Nelson Cunningham is an American attorney and a Democratic political advisor who served in the presidential administrations of Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
[5] In 1994 and 1995,[6] he served as General Counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee under then-chairman Joe Biden.
[7] He served on the White House staff under President Bill Clinton as Special Advisor to the President for Western Hemisphere affairs and advised John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign on foreign policy and trade issues.
He also chairs the New Democratic Network's Latin America Policy Initiative and is a member of the Yale President's Council on International Activities and the United States Department of State's Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy.
[3] After Joe Biden won the 2020 election, Cunningham was mentioned as a possible appointee for a position within the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR).