Joe Biden chooses Stamford native as White House Press Secretary

President-Elect Joe Biden announced today his pick for White House Press Secretary (and Stamford is quite proud!)

Jen Psaki, a Stamford native and graduate of the College of William and Mary, will serve as White House Press Secretary. According to Biden/Harris Transition website, Build Back Better, Psaki currently oversees the confirmations team for the Biden-Harris Transition.

During the Obama-Biden administration, Psaki held several senior roles, including White House Communications Director, State Department Spokesperson under then-Secretary of State John Kerry, Deputy White House Communications Director and Deputy White House Press Secretary during the financial crisis.  She is a veteran of three presidential campaigns having served as traveling press secretary during the Obama-Biden campaign in 2008,  as traveling press secretary and senior advisor in 2012 and as deputy press secretary for John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004.

Psaki was a spokesperson at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2006 when Democrats won back the House of Representatives and has also served as Communications Director to former Congressman Joe Crowley. Prior to joining the Biden-Harris Transition Team, Psaki was the Vice President for Communications and Strategy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a CNN contributor. 

She lives in Virginia with her husband and two children