Sarah Margon
Sarah Margon | |
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Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor | |
Nominee | |
Assumed office TBA | |
President | Joe Biden |
Succeeded by | Lisa J. Peterson (acting) |
Personal details | |
Spouse(s) | |
Education | Wesleyan 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[]
- ^ "Sarah Margon (MSFS'05)". SFS - School of Foreign Service - Georgetown University. 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ "President Biden Announces Key Administration Nominations in National Security". The White House. 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ Detsch, Robbie Gramer, Jack. "Biden Looks to Progressive for Key Human Rights Post". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Sarah Margon, Samuel Chaltain". The New York Times. 2004-06-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- Living people
- Wesleyan University alumni
- Georgetown University alumni
- Oxfam people
- Center for American Progress people
- Human Rights Watch people
- Biden administration personnel