Tina Tchen 陳遠美
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2011
First Lady	Michelle Obama
Preceded by	Susan Sher
Personal details
Born	January 25, 1956 (age 57)
Nationality	United States
Political party	Democratic
Children	Patrick and Emma
Alma mater	Radcliffe College, Northwestern University School of Law
Occupation	White House staff
Profession	Attorney

Christina M. "Tina" Tchen (simplified Chinese: 陈远美; traditional Chinese: 陳遠美, pinyin: Chén Yuǎnměi) (born January 25, 1956) is an American lawyer. She serves as Assistant to President Barack Obama; Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama; and Executive Director of the White House Council on Women and Girls.From the date of Obama's inauguration until January 5, 2011, she was the Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, previously known as the Office of Public Liaison.

Early life and education
Tchen was born in the U.S. to Chinese immigrants who fled Communist China in 1949. Her father worked as a psychiatrist and her mother as a scientist.She grew up in Beachwood, Ohio where she graduated from Beachwood High School, where she met Amy Rule, Rahm Emanuel's wife.She graduated fromRadcliffe College in 1978,and received her law degree in 1984 from Northwestern University School of Law.

Career experience
After graduation from Radcliffe, Tchen worked for several years for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services as a budget analyst. She then went to law school, and after graduation went to work as an associate attorney for the Chicago office of the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

Tchen worked at Skadden for 25 years where she specialized in litigation at all levels of the state andfederal courts. She represented companies, officers and directors in shareholder class and derivative actions. She also handled a wide range of commercial, intellectual property, and employment-related litigation, and represented public agencies in state and federal class actions, including the IllinoisDepartment of Children and Family Services, the Illinois Department of Public Aid and the Chicago Housing Authority. She was a partner at Skadden for 13 years before her appointment to the Obama administration.