Karine Jean-Pierre | Influence 100
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Karine Jean-Pierre

Press Secretary
The White House
US

Few presidents have done more to elevate talented women—and women of color in particular—to senior administration roles than Joe Biden, so it was no surprise that when Jen Psaki stepped down as White House press secretary in May 2022, he turned to longtime trusted advisor Karine Jean-Pierre to take on the most high-profile public relations job in America.

Jean-Pierre, the first Black woman and the first openly LGBTQ person to serve in the role, had most recently been Psaki’s deputy, and before that served as chief of staff to Vice President Kamala Harris during the presidential campaign.

She previously worked for Obama's and Martin O'Malley's presidential campaigns and served as a political analyst for NBC and MSNBC. Jean-Pierre was chief public affairs officer at MoveOn.org and managed the campaign for the American Civil Liberties Union's Reproductive Freedom Initiative. Her book, ‘Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America’, was published in 2019.