Nicole Isaac

Nicole Isaac, is the Head of the Economic Graph Policy Partnerships at LinkedIn. In this capacity, she works with local, state, federal and international electeds on leveraging strategic information for investments in the 21st century workforce and to provide critical labor insights. Nicole previously served as Principal at theGROUP, where she managed relationships with Forture 100 companies. Nicole was previously a Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, where she guided President Obama’s policy priorities before the Judiciary, Financial Services and Appropriations Committees of the U.S. House of Representatives.

As a Special Assistant to the President, Nicole was chief liaison to nearly 100 Members of Congress. In this role, she was known for her effective oversight of tough legislative issues, ranging from telecommunications and intellectual property reform to immigration and housing finance. She was also selected as one of 25 individuals from across the Administration to participate in the President’s first leadership development workshop. Prior to serving as a legislative advisor to the President, Nicole was Deputy Legislative Director for the Office of the Vice President.

While at the White House, Nicole worked with Members of Congress on domestic and international legislative issues. She also identified challenges and resolutions to optimize the influence and impact of the office. Nicole collaborated with governmental agencies, Congressional offices, and outside groups, while managing and implement existing and future priorities for the President and the leadership team.

From 2007 through 2009, she worked as Floor Counsel to the Assistant Majority Leader, Senator Richard Durbin and was responsible for assisting with the management of the Senate Floor. In this capacity, she communicated regular updates on unanimous consent agreements, amendments, and legislation on the Floor. She also coordinated with leadership staff and the Floor directors to determine priority amendments and identify potentially controversial issues for the Senator and Whip team.

In 2006, she worked as lead Counsel to the Democratic Caucus Committee on Organization, Study & Review, where she assisted with drafting the rules of the Caucus for the 110th Congress. From 2004 through 2006, she worked as Assistant Counsel with the House of Representatives, Office of Legislative Counsel and drafted hundreds of pieces of legislation for personal offices and committees of the United States House of Representatives.

In addition, during 2006, she worked as a law clerk to the Honorable Dikgang Moseneke, the Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa. In this capacity, she researched and analyzed domestic and foreign legal jurisprudence for purposes of advising the Deputy Chief Justice. She also drafted memoranda on domestic case law and foreign legal positions for purposes of providing comparative legal framework. Finally, she assisted with drafting of judgments and reviewed applications to the Court.

Nicole completed her Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and also a Master of Arts degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, respectively, in 2004. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University. She also completed a Master of Studies program in International Human Rights Law at Oxford University in the United Kingdom.

Nicole has worked with the U.S. Department of State, the Government Accountability Office, the Securities & Exchange Commission, prominent law firms in New York and Paris, and with NGO’s in Geneva and South Africa. She served for over three years as Vice-Chair of the Young Lawyers Division of the Washington Bar Association. She is fluent in French, and interested in the rule of law and international policy. She is a native New Yorker and her parents are Caribbean immigrants.