Jake Sullivan

Jake Sullivan
28th United States National Security Advisor
Incumbent
Assumed office January 20, 2021
President	Joe Biden
Deputy	Jonathan Finer
Preceded by	Robert C. O'Brien
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 47) Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Margaret Maggie Vivian Goodlander ​ ​ (m. 2015)​
Education	Yale University (BA, JD) University of Oxford (MPhil)

Jacob Jeremiah Sullivan (born November 28, 1976) is an American attorney who currently serves as the United States National Security Advisor, reporting directly to President Joe Biden. He previously served as Director of Policy to President Barack Obama, National Security Advisor to then Vice President Biden and Deputy Chief of Staff to Secretary Hillary Clinton at the U.S. Department of State. Sullivan also served as senior advisor to the U.S. federal government at the Iran nuclear negotiations and senior policy advisor to Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, as well as visiting professor at Yale Law School.

On November 23, 2020, President-elect Biden announced that Sullivan would be appointed the United States National Security Advisor. He took office on January 20, 2021.