com/story/11289766/1/wall-street-fixer-goes-to-washington.html

1. ↑ According to this profile from The Washington Post, Nides was 49 in 2010.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Profile from State Dept.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Profile from LittleSis
4. ↑ White House Press Release, Sept. 29, 2010

External links

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