Suzy George | |
Office: | 7th Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of State |
President: | Joe Biden |
Term Start: | January 20, 2021 |
Predecessor: | Margaret Peterlin |
Office1: | Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States National Security Council |
President1: | Barack Obama |
Term Start1: | July 29, 2014 |
Term End1: | January 20, 2017 |
Predecessor1: | Brian P. McKeon |
Successor1: | Keith Kellogg |
Education: | Mount Holyoke College (BA) George Washington University (JD) |
1Blankname: | Secretary |
1Namedata: | Antony Blinken |
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.
George earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College and a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School.[1]
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]