The White House announced that Brooke
Anderson will become the new chief of staff of the National Security
Staff, replacing Denis McDonough,
who was promoted to Deputy National Security Advisor last month.
"Brooke Anderson is an extraordinarily talented, experienced, and
well-respected member of our Administration," National Security Advisor Tom Donilon said in a statement. "Her
deep expertise on issues ranging from non-proliferation to the United Nations,
along with her broad experience in and out of the U.S. government, make her the
ideal person to serve as chief of staff here and counselor to the National
Security Staff."
Anderson currently
serves as Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs at the
U.S. Mission to the United Nations, where she holds the rank
of ambassador. She focuses on U.N.
Security Council matters, including peacekeeping and nonproliferation, the
White House said.
Anderson was
senior director for communications at the National Security Council at the
beginning of the Clinton administration. She worked on the presidential
campaign of John Kerry in 2004. She has
also served as Director of Public Affairs for the Energy Department,
nonproliferation expert at the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and Deputy
Chief of Staff to then-Rep. David Skaggs
(D-CO).
In 2008, she served as chief
national security spokesperson and policy advisor for the Obama-Biden
transition team and a member of the White House National Security Council
transition team.
She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College with a B.A. in 1986.
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