希瑟·奈特

早期生活

奈特出生于伊利诺伊州的罗克福德。其父彼得·奈特曾经是保险业界的行政人员。奈特有三名兄弟：贾斯汀、乔纳森和约瑟夫。
奈特在罗克福德上日校，再到麻省栗树山的松庄园学院，之后到亚利桑那州立大学上学。After landing an internship hosting a country music video program in Washington, DC, she stayed there to finish school，最终在弗农山神学院暨学院毕业并获得文学士的通信学位。之后在哥伦比亚大学获得新闻学文学硕士。

记者

In 1996, Nauert was a reporter for the syndicated weekly business program First Business. She worked for Fox News from 1998 to 2005, first as a contributor for three years and then as a correspondent for four years. During her time as a correspondent, she regularly contributed to The Big Story.
From 2005 to 2007, Nauert held positions at several news organizations, including ABC News as a general assignment correspondent, where she contributed to ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, and Nightline. While at ABC, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her work on the special series 13 Around the World.
In 2007, Nauert returned to Fox News as co-host with John Gibson of the weekday edition of The Big Story.
Nauert also co-anchored the newscasts Good Day Early Call and Good Day New York Wake Up with co-anchor Steve Lacy weekday mornings for Fox Broadcasting Company owned-and-operated station WNYW in New York City. In October 2012, Nauert left Good Day Wake Up and became a news presenter for Fox & Friends.

顾问

Nauert has also worked as a government affairs consultant on issues including health insurance, Social Security and taxes。奈特亦是美国外交关系协会会员。

美国国务院

On April 24, 2017, the United States Department of State announced that Nauert would be the new State Department spokesperson, her first role in government.She held her first press briefing in that role five weeks later, on June 6, 2017.Following the dismissal of Steve Goldstein on March 13, 2018, Nauert was named acting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
In April 2018, Nauert voiced support for Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen. She also condemned "Iran’s malign influence" in Yemen.In May 2018, Nauert said in response to the Gaza border protests: "We oppose actions against Israel at the International Criminal Court (...) because it does not help the cause for peace."
In July 2018, Nauert stirred up controversy when citing the Invasion of Normandy as evidence of a strong relationship between the United States and Germany on the anniversary of the D Day invasion.
In August 2018, Canada called for the immediate release of Saudi human rights activist Raif Badawi and his sister, Samar Badawi. In response to Canada's criticism, Saudi Arabia expelled the Ambassador of Canada and froze trade with Canada, leading to a decline in Canada–Saudi Arabia relations.Nauert said: "It is up for the Government of Saudi Arabia and the Canadians to work this out. Both sides need to diplomatically resolve this together. We cannot do it for them."
On November 1, 2018, it was reported that President Trump offered Nauert the position of United States Ambassador to the United Nations to replace the outgoing officeholder, Nikki Haley. Sources reported that Trump previously had former presidential advisor Dina Powell on the top of his list of people under consideration for the position before she withdrew her name.

美国驻联合国大使

2018年12月6日，多个媒体报道指总统特朗普将会任命奈特为下任美国常驻联合国代表。特朗普向记者表示奈特是一个“出色的人”，“长期支持我的施政”。

个人生活

奈特的丈夫为摩根士丹利私人信贷和股权执行董事史葛·诺比，诺比曾经在国家兽医协会、瑞银集团、高盛和嘉古公司工作。二人育有两个儿子。