Chantel Sheaks
- Vice President, Retirement Policy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chantel Sheaks is Vice President of Retirement Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. She develops, promotes, and publicizes the Chamber’s policy on retirement plans, nonqualified deferred compensation, and Social Security. In addition, Chantel regularly meets with members of Congress, the administration, and regulatory agencies to advocate the Chamber’s retirement policy. She also represents the Chamber on several national coalitions.
Chantel has 27 years of experience in employee benefits law, including both policy and practice. Chantel has held a variety of positions, including partner at a major international law firm, government relation consultant for a global benefits consulting firm, and fund director/general counsel for a national multiemployer health fund. She also was an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center for 17 years. Chantel has a BA in Spanish and Russian from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and a JD from Northeastern University School of Law.
