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And then we sat down with her to develop her policy. We engaged with all of these different people in all these different cities. We spoke not only to people who have had issues with this in their own lives, but people on the ground-first responders, police officers, peer counselors. We did Google hangouts with people in Iowa and New Hampshire. I want you to meet the people I met on the trail. From that, she came back to the policy team and said, 'Look, I want you guys to dig in on this. People would tell her about addiction and loss and what it had done to their families. She said that the first issue Clinton wanted to address was substance abuse and mental health: “ In a November 2015 interview with Elle, Harris explained how she and other policy advisors worked with Clinton to develop the campaign's policy messages.

Marlon Marshall, Director of state campaigns and political engagement.

Jennifer Palmieri, Communications director.

Joel Benenson, Chief strategist and pollster.

More on Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign staff Vox suggested that Harris' "basic political theory is an interesting signal of how Hillary Clinton's campaign might try to fashion its own version of Obama's coalition." Fortune noted that many of Clinton's early speeches, including an April 29, 2015, speech denouncing the tough-on-crime policies of Bill Clinton's (D) presidency, echo "an argument Harris has made over the years while working at the ACLU, the Oakland-based group PolicyLink, and, most recently, liberal Center for American Progress in Washington." When she was hired, Vox looked at a white paper Harris published for the Center for American Progress, noting Harris interest in the potential impact of women of color on the 2016 election. In April 2015, Hillary Clinton named Harris as one of her three senior policy advisors. Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016 See also: Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016

She is a former law school dean and got into public policy with the Oakland, California, nonprofit PolicyLink.

Prior to working with Clinton's campaign, Harris was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and at the Ford Foundation.

She is a policy expert in policing and crime and has spent her career advocating for stronger civil rights protections for ethnic and racial minorities. Maya Harris was a senior policy advisor for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

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“When she saw the ruffle blouse, she wanted it immediately,” Corte said of the style she designed a decade ago that has since become a staple in her collection. Bilzerian also fit and styled the inaugural outfit for Tony West, Harris’s husband.Īccenting the statement suit was a personal favorite of Corte’s: a double-face silk georgette blouse in ivory, which created a stunning cascade of soft ruffles against the jacket’s strong lapel. The centerpiece was a marine blue Alexander McQueen pantsuit, styled and fit for Harris by yet another well-known local fashion maven, Bê Bilzerian of the eponymous clothing store Alan Bilzerian in Boston. In the end, Corte designed seven pieces for Harris, two of which made it to the White House steps. We only had two weeks to do, so that was the most pressing.” “She wanted to work with ivory, black, or blue. She is an extremely decisive person,” the designer said.