Sarah Margon

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Sarah Margon
Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
Nominee
Assumed office
TBA
PresidentJoe Biden
Succeeded byLisa J. Peterson (acting)
Personal details
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2004)​
EducationWesleyan University (BA)
Georgetown University (MS)

Sarah Margon is an American political advisor who is the nominee to serve as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor in the Biden administration.

Education[]

Margon earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in American studies from Wesleyan University and a Master of Science in foreign service from Georgetown University.[1]

Career[]

Margon began her career as a humanitarian and conflict policy advisor for Oxfam. She later worked as a staffer on the United States Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy and as a foreign policy advisor to Senator Russ Feingold. She later worked as the associate director for sustainable security and peace-building at the Center for American Progress and deputy Washington director of Human Rights Watch. Margon has most recently worked as a U.S. foreign policy advisor for the Open Society Foundations.[2][3]

Personal life[]

Margon and her husband, Sam Chaltain, married in 2004.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sarah Margon (MSFS'05)". SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University. 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  2. ^ "President Biden Announces Key Administration Nominations in National Security". The White House. 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  3. ^ Detsch, Robbie Gramer, Jack. "Biden Looks to Progressive for Key Human Rights Post". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  4. ^ "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Sarah Margon, Samuel Chaltain". The New York Times. 2004-06-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
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