Helaine Greenfeld

Helaine Greenfeld is a career public servant with over 25 years of experience, serving in both the executive and legislative branches. Ms. Greenfeld first joined the Justice Department under Attorney General Janet Reno, holding multiple positions over eight years including in the Civil Rights Division and Office of Legal Policy, where she was a Deputy Assistant Attorney General. Greenfeld worked as Chief Nominations Counsel to Senator Patrick J. Leahy before returning to the Justice Department under Attorney General Eric Holder, Greenfeld was a Deputy Associate Attorney General and a Counselor to the Attorney General. Prior to joining the Biden-Harris administration as the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs, Greenfeld was Chief Counsel to Senator Mazie K. Hirono. A Baltimore native, Greenfeld graduate from Yale University and Georgetown University Law Center. She and her husband have two children and live in Chevy Chase, Maryland.