Jen Psaki Biography
Jen Psaki is an American political consultant who was the 34th White House press secretary from 2021 and 2022. She formerly worked as the White House deputy press secretary and the spokeswoman for the US Department of State while she was a member of the Democratic Party.
Jen Psaki Age
Psaki is 43 years old as of 2021. She was born on 1 December 1978 in Stamford, Connecticut, United States.
Jen Psaki Height
Psaki stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches.
Jen Psaki Family
Psaki, the oldest of three daughters, was born in 1978 in Stamford, Connecticut to psychologist Eileen (née Dolan) Medvey and retired real estate developer Dimitrios “James” R. Psaki, whose grandfather had immigrated from Greece in 1904 and whose grandmother had been of Irish ancestry. In 1976, her parents got married. Psaki is also of Polish descent.
Jen Psaki Husband
Greg Mecher, who was the chief of staff to Congressman Steve Driehaus at the time, wed Psaki on May 8, 2010. Mecher later worked as Congressman Joe Kennedy’s chief of staff. The couple met at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2006. They have two children.
Jen Psaki Education
Psaki earned his high school diploma from Greenwich in 1996. She earned a sociology and English degree from the College of William & Mary in 2000. She belongs to the sorority Chi Omega. Psaki spent two years competing in backstroke swimming for the William & Mary Tribe athletic team.
Jen Psaki Obama administration
Psaki worked as a traveling press secretary for U.S. senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008. Psaki followed Obama to the White House as deputy press secretary after he won the election. On December 19, 2009, she was elevated to the position of deputy communications director. On September 22, 2011, Psaki resigned from this post to take a senior vice president and managing director role at Global Strategy Group’s Washington, D.C., office.
Psaki made a comeback to political communications in 2012 when she served as press secretary for President Obama’s reelection effort. Psaki was appointed spokesman for the US Department of State on February 11, 2013. After she was hired by the Department of State, rumors abounded that she would succeed Jay Carney as the White House press secretary when he departed his position. However, on May 30, 2014, it was revealed that Josh Earnest will take over for Carney. She returned to the White House in 2015 and served as communications director there until the end of the Obama presidency. Psaki started working as a political commentator for CNN on February 7, 2017.
Jen Psaki Salary
Psaki earns an annual salary of $180,000.
Jen Psaki Net Worth
Psaki has an estimated net worth of $2-2.5 million.
Jen Psaki White House
Psaki departed CNN in November 2020 and joined the Biden-Harris transition team. Psaki was appointed the White House press secretary for the Biden administration later that month. After the inauguration, on the evening of January 20, she had her first press conference.
On May 6, 2021, Psaki hinted that she will leave her role as press secretary “in about a year from now” in an interview with former Senior Advisor to President David Axelrod.
Psaki was charged in October 2021 with breaking the Hatch Act for her remarks regarding the Virginia governor’s race that year. Psaki said that she had tested positive for COVID-19 on November 2, 2021. She was placed in quarantine but was released on November 12, 2021, after fully recuperating. She attributed her smooth recovery to her immunization status. Psaki did not go with President Biden on his trip to Europe because she tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time in six months on March 22, 2022.
Psaki will most likely depart the White House “about May” in 2022, according to a report from Axios, and take a position at MSNBC. Her departure from the position was announced by the White House on May 5, 2022, and Karine Jean-Pierre was named as her principal deputy in her place.
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