Jen Psaki

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Jen Psaki

Spokesperson for the United States Department of State
Incumbent
Assumed office February 11, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Marie Harf
Preceded by	Victoria Nuland
White House Deputy Communications Director
In office December 19, 2009 – September 22, 2011
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Daniel Pfeiffer
Succeeded by	Jennifer Palmieri
White House Deputy Press Secretary
In office January 20, 2009 – December 19, 2009
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Tony Fratto
Succeeded by	Bill Burton
Personal details
Born	Jennifer Rene Psaki 1978 (age 35–36) Stamford, Connecticut
Alma mater	College of William & Mary

Jennifer Rene "Jen" Psaki (pronounced /sɑːkiː/) (born 1978) is the spokesperson for the United States Department of State and a former spokesperson for U.S. President Barack Obama.

Early life

Born in Stamford, Connecticut, Psaki graduated from Greenwich High School in 1996 and the College of William & Mary in 2000 and is a member of the Chi Omega sorority.^[1] At William & Mary, Psaki was a backstroke swimmer for the William & Mary Tribe for two years.^[1]^[2]

Career

Psaki began her career in 2001 with the re-election campaigns of Iowa Democrats Tom Harkin and Tom Vilsack. Psaki then became deputy press secretary for John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign. From 2005 to 2006, Psaki served as communications director to U.S. Representative Joseph Crowley and regional press secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.^[3]

Throughout the 2008 presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Barack Obama, Psaki served as traveling press secretary.^[3] After Obama won the election, Psaki followed Obama to the White House as Deputy Press Secretary and was promoted to Deputy Communications Director on December 19, 2009.^[4]^[5] Psaki left that position on September 22, 2011 to become senior vice president and managing director at the Washington, D. C. office of public relations firm Global Strategy Group.^[6]^[7]

In 2012, Psaki returned to political communications as press secretary for President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.^[8] On February 11, 2013, Psaki became spokesperson for the United States Department of State.^[8] Her hiring at the Department of State has fueled speculation that she is likely to replace White House Press Secretary Jay Carney when he leaves the White House.^[9]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Sawicki, Stephen (February 2011). "Meeting the Press". Greenwich Magazine. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
↑ "Women's swimming and diving roster". College of William & Mary. Archived from the original on June 16, 1997.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Jennifer Psaki". Center for Responsive Politics. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
↑ "Jen Psaki". WhoRunsGov. WashingtonPost.com. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
↑ Allen, Mike (December 19, 2009). "Jen Psaki named Deputy Communications Director -- Summit accepts Obama deal -- Health reform could effectively pass at 1 a.m. Monday -- Shannon Flaherty b’day". Mike Allen's Playbook. Politico.com. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
↑ Calmes, Jackie (September 20, 2011). "White House Deputy Communications Director Steps Down". The Caucus. NYTimes.com. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
↑ Lewis, Charles J. (September 22, 2011). "Greenwich High alum resigns White House job". Greenwich Time. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
↑ 8.0 8.1 "Jen Psaki, Department Spokesperson". US Department of State. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
↑ Rogin, Josh (15 February 2013). "What Jen Psaki faces as the new State Department spokeswoman". The Cable. FP Group, a division of the Washington Post Company. Archived from the original on July 6, 2013.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jennifer Psaki.

The details of Jennifer Psaki and Gregory Mecher's wedding, The Washington Post, May 13, 2010

Barack Obama's Executive Office of the President

Office	Name	Term	Office	Name	Term
White House Chief of Staff White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy	Rahm Emanuel Pete Rouse William M. Daley Jacob Lew Mona Sutphen Nancy-Ann DeParle Rob Nabors	2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012- 2009-11 2011-2013 2013-	National Security Advisor Deputy National Security Advisor	Jim Jones Thomas E. Donilon Susan Rice Thomas E. Donilon Denis McDonough Tony Blinken	2009-10 2010-13 2013- 2009–10 2010-13 2013-
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning Senior Advisor to the President Counselor to the President	Jim Messina Alyssa Mastromonaco Mark B. Childress David Axelrod David Plouffe Pete Rouse	2009-11 2011- 2012- 2009–11 2011- 2009-	Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications	Douglas Lute^† Ben Rhodes	2009– 2009–
Senior Advisor to the President and Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs	Valerie Jarrett	2009–	Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security	John O. Brennan	2009–
Director of Public Engagement	Christina Tchen Jon Carson	2009–11 2011--	Deputy National Security Advisor and NSC Chief of Staff	Denis McDonough Brooke Anderson	2009-10 2011-
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs	Cecilia Muñoz	2009–	White House Communications Director	Daniel Pfeiffer Jennifer Palmieri	2009-13 2013–
Director, National Economic Council	Lawrence Summers Gene Sperling	2009–10 2011-	Deputy White House Communications Director White House Press Secretary	Jen Psaki Jennifer Palmieri Robert Gibbs Jay Carney	2009–11 2011–13 2009–11 2011-
Deputy Director, National Economic Council	Diana Farrell	2009–	Deputy Press Secretary	Bill Burton	2009–11
Deputy Director, National Economic Council Deputy Director, National Economic Council	Jason Furman Brian Deese	2009– 2011-	Director of Special Projects	Stephanie Cutter	2010-11
Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board	Paul Volcker	2009–	Director of Speechwriting	Jon Favreau	2009–
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors	Christina Romer Austan Goolsbee	2009–10 2010-	White House Counsel Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Robert Bauer Kathryn Ruemmler Phil Schiliro Rob Nabors	2009–11 2011- 2009–11 2011-
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Katharine Abraham	2011-	Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Lisa Konwinski	2009–
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Cecilia Rouse	2009–	Executive Clerk	George T. Saunders^†	2009–
Director, Office of Management and Budget	Peter R. Orszag Jacob Lew	2009–10 2010–12	Director, Office of Political Affairs Chief Technology Officer	Patrick Gaspard Aneesh Chopra Todd Park	2009–11 2009 2012 2012-
Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Zients	2009–	Chief Information Officer Director, Office of Presidential Personnel	Steven VanRoekel Nancy Hogan	2011– 2010–
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Liebman Heather Higginbottom*	2010 2011-	Director of Scheduling and Advance Director, White House Military Office	Alyssa Mastromonaco Danielle Crutchfield George D. Mulligan, Jr.	2009-11 2011- 2009-
United States Trade Representative	Ron Kirk	2009–	Cabinet Secretary	Chris Lu	2009–
Director, Domestic Policy Council	Melody Barnes	2009–	Deputy Cabinet Secretary	Liz Sears Smith	2009–
Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council	Heather Higginbottom Mark Zuckerman	2009–11 2011-	Staff Secretary	Lisa Brown	2009–
Director, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	Joshua DuBois	2009–	Director, Office of Management and Administration	Bradley Kiley	2009–
Director, Office of Health Reform	Nancy DeParle	2009–11	Director, Oval Office Operations	Micaela Fernandez	2009–
Deputy Director, Office of Health Reform	Jeanne Lambrew	2009–	Personal Aide to the President	Reggie Love	2009–
Director, Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy	Carol Browner	2009–11	Personal Secretary to the President	Katie Johnson Anita Decker	2009–11 2011-
Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change	Heather Zichal	2009–	Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President	Eugene Kang	2009–
Director, Council on Environmental Quality Director, Office of National AIDS Policy	Nancy Sutley Jeffrey Crowley	2009– 2009–	Chief of Staff to the First Lady	Jackie Norris Susan Sher Christina Tchen	2009 2009-10 2011-
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy	Gil Kerlikowske	2009–	White House Social Secretary	Desirée Rogers Julianna Smoot Jeremy Bernard	2009–10 2010–11 2011–
Director, Office of Urban Affairs	Adolfo Carrión, Jr.	2009–	Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy	John Holdren	2009–

^*Senate-confirmation pending. †Remained from previous administration (s).

Persondata
Name	Psaki, Jennifer
Alternative names
Short description	American political spokesperson
Date of birth	1978
Place of birth	Stamford, Connecticut
Date of death
Place of death

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