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Chynna Clayton

Empathetic, strategic, and meticulous about the details, Chynna Clayton has built a career enabling some of the world’s most influential leaders to excel in high-stress environments. 

Chynna is the founder and CEO of Matriarch Made Development, a consulting firm that helps companies and organizations develop high performing administrative teams, further cultivate assistants’ talent, and identify and address overall workflow design and events logistics inefficiencies. Chynna supports leading organizations in creating a systematic approach to tackling business bottlenecks and event challenges. 

Prior to Matriarch Made, Chynna worked in the personal office of Barack and Michelle Obama as their Director of Travel and Event Operations. Her career also includes administrative roles at Disney and the White House where she served as “body woman” to Mrs. Obama during the Obama Administration. 

Chynna graduated from University of Florida with a B.S. in Event Management and Political Science and a minor in Business. She currently resides in Washington, DC with her wife, Retired Naval Chief Petty Officer, Katina Hoyles.