Jake Sullivan

Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan (born November 28, 1976) is an American politician who was the 28th United States National Security Advisor from 2021 until 2025 during the Joe Biden administration.

Jake Sullivan
Sullivan in 2021
28th United States National Security Advisor
In office January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2025
President	Joe Biden
Deputy	Jonathan Finer
Preceded by	Robert C. O'Brien
Succeeded by	Michael Waltz
National Security Advisor to the Vice President of the United States
In office February 26, 2013 – August 1, 2014
Vice President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Antony Blinken
Succeeded by	Colin Kahl
Director of Policy Planning
In office February 4, 2011 – February 15, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Anne-Marie Slaughter
Succeeded by	David McKean
Personal details
Born	Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan (1976-11-28) November 28, 1976 (age 48) Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Maggie Goodlander ​ (m. 2015)​
Education	Yale University (BA, JD) Magdalen College, Oxford (MPhil)

Early life

Sullivan was born in Burlington, Vermont^[1] and grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[2] Sullivan studied at Yale University and at Magdalen College, Oxford.

Career

He was the senior policy advisor to Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential election campaign and Deputy Chief of Staff at the Department of State.^[3] Sullivan was the Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College and a senior fellow and Master in Public Policy faculty member at the Carsey School of Public Policy.

On November 23, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden announced that he wanted Sullivan to be his National Security Advisor.^[4]

Personal life

In 2015, Sullivan married lawyer Maggie Goodlander, who is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire ^[5] In 2023, Goodlander gave birth to a stillborn at a hotel room.^[6]