Last Updated: 08 Apr, 2024 | Views: 201
Age: 52
Profession: Lawyer
Other Profession(s): Attorney
Famous For: 6th United States Secretary of Homeland Security
Higher Education: Georgetown University (BS),University of Virginia (JD)
Net Worth: $2.33 Million Approx.
About (Profile/Biography):
In Colorado Springs, the United States, on May 14, 1972, Kirstjen Nielsen was born. While Nielsen's mother is of Italian ethnicity, her father is Danish. Nielsen attended Georgetown School of Foreign Service after high school and earned a Bachelor of Science there. Kirstjen Nielsenenrolled in the University of Virginia School of Law. She graduated with a Juris Doctor in 1999 and also studied in Japan's Nanzan University.
Kirstjen Nielsen Career:
Kirstjen Nielsen Positions in the Trump administration
• Nielsen was the US Department of Homeland Security's chief of staff to John F. Kelly.
• After moving to the White House, Nielsen worked under Kelly as Kelly's main deputy chief of staff.
Kirstjen Nielsen As a Secretary of Homeland Security
• Nielsen testified before the US Senate in support of immigration based on merit as opposed to family.
• She was questioned regarding a previous White House meeting with Senator Dick Durbin and members of the press.
Kirstjen Nielsen Design Family separation policy
• In her testimony, Nielsen pledged to uphold the recently implemented policy of parent separation by the Trump administration.
• At a meeting for sheriffs, Nielsen supported the strategy, but said that the administration had asked Congress.
Kirstjen Nielsen Post-DHS career
• The Trump Administration declared Nielsen's appointment to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council in October 2019.
• Nielsen is going to be on the company's board of directors.
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