In this role, she led negotiations with Congressional leaders and coordinated outreach to advance White House initiatives and priorities on issues including infrastructure, COVID-19, postal reform, gun violence, semiconductors, healthcare and two major reconciliation packages. In addition, she assisted in the historic confirmation process of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Prior to this role, Shuwanza was the director of legislative operations in the office of the Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, where she was appointed as the first African American woman to serve as floor director for the U.S. House of Representatives. In this role, she developed, presented, and executed legislative strategies and coordinated legislative activity with Democratic and Republican House leadership offices, the Senate, and the White House. Additionally, she determined which bills came to the House floor, set the legislative schedule, and helped craft the overall House Democratic agenda. Shuwanza began her career on Capitol Hill in 2008 in the office of the Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer.

Shuwanza received her Master’s in Science in justice, law and society from American University and her Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Tennessee. She is a native of Virginia.