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.
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