Chantel Sheaks, VP of Retirement Securities at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 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.