Amy Swonger
Amy Swonger is an American political advisor and lobbyist serving as acting White House Director of Legislative Affairs since June 2020. Swonger was appointed to the position after Eric Ueland, the previous director, was named a senior advisor at the United States Department of State.Education
Swonger earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Career
After college, Swonger worked as a legislative aide in the United States House of Representatives. She later worked in the Senate office of Trent Lott and Mitch McConnell. Swonger left government service to work as a lobbyist and government relations advisor at Ernst & Young and Heather Podesta + Partners. Swonger served as Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs in the office of Vice President of Dick Cheney. She then served as a Whip Liaison in the office of then-Senate Majority Whip Trent Lott. In March 2017, Swonger was named Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs and Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs under Marc Short. After Eric Ueland left the Executive Office of the President to serve as a senior advisor in the Department of State, Swonger was appointed to serve as acting director on June 5, 2020. Swonger had previously been considered for the position in May 2019.
