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Natalie Quillian

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The profile

Quillian's role was pandemic-response operations, not PPP administration.

Identity and role

Natalie Quillian served as Deputy Coordinator of the COVID-19 Response in the Biden White House and later as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for implementation. Public bios describe her as a former Biden campaign deputy manager, Obama White House adviser, national-security official, and Boston Consulting Group partner.

Biography / career arc

Public bios place her in the Pentagon and National Security Council, then as deputy assistant to President Obama and adviser to White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough. She later worked at Boston Consulting Group, where Princeton describes her as a former partner with large-scale transformation experience, before becoming a deputy campaign manager for Biden's 2020 campaign.

Pandemic-relief / PPP-EIDL role

Princeton alumni materials credit her, as deputy COVID-19 response coordinator, with helping stand up 90,000 vaccination sites that administered 220 million shots in 100 days and helping enable delivery of 921 million at-home tests. She held no role over PPP, EIDL, or SVOG.

No personal enforcement action, relief loan, or company-side PPP conduct was found.

Where they are now (2025–2026)

Quillian served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff during the Biden administration after the COVID-response role. LinkedIn and Humana social-media posts identify her as Chief Transformation Officer at Humana.

Sources held in this archive

Original source documents and archived captures

  • Jeff Zients — the coordinator she deputized for.
  • Gene Sperling — coordinated the American Rescue Plan alongside the response team.

Sources

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