Longtime GOP staffer Susie Wiles will serve as newly elected President Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff.

Wiles largely avoids the spotlight and is widely credited with leading Trump’s most disciplined and well-executed campaign.

During his victory celebration in West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump specially thanked Wiles for her prominent role in the campaign.

“Let me also express my immense appreciation to Susie (Wiles) and Chris (LaCivita) for the work you have done. Susie, come, Susie,” Trump said. ‘Susie likes to stay a bit in the background, I can tell you. The ice baby. We call her the ice baby. Susie likes to stay in the background. She’s not in the background.’

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Trump co-campaign manager Susie Wiles is seen at Nashville International Airport as Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, arrives in Nashville, Tennessee on July 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump described Wiles as “tough, smart, innovative” and said she is “universally admired and respected.”

Noting her place as the first female chief of staff in American history, he said, “I have no doubt she will make our country proud.”

A Republican strategist from Florida who managed Trump’s campaign in the state in 2016 and 2020, Wiles’ decades-long political career dates back to his work as former President Reagan’s campaign planner for his 1980 presidential bid.

Wiles also managed Rick Scott’s 2010 campaign for Florida governor and briefly managed former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman’s 2012 presidential campaign.

Donald Trump brings Susie Wiles to the stage during an election night watch party on Wednesday, November 6, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Wiles is currently a senior adviser to Trump and co-chairs the campaign alongside Chris LaCivita.

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was previously suggested as a possible candidate for chief of staff, but recently told The Guy Benson Show that he would not take the position if it were offered to him.

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“People always ask if I’m going to be chief of staff – no, I’m not going to be… that’s a no,” he said.

Aubrie Spady of Fox News Digital and The Associated Press contributed to this report.