Following the victory, DeSantis – who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Trump in January – asked Wiles to help steer the ship through his transition in Tallahassee, appointing her chairwoman of his political committee.

President-elect Donald Trump made history twice this week, first by winning the White House for a second time as a former president, and then by naming Susie Wiles to be his chief of staff. Wiles, a longtime GOP operative and advisor to Trump, will be the ...

Another Republican president, George H.W. Bush, named three White House chiefs of staff during his one term in office: John Sununu in 1989-91, Samuel Skinner in 1991-92 and James Baker in 1992-93.