Jennifer Klein (administrator)
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Jennifer Klein | |
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| Director, White House Gender Policy Council Assistant to the President | |
inaugural | |
| In office March 2021 – present | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse(s) | Todd Stern |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Brown University (BA) Columbia University School of Law (JD) |
Jennifer "Jen" Klein is a legally trained American federal officeholder, serving, as of March 2021, as inaugural Co-Chair (with Julissa Reynoso) then eventual sole Director of the newly created White House Gender Policy Council,[1][non-primary source needed][2][3] and concommitantly as an Assistant to Joe Biden, President of the United States.[1][non-primary source needed]
After a JD from Columbia University School of Law that followed a BA from Brown University, Klein went on to serve in advisory positions in the White House (Special Assistant to President Bill Clinton on the Domestic Policy Council, and senior domestic policy advisor to First Lady Hillary Clinton) and in the U.S. Department of State (Deputy and Senior Advisor, Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues), before taking on the role current as of July 2024.[1][non-primary source needed] Klein's work advising President Biden "on issues including reproductive rights, gender-based violence, and women’s economic security" continue the focus on American gender policy at domestic and international levels that has characterised her career.[1][non-primary source needed]
Klein's most immediate non-governmental position prior to return to serve in the Biden White House was as chief strategy and policy officer at the now defunct organization, Time's Up, a non-profit organization that, from 2018-2022, sought to "help fight systemic sexual harassment", in part through the establishment of a legal defense fund.[4][better source needed]
Klein has served as a Senior Fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute and an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law Center.[citation needed] As of 2021 she was living with her husband, Todd Stern, and their 3 children, in Washington, DC.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 WH Staff & Klein, Jennifer (July 2024). "Gender Policy Council: About the Director (Jennifer Klein)". WhiteHouse.gov. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ↑ In May 2022, Politico reported that Reynoso was stepping down from the role following her confirmation as Ambassador to Spain. See Tani, Max & Thompson, Alex (3 May 2022). "The Biden Crew Prepping for a Post-Roe World". Politico.com. Retrieved 2024-07-18.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link).
- ↑ CSPAN Staff (July 2024). "Jenn Klein [sic.]". C-SPAN.org. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
Jenn Klein is a Co-Chair and Executive Director for Gender Policy Council in the White House...
- ↑ Russian, Ale (January 2, 2018). "Reese Witherspoon, Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston: See Who's Given $500k, More to Fight Harassment". People.com. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
Some of the biggest A-list celebs are backing the Time's Up movement's legal fund initiative.
Further reading[edit]
- Mackinnon, Amy & Weber, Anna (18 July 2024). "Jennifer Klein on the U.S.'s 'First Ever' National Gender Strategy". ForeignPolicy.com. Washington, DC: Foreign Policy-Graham Holdings. Retrieved 18 July 2024.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
- USGLC Staff (18 July 2024). "Jennifer Klein". USGLC.org. Washington, DC: United States Global Leadership Coalition. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- Mucha, Sarah (January 19, 2021). "Biden Announces Creation of White House Gender Policy Council". CNN.com. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- Biden-Harris Transition Staff (19 January 2021). "President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announce Co-Chairs of the White House Gender Policy Council". BuildBackBetter.gov. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2024. Unknown parameter
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- McPherson, Anne & Kambou, Sarah Degnan (19 January 2021). "ICRW Board Member Jennifer Klein to Co-Chair White House Gender Policy Council". ICRW.org. Washington, DC: International Center for Research on Women. Retrieved 2024-07-18.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
- Sairam, Erin Spencer (2021-01-26). "Biden, Harris Form a White House Gender Policy Council". Forbes.com. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- Tani, Max & Thompson, Alex (3 May 2022). "The Biden Crew Prepping for a Post-Roe World". Politico.com. Retrieved 2024-07-18.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
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