Marie Harf

Marie Elizabeth Harf (born June 15, 1981) is the Senior Advisor for Strategic Communications to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.S. State Department, leading the Iran nuclear negotiations communications strategy. She previously served as Acting Spokesperson and Deputy Spokesperson of the State Department.

Early life

Harf, daughter of Jane Ax Harf of Granville, Ohio, and James E. Harf of St. Louis. and a native of Granville, Ohio, graduated from Granville High School in 1999. She graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a BA in Political Science with concentrations in Jewish Studies and Russian and Eastern European Studies, and then received her master's degree in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia, where her thesis evaluated the prospects for continued regime stability in Saudi Arabia.

Career

Harf began her career at the Directorate of Intelligence at the CIA as an analyst focusing on Middle Eastern leadership issues. She later became the media spokesperson of the CIA.

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