希瑟·奈特

早期生活

奈特出生於伊利諾伊州的羅克福德。其父彼得·奈特曾經是保險業界的行政人員。奈特有三名兄弟：賈斯汀、喬納森和約瑟夫。
奈特在羅克福德上日校，再到麻省栗樹山的松莊園學院，之後到亞利桑那州立大學上學。After landing an internship hosting a country music video program in Washington, DC, she stayed there to finish school，最終在弗農山神學院暨學院畢業並獲得文學士的通信學位。之後在哥倫比亞大學獲得新聞學文學碩士。

記者

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.

顧問

Nauert has also worked as a government affairs consultant on issues including health insurance, Social Security and taxes。奈特亦是美國外交關係協會會員。

美國國務院

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.

美國駐聯合國大使

2018年12月6日，多個媒體報道指總統川普將會任命奈特為下任美國常駐聯合國代表。川普向記者表示奈特是一個「出色的人」，「長期支持我的施政」。

個人生活

奈特的丈夫為摩根史坦利私人信貸和股權執行董事史葛·諾比，諾比曾經在國家獸醫協會、瑞銀集團、高盛和嘉古公司工作。二人育有兩個兒子。