Shuwanza Goff, 39, serves as Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. Goff is the first Black woman to serve in the role.

She previously served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of White House Legislative Affairs and House Liaison. She led negotiations with Congressional leaders and coordinated outreach to advance White House initiatives and priorities on issues including infrastructure, COVID-19, postal reform, gun violence, semiconductors, healthcare and two major reconciliation packages. We also can’t forget to mention her work in the historic confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Prior to coming to the White House, Shuwanza was the director of legislative operations in the office of the Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, where she was appointed as the first African-American woman to serve as floor director for the U.S. House of Representatives. Shuwanza received her Master’s in Science in justice, law and society from American University and her Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Tennessee. She is a native of Virginia.