Letitia Chambers
| Letitia Chambers | |
|---|---|
| Born |  Enid, Oklahoma, USA |
| Residence |
 Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Plympton Smith |
Letitia Pearl Caroline Chambers (born 1943 in Oklahoma) was the first woman to head the staff of a major standing committee of the U.S. Senate. Chambers was also a U.S. representative to the United Nations, the founder and chief executive officer of a Washington, D.C., public policy and consulting firm and is the current director of the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.
Chambers is part Cherokee and the founding director of the board of the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation.
As the CEO and founder of Chambers Associates Inc., she made numerous contributions to public policy in a period of three decades. She has often testified as an expert witness, both before the U.S. Congress and in the U.S. court system.
Chambers resides in Phoenix, Arizona. She has a daughter, Melissa, and is married to Peter Plympton Smith, former member of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Vermont.
Chambers grew up in Enid, Oklahoma, the daughter of E. Wade and Anita M. Chambers. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, she holds a doctorate in educational research and curriculum development from Oklahoma State University.
Early in her career, Chambers served as the staff director for the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, which had jurisdiction over education, labor law, and social service programs. Prior to that she had served as a senior staff member on the Senate Budget Committee and as Minority Staff Director of the Senate Special Committee on Aging. In 1981, she founded the Public Policy firm Chambers Associates. In 1992, she served on the Clinton/Gore transition team as Chief Budget Adviser, leading the Budget Policy Group and developing drafts of the President's Economic Plan. Chambers was nominated in 1996 by the President and confirmed by the Senate to be U.S. Representative to the United Nations General Assembly, a position of ambassadorial rank. In that capacity she served as a member of the Management and Budget Committee of the General Assembly.
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