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Evan Ryan
Ryan in September 2023
White House Cabinet Secretary
In office January 20, 2021 – January 20, 2025
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Kristan King Nevins
Succeeded by	TBD
14th Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
In office September 26, 2013 – January 5, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Ann Stock
Succeeded by	Marie Royce
Personal details
Born	(1971-04-18) April 18, 1971 (age 53) Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Antony Blinken ​(m. 2002)​
Children	2
Education	Boston College (BA) Johns Hopkins University (MPP)

Evan Maureen Ryan (born April 18, 1971) is an American public servant, 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.

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. She attended Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC. Her mother is a kindergarten teacher and her father works for the US civil service. 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.

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 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. 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.

She was a senior advisor for the Biden-Harris transition team. In January 2021, she was appointed White House cabinet secretary.

Personal life

Evan Ryan and Antony Blinken met in 1995 while working as White House staff members. They married in 2002 in an interfaith ceremony officiated by a rabbi and a priest at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. They have two children, a son born in March 2019 and a daughter born in February 2020.

References

1. "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.
2. ^ "Evan Ryan, Cabinet Secretary". President-Elect Joe Biden. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
3. Evan Ryan Archived 2010-12-23 at the Wayback Machine, WhoRunsGov, The Washington Post
4. ^ Horowitz, Jason (September 15, 2013). "Antony Blinken steps into the spotlight with Obama administration role". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
5. ^ "WEDDINGS; Evan Ryan, Antony Blinken". The New York Times. March 3, 2002.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 3, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. Atwood, Kylie (January 26, 2021). "Blinken becomes Biden's top diplomat after a friendship forged over decades". CNN. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
8. "Evan Ryan, Executive Vice President, Axios". Top IO Networks. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
9. "POLITICO Playbook: McConnell to denounce Schumer on the Senate floor". Politico. March 5, 2020.

External links

• Profile at WhiteHouse.gov
• Wedding announcement, The New York Times, March 3, 2002
• Appearances on C-SPAN

v t e Joe Biden's Office of the Vice President
Position Appointee Chief of Staff to the Vice President Steve Ricchetti Counsel to the Vice President Cynthia Hogan Counselor to the Vice President Mike Donilon Assistant to the Vice President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison Evan Ryan Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Communications Shailagh Murray Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President Shailagh Murray Deputy National Security Adviser to the Vice President Brian P. McKeon Residence Manager and Social Secretary for the Vice President and Second Lady Carlos Elizondo National Security Adviser to the Vice President Colin Kahl Position Appointee Chief of Staff to the Second Lady Catherine M. Russell Director of Administration for the Office of the Vice President Moises Vela Domestic Policy Adviser to the Vice President Terrell McSweeny Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President Jared Bernstein Press Secretary to the Vice President Elizabeth Alexander Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President Annie Tomasini Director of Legislative Affairs Sudafi Henry Director of Communications for the Second Lady Courtney O’Donnell

• 1971 births
• 21st-century American women civil servants
• American people of Irish descent
• American political women
• 21st-century American diplomats
• American women diplomats
• Assistant Secretaries of State for Education and Culture
• Biden administration personnel
• Blinken family
• Catholics from Virginia
• Clinton administration personnel
• Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School alumni
• Johns Hopkins University alumni
• Living people
• Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences alumni
• Obama administration personnel
• People from Alexandria, Virginia
• Virginia Democrats