Suzy George

Suzy George
Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of State
In office
January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
SecretaryAntony Blinken
Preceded byMargaret Peterlin
Succeeded byMichael Needham
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)

Suzanne George is an American attorney and foreign policy advisor who served as chief of staff to the United States secretary of state in the Biden administration.

Education

George earned a BA from Mount Holyoke College and a JD from George Washington University Law School.

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. From 1997 to 2001, George was deputy chief of staff to the United States secretary of state. After leaving government service, George joined the Albright Group, a strategic advisory firm founded by former secretary of state Madeleine Albright. George was one of the founders of the merged Albright Stonebridge Group, also serving as its Principal.

George later worked in foreign policy and national security roles in the Obama administration, including deputy assistant to the president and chief of staff of the CIA's Directorate of Operations. She was appointed executive secretary and chief of staff of the United States National Security Council in July 2014.

After serving as the chief operating officer for the One Campaign from 2018 to 2021, George joined the Biden-Harris Transition team.

She was appointed chief of staff to the United States secretary of state on January 20, 2021, serving until the end of the Biden administration in January 2025.

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. ↑ "Suzy George". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
  4. ↑ Lee | AP, Matthew. "Biden fills out State Department team with Obama veterans". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Anticipating Senate bottlenecks, Biden races to fill agency jobs". POLITICO. December 2, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  6. ↑ "White House Announces New Executive Secretary / Chief of Staff for the National Security Council Staff". 29 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "The ONE Campaign hires Suzy George as Chief Operating Officer". ONE.org US. 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2026-09-05.