Thomas R. Nides

Thomas Richard Nides was born to a Jewish family in Duluth, Minnesota,[4] the son of Shirley (née Gavronsky) and Arnold Richard Nides.[5][6] His father was the founder of Nides Finance, a national consumer finance company, and president of Temple Israel and the Duluth Jewish Federation.[5] He was educated at the University of Minnesota.[4]

From 1986 to 1989, Nides worked for the Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives, Rep. Tony Coelho (D—CA-15).[7] He was a key staff member for Speaker Tom Foley (D—WA-5) from 1989 to 1993, and in 1994, he served as chief of staff of United States Trade Representative Mickey Kantor.[7]

Nides joined Fannie Mae as Senior Vice President of Human Resources in 1998, holding this position until 2001.[7] He was then Chief Administrative Officer of Credit Suisse First Boston, the investment banking division of Zurich-based Credit Suisse Group, and Worldwide President and Chief Executive Officer of Burson-Marsteller[8]. From 2005 to 2010, he was Chief Operating Officer of Morgan Stanley.[4]

On September 29, 2010, President of the United States Barack Obama nominated Nides to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources.[9] He was confirmed by the Senate on December 22, 2010, and sworn into office on January 3, 2011.[4] For his service, Secretary Hillary Clinton awarded Nides the Secretary of State’s Distinguished Service Award in January 2013 – the nation’s highest diplomatic honor[10].

Nides rejoined Morgan Stanley in March 2013 as Managing Director and Vice Chairman. He focuses on the Firm’s global clients and other key constituencies around the world and serves as a member of the Firm’s Management Committee and Operating Committee[11].

Nides serves on numerous non-profit boards including the Atlantic Council[12], the International Rescue Committee[13], the Partnership for Public Service[14], and the Urban Alliance Foundation[15]. He is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations[16] and is the former Chairman of the Board of the Woodrow Wilson Center, a leading non-partisan think tank. He was appointed to the Chairman position in September 2013 by President Obama[17].

In 1992, he married Virginia Carpenter Moseley in an ecumenical ceremony.[18] Mosley is CNN’s Senior Vice President of newsgathering for the network’s U.S. operation[19].

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