Suzy George
Suzy George | |
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7th Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of State | |
Assumed office January 20, 2021 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Secretary | Antony Blinken |
Preceded by | Margaret Peterlin |
Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States National Security Council | |
In office July 29, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Brian P. McKeon |
Succeeded by | Keith Kellogg |
Personal details | |
Education | Mount Holyoke College (BA) George Washington University (JD) |
Suzy George is an American attorney and foreign policy advisor who was selected to serve as the chief of staff to the United States secretary of state in the Biden administration.
Education
[edit]George earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College and a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School.[1]
Career
[edit]From 1990 to 1993, George worked for the National Democratic Institute. From 1995 to 1997, she served as a special assistant and assistant counsel in the Office of the Ambassador of the United States to the United Nations.[2] From 1997 to 2001, George was deputy chief of staff to the United States secretary of state. George also worked in foreign policy and national security roles in the Obama administration, including chief of staff of the CIA's Directorate of Operations.[3][4] She was appointed Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States National Security Council in July 2014.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ jfrant (2018-02-02). "SUZY GEORGE". www.ndi.org. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ Strobel, Michael R. Gordon and Warren P. (2021-01-18). "Blinken's Ties to Biden Will Make Him a Unique Secretary of State". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ^ Lee | AP, Matthew. "Biden fills out State Department team with Obama veterans". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ "Anticipating Senate bottlenecks, Biden races to fill agency jobs". POLITICO. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/07/29/white-house-announces-new-executive-secretary-chief-staff-national-secur