Jonathan Finer

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Jon Finer
Brian H. Hook
Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State
In office
March 8, 2015 – January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
SecretaryJohn Kerry
Preceded byDavid Wade
Succeeded byMargaret Peterlin
Personal details
Born1976 (age 47–48)
Norwich, Vermont, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Balliol College, Oxford
(MPhil)
Yale University (JD)

Jonathan Finer (born 1976) is an American journalist and civil servant who serves as

U.S. Department of State.[2][3]

Early life and education

Finer is a native of

Rhodes Scholar.[4] Finer also spent a year in Hong Kong as a Henry Luce Foundation Scholar, working as a reporter and editor at the Far Eastern Economic Review.[10]

Career

Finer was a foreign and national correspondent at the

Gaza (2009), Russia/Georgia (2008) and Israel/Lebanon (2006); the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign; and the 2004 Major League Baseball playoffs.[2]

Finer joined the

deputy national security advisor Antony Blinken.[2][12]

Prior to his appointment as chief of staff and director of policy planning at the State Department, Finer previously served as deputy chief of staff for policy.[2][3]

After concluding his work with the State Department, Finer joined the New York private equity firm Warburg Pincus[13][14] and served as a senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations.[15] He is a former member of the board of directors for the Truman National Security Project.[10]

Finer is

deputy national security advisor under national security advisor Jake Sullivan, in the Biden administration.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Bertrand, Natasha; Pager, Tyler; Seligman, Lara (January 5, 2021). "Biden to tap more Obama vets to fill key national security roles". Politico. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  2. ^
    U.S. Department of State
    . March 8, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Hudson, John (December 18, 2015). "Inside Kerry's Leadership Changes for 2016". Foreign Policy. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Lilienthal, Mark (March 14, 2016). "Profile: Norwich Native Jon Finer Is 'Never Off the Clock' at the State Department". Valley News.
  5. ^ "Sylvia Burack". The Boston Globe. February 15, 2003.
  6. ^ "Beatrice (Finer) (Spigel) Cutter". The Boston Globe. January 2, 2011.
  7. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency. ....Jon Finer, the deputy national security advisor, on her left and Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall
    , President Joe Biden's homeland security advisor, on her right. All three are Jewish.
  8. ^ "Norwich native Jon Finer takes a key job in Biden administration". VTDigger. January 21, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  9. ^ "Jonathan Finer". thecrimson.com. The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  10. ^
    The White House
    . June 25, 2009. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  11. ^ Kirk, Michael (June 15, 2017). "The Frontline Interview: Jon Finer". FRONTLINE. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  12. Foreign Policy
    . Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  13. ^ "Jonathan Finer". Warburg Pincus. 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  14. ^ "Jon Finer". Foreign Policy for America. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  15. ^ Heil, Emily (May 1, 2019). "Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen are in a political rom-com. This guy helped them get Washington right — kind of". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Director of Policy Planning
2016–2017 		Succeeded by
Brian H. Hook
Government offices
Preceded by
United States Deputy National Security Advisor

2021–present 		Incumbent
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