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American public servant (born 1971)
Evan Maureen Ryan (born April 18, 1971) is an American serving as
White House cabinet secretary in the
administration of Joe Biden . She previously served as
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) in the
Obama administration (2013–2017) and was assistant for intergovernmental affairs and public liaison for then-
Vice President Joe Biden.
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[2]
Early life and education
Ryan was born in 1971 in
Alexandria, Virginia , where she grew up in a middle-class family of
Irish Catholic descent.
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[4] Her mother is a kindergarten teacher and her father works for the US civil service.
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[5] She received a
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in political science from
Boston College . In May 2006, she received her
Master of Arts (MA) in international public policy from
Johns Hopkins University 's
School of Advanced International Studies .
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Career
Ryan served under
Secretary of State
John Kerry as
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs and worked in the Obama-Biden White House as Assistant to the Vice President and Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement from September 2013 to January 2017.
Prior to joining the Obama administration, Ryan served as deputy campaign manager for then-Senator
Biden's 2008 presidential campaign
[7] and also served on the
Kerry 2004 presidential campaign and Hillary Clinton's
2000 senatorial campaign . Ryan served in the Clinton White House, as deputy director of scheduling for First Lady
Hillary Clinton and as special assistant to the first lady's chief of staff.
After leaving the White House in January 2017, she helped launch and lead
Axios , and served as its executive vice president.
[8] She has worked as a consultant for the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict and served as deputy chair for the governance track of the
Clinton Global Initiative . She is currently a member of the
Council on Foreign Relations .
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She was a senior advisor for the
Biden-Harris transition team .
[2] In January 2021, she was appointed
White House cabinet secretary .
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Personal life
Evan Ryan and
Antony Blinken met in 1995 while working as White House staff members.
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[5] They married in 2002 in an
interfaith ceremony officiated by a rabbi and a priest at
Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, D.C.
[4]
[5] They have two children, a son born in March 2019 and a daughter born in February 2020.
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References
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"About the Assistant Secretary | Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs" . Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs . Archived from
the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2020 .
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"Evan Ryan, Cabinet Secretary" . President-Elect Joe Biden . Retrieved January 5, 2021 .
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Archived 2010-12-23 at the
Wayback Machine , WhoRunsGov,
The Washington Post
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d Horowitz, Jason (September 15, 2013).
"Antony Blinken steps into the spotlight with Obama administration role" .
The Washington Post . Retrieved November 23, 2020 .
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"WEDDINGS; Evan Ryan, Antony Blinken" .
The New York Times . March 3, 2002.
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"Archived copy" . Archived from
the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2021 . {{
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^ Atwood, Kylie (January 26, 2021).
"Blinken becomes Biden's top diplomat after a friendship forged over decades" . CNN . Retrieved January 29, 2021 .
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"Evan Ryan, Executive Vice President, Axios" . Top IO Networks . Retrieved January 5, 2021 .
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"POLITICO Playbook: McConnell to denounce Schumer on the Senate floor" .
Politico . March 5, 2020.
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