Jen Psaki Facts for Kids

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Official portrait, 2021

34th White House Press Secretary
Incumbent
Assumed office January 20, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Deputy	Karine Jean-Pierre TJ Ducklo
Preceded by	Kayleigh McEnany
White House Communications Director
In office April 1, 2015 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Jennifer Palmieri
Succeeded by	Sean Spicer
Spokesperson for the United States Department of State
In office April 5, 2013 – March 31, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Marie Harf
Preceded by	Victoria Nuland
Succeeded by	John Kirby
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
Leader	Robert Gibbs
Preceded by	Tony Fratto
Succeeded by	Bill Burton

Personal details
Born	Jennifer Rene Psaki December 1, 1978 (1978-12-01) (age 42) Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Gregory Mecher (m. 2010)
Children	2
Education	College of William & Mary (BA)

Jennifer Rene Psaki (/sɑːkiː/; born December 1, 1978) is an American political advisor. She is the 34th White House Press Secretary since 2021.

She was White House Communications Director from 2015 to 2017 during the Barack Obama presidency. She has also been a CNN contributor.

In November 2020, Joe Biden announced Psaki his pick for White House Press Secretary.

White House Press Secretaries

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White House Communications Directors

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Cabinet of President Joe Biden (2021–present)

Cabinet

Secretary of State	Blinken (2021–present)

Secretary of the Treasury	Yellen (2021–present)

Secretary of Defense	Austin (2021–present)

Attorney General	Garland*

Secretary of the Interior	Haaland*

Secretary of Agriculture	Vilsack (2021–present)

Secretary of Commerce	Raimondo (2021–present)

Secretary of Labor	Walsh*

Secretary of Health and Human Services	Becerra*

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Fudge*

Secretary of Transportation	Buttigieg (2021–present)

Secretary of Energy	Granholm (2021–present)

Secretary of Education	Cardona (2021–present)

Secretary of Veterans Affairs	McDonough (2021–present)

Secretary of Homeland Security	Mayorkas (2021–present)

Cabinet-level

Vice President	Kamala Harris (2021–present)

White House Chief of Staff	Klain (2021–present)

Trade Representative	Tai*

Director of National Intelligence	Haines (2021–present)

Ambassador to the United Nations	Thomas-Greenfield (2021–present)

Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers	Rouse (2021–present)

Director of the Office of Management and Budget	TBD *

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Regan*

Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Guzman*

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate	Kerry (2021–present)

Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy	Lander*

Executive Cabinet

National Security Advisor	Sullivan (2021–present)

White House Press Secretary	Psaki (2021–present)

White House Communications Director	Bedingfield (2021–present)

Director of the National Economic Council	Deese (2021–present)

Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy	TBD *

Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration	TBD *

Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission	Gensler*

Solicitor General	TBD *

Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau	Chopra*

Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council	Rice (2021–present)

White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator	Zients (2021–present)

Chairs of the COVID-19 Advisory Board	Kessler (2021–present) Murthy (2021–present) Nunez-Smith (2021–present)

White House Climate Coordinator	McCarthy (2021–present)

Other independent offices

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation	Wray** (2017–present)

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	Burns*

Secretary of the Army	TBD *

Secretary of the Air Force	TBD *

Secretary of the Navy	TBD *

Surgeon General	Murthy*

United States Permanent Representative to NATO	TBD *

Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration	TBD *

Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development	Power*

Chair of the Federal Communications Commission	TBD *

Administrators of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	TBD *

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Walensky (2021–present)

Chair of the Federal Reserve	Powell** (2018–present)

President of the World Bank Group	Malpass** (2019–present)

*Pending Senate confirmation
**Kept/Stayed from the Trump administration
See also: Political appointments of Joe Biden

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