Suzy George

Suzy George
7th Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of State
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 20, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
SecretaryAntony Blinken
Preceded byMargaret Peterlin
Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States National Security Council
In office
July 29, 2014 – January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byBrian P. McKeon
Succeeded byKeith Kellogg
Personal details
EducationMount 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

George earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College and a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School.[1]

Career

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

  1. ^ jfrant (February 2, 2018). "SUZY GEORGE". www.ndi.org. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Strobel, Michael R. Gordon and Warren P. (January 18, 2021). "Blinken's Ties to Biden Will Make Him a Unique Secretary of State". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  3. ^ Lee | AP, Matthew. "Biden fills out State Department team with Obama veterans". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  4. ^ "Anticipating Senate bottlenecks, Biden races to fill agency jobs". POLITICO. December 2, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  5. ^ https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/07/29/white-house-announces-new-executive-secretary-chief-staff-national-secur


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