Nancy McFadden
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| death_date = March 22, 2018 (aged 59){{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/us/nancy-mcfadden-59-adviser-to-bill-clinton-and-jerry-brown-dies.html | title=Nancy McFadden, 59, Adviser to Bill Clinton and Jerry Brown, Dies | work=The New York Times | date=28 March 2018 | last1=Medina | first1=Jennifer }}
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Nancy McFadden (1958/1959-March 22, 2018) was an American lawyer who worked as an advisor to Bill Clinton and Jerry Brown.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/28/us/nancy-mcfadden-59-adviser-to-bill-clinton-and-jerry-brown-dies.html|title=Nancy McFadden, 59, Adviser to Bill Clinton and Jerry Brown, Dies|first=Jennifer|last=Medina|work=The New York Times |date=March 28, 2018|via=NYTimes.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-nancy-mcfadden-20180323-story.html|title=Nancy McFadden, a key architect of Gov. Jerry Brown's political renaissance, loses her battle with cancer|date=March 23, 2018|website=Los Angeles Times}} She also served as the chief of staff under the Jerry Brown administration.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article206522679.html|title=Nancy McFadden, Jerry Brown's chief of staff, dies}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Nancy-McFadden-Gov-Brown-s-top-adviser-dies-12777500.php|title=Nancy McFadden, Gov. Brown's top adviser, dies after cancer battle|first=Kathleen|last=Ronayne|date=March 23, 2018|website=SFGATE}}
Biography
Born in Wilmington, Delaware, McFadden received her early education in California.{{Cite web|url=https://www.californiamuseum.org/inductee/nancy-mcfadden|title=Nancy McFadden|website=California Museum}} She was a graduate of San José State University and the University of Virginia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.calstate.edu:443/impact-of-the-csu/alumni/Honorary-Degrees/Pages/Nancy-McFadden.aspx|title=Nancy McFadden | CSU|website=www.calstate.edu}}
After graduating from law school, McFadden clerked for the United States Court of Federal Claims before joining O'Melveny & Myers.
From 2011 until her death in 2018, McFadden was the Chief of Staff to the Governor of California. Previously, she served as a deputy chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore.
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Category:American women lawyers
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Category:United States presidential advisors
Category:Clinton administration personnel
Category:Chiefs of staff to the governor of California
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