chief of staff
noun phrase
1
: the ranking officer of a staff in the armed forces serving as principal adviser to a commander
2
: the ranking officer of the army or air force and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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The center is currently hiring for the role of chief of staff, head of communications, and head of government relations.
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Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
Also under pressure is Starmer’s former chief of staff Matthew Doyle, now Lord Doyle, appointed to the House of Lords despite his friendship with a man later jailed for possessing indecent images of children.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
More recently, Miller has been called out for his decision to hire his campaign consultant, Todd Smith, as his chief of staff after Smith pleaded guilty to commercial bribery, a felony, for selling hemp licenses that the Department of Agriculture issues.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
But Suzanne Jimenez, chief of staff of the SEIU-UHW, a union for healthcare workers, argued that hospitals need more funding to survive recent Medicaid funding cuts.
—Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
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Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 18 Feb. 2026
Also under pressure is Starmer’s former chief of staff Matthew Doyle, now Lord Doyle, appointed to the House of Lords despite his friendship with a man later jailed for possessing indecent images of children.
—ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
More recently, Miller has been called out for his decision to hire his campaign consultant, Todd Smith, as his chief of staff after Smith pleaded guilty to commercial bribery, a felony, for selling hemp licenses that the Department of Agriculture issues.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
But Suzanne Jimenez, chief of staff of the SEIU-UHW, a union for healthcare workers, argued that hospitals need more funding to survive recent Medicaid funding cuts.
—Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
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