Linda Lacewell

Linda Lacewell

Nonpartisan

Prior offices

Chief of Staff to the Governor of New York

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New York Superintendent of Financial Services

Successor: Adrienne Harris

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Education

Bachelor's

New College of Florida

Law

University of Miami School of Law

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Linda Lacewell was the New York Superintendent of Financial Services. Lacewell assumed office in 2019. Lacewell left office on August 24, 2022.

Lacewell resigned from office after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned.

Lacewell is a Democratic political advisor in New York. She served as chief of staff to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) from 2017 to 2019. Before that, Lacewell worked as the executive director of the Cancer Breakthroughs 2020 Foundation, an initiative of the Chan Soon-Shiong NantHealth Foundation.

Education

Lacewell earned a B.A. from the New College of the University of South Florida and a J.D. with honors from the Univerisity of Miami School of Law.

Biography

Lacewell worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York from 1997 to 2007, during which time she also served as a member of the U.S. Department of Justice's Enron Task Force. She joined the New York Attorney General's Office in 2007 as a special counsel under then-Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (D), where she remained until 2011.

Lacewell transitioned to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration as a special assistant in 2011. She later served as a special counsel and as the chief risk officer in the Cuomo administration before departing in 2016 to serve as the executive director of the Cancer Breakthroughs 2020 Foundation, an initiative of the Chan Soon-Shiong NantHealth Foundation.

Political career

New York superintendent of financial services (2019-2021)

Lacewell began serving as the New York superintendent of financial services in February 2019, succeeding Maria Vullo, who resigned on February 1, 2019.

Andrew Cuomo chief of staff (2017-2019)

In November 2017, Cuomo announced that Lacewell would serve as chief of staff in his gubernatorial administration. She succeeded Maria Comella, who resigned in order to accept a position in the private sector. Lacewell served as chief of staff from 2017 to 2019.

Chief of staff

See also: Gubernatorial chiefs of staff

In 2017, Ballotpedia identified Linda Lacewell as a gubernatorial chief of staff. A chief of staff is the lead staff member of an administration and is responsible for implementing the governor's agenda.

The role is both a managerial and advisory position, although specific duties vary by administration. The chief of staff typically has the following responsibilities, according to the National Governors Association (NGA):

• Control access to the governor and manage the governor's calendar;
• Monitor the flow of information to the governor on policy issues;
• Oversee gubernatorial Cabinet and staff; and
• Manage and communicate the governor's policy agenda to the state legislature and the public.

In terms of policymaking, the NGA notes that a chief of staff is responsible for bringing policy and communications together: "The chief is responsible for overseeing the development of the governor’s policy agenda. The policy director or advisor is typically responsible for shaping the general concepts and specific details of the agenda with input from the communications director, policy staff and cabinet members. The chief often must take charge and bring the pieces together coherently."

See also

• New York Superintendent of Financial Services
• Andrew Cuomo
• Governor of New York

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by -	New York Superintendent of Financial Services 2019-2022	Succeeded by Adrienne Harris
Preceded by -	Chief of Staff to the Governor of New York 2017-2019	Succeeded by -