Jen O’Malley Dillon

Jen O'Malley Dillon

Jennifer Brigid O’Malley Dillon is an American political strategist and campaign manager serving as the designate White House Deputy Chief of Staff under U.S. President-elect Joe Biden. She is the first female presidential campaign manager for a winning Democratic ticket. She previously served as the campaign manager of the Beto O’Rourke 2020 presidential campaign.

About Jen O’Malley Dillon in brief

Summary Jen O'Malley DillonJennifer Brigid O’Malley Dillon is an American political strategist and campaign manager serving as the designate White House Deputy Chief of Staff under U.S. President-elect Joe Biden. She is the first female presidential campaign manager for a winning Democratic ticket. She previously served as the campaign manager of the Beto O’Rourke 2020 presidential campaign. She decided she wanted to work in politics when on a family vacation to Washington, D. C. Her great-grandparents were Irish Catholic immigrants from Gorumna Island, County Galway.

Her parents are Kevin O’Malley, a school administrator, and Kathleen O’Malley. She has three siblings and is married to Patrick Dillon, who she has three children with. After the 2016 United States presidential election, she was chair of the Democratic National Committee’s Unity Reform Commission. She was involved in an effort by Democratic Party data and political personnel to create a data exchange.