Karine Jean Pierre

Karine Jean-Pierre (English: Karine Jean-Pierre, born August 13, 1977) is an American political staffer. Serves as Chief of Staff to Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. Starting in 2021, she will serve as the principal deputy press secretary of the White House; after the departure of Jane Sharkey, she will serve as the 35th White House press secretary from 2022 to 2025, becoming the first black and the first White House spokesperson with LGBTQ+ identity to come out. Previously, Jean-Pierre was a senior advisor and spokesperson for the political group MoveOn and a political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC. She also served as a lecturer in international and public affairs at Columbia University.