{{Short description|American attorney and foreign policy advisor}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Suzy George | office = [[Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of State]] | president = [[Joe Biden]] | term_start = January 20, 2021 | term_end = January 20, 2025 | predecessor = [[Margaret Peterlin]] | successor = [[Michael Needham (political advisor)|Michael Needham]] | 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]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[George Washington University]] ([[Juris Doctor|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|chief of staff to the United States secretary of state]] in the [[Biden Administration|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]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=jfrant|date=February 2, 2018|title=SUZY GEORGE|url=https://www.ndi.org/people/suzy-george|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=www.ndi.org|language=en}}</ref>
== 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 [[List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations|Ambassador of the United States to the United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Strobel|first=Michael R. Gordon and Warren P.|date=January 18, 2021|title=Blinken's Ties to Biden Will Make Him a Unique Secretary of State|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/blinkens-ties-to-biden-will-make-him-an-unusual-secretary-of-state-11610985602|access-date=January 19, 2021|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> 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|Obama administration]], including chief of staff of the CIA's [[Directorate of Operations (CIA)|Directorate of Operations.]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lee {{!}} AP|first=Matthew|title=Biden fills out State Department team with Obama veterans|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/biden-fills-out-state-department-team-with-obama-veterans/2021/01/16/e5ffb6dc-57fb-11eb-acc5-92d2819a1ccb_story.html|access-date=January 18, 2021|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Anticipating Senate bottlenecks, Biden races to fill agency jobs|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/02/biden-nominations-transition-442046|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=POLITICO|date=December 2, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> She was appointed Executive Secretary and Chief of Staff of the [[United States National Security Council]] in July 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/07/29/white-house-announces-new-executive-secretary-chief-staff-national-secur | title=White House Announces New Executive Secretary / Chief of Staff for the National Security Council Staff | date=29 July 2014 }}</ref>
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