Who is Jen Psaki?Jen Psaki Husband,Children,Height,Weight,Net Worth Latest Updates 2022

Who is Jen Psaki?Jen Psaki Husband,Children,Height,Weight,Net Worth Latest Updates 2022

Who is Jen Psaki?Jen Psaki Husband,Children,Height,Weight,Net Worth Latest Updates 2022

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Biography

Jennifer Rene Psaki is an American actress. is the 34th and current White House press secretary and an American political advisor. She formerly worked as the White House deputy press secretary (2009), the White House deputy communications director (2009–2011), the spokesman for the US Department of State (2013–2015), and the White House communications director (2015–2017) in the Obama administration. From 2017 through 2020, Psaki was a CNN political contributor.

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Popular As Jennifer Rene Psaki
Occupation N/A
Age 42 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 1 December 1978
Birthday 1 December
Birthplace Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Nationality United States

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Husband Gregory Mecher (m. 2010)
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Children Genevieve Mecher

 

Net Worth in 2020 $1 Million – $5 Million
Salary in 2019 Under Review
Net Worth in 2019 Pending
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Early life and education

Psaki was born in 1978 in Stamford, Connecticut, to Eileen (née Dolan) Medvey, a psychotherapist, and Dimitrios “James” R. Psaki, a retired real estate developer whose grandfather moved from Greece in 1904 and whose grandmother was of Irish origin. In 1976, her parents married. Jennifer is also of Polish descent.

In 1996, Psaki graduated from Greenwich High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English and sociology from the College of William and Mary in 2000. She belongs to the Chi Omega sorority. Psaki was a two-year member of the William & Mary Tribe athletic team as a competitive backstroke swimmer.

Career

Psaki started her political career in 2001, working on the re-election campaigns of Iowa Democrats Tom Harkin for the Senate and Tom Vilsack for governor. After that, Psaki worked as the deputy press secretary for John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004. Psaki worked as the communications director for U.S. Representative Joseph Crowley and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s regional press secretary from 2005 to 2006.

Psaki was the traveling press secretary for U.S. Senator Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign. Psaki joined Obama at the White House as Deputy Press Secretary after his election victory, then on December 19, 2009, she was promoted to Deputy Communications Director.

Psaki resigned from this post on September 22, 2011, to join the Washington, D.C. office of public relations company Global Strategy Group as senior vice president and managing director.

Psaki returned to politics in 2012 as the press secretary for President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign.

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Who is Jen Psaki?Jen Psaki Husband,Children,Height,Weight,Net Worth Latest Updates 2022
Who is Jen Psaki?Jen Psaki Husband,Children,Height,Weight,Net Worth Latest Updates 2022

Psaki was appointed as the US Department of State’s spokesman on February 11, 2013. Her appointment at the State Department prompted speculation that she would succeed White House Press Secretary Jay Carney when he stepped down, however, Carney was replaced on May 30, 2014, by Josh Earnest.

She returned to the White House as communications director in 2015 and lasted until the conclusion of Obama’s presidency. Psaki joined CNN as a political contributor on February 7, 2017.

Psaki departed CNN in November 2020 to join the Biden-Harris transition team.

Psaki was selected as the Biden administration’s White House press secretary later that month.

She gave her first press conference after the inauguration on the evening of January 20.

In an interview with a former senior counselor to President David Axelrod on May 6, 2021, Psaki stated that she would leave her role as press secretary “in about a year.”

Psaki was accused of breaching the Hatch Act of 1939 by a watchdog group in October 2021 for her statements on the 2021 Virginia governor election.

Personal life

Psaki married Greg Mecher, then-chief of staff to Congressman Steve Driehaus, on May 8, 2010. Mecher later worked as Congressman Joe Kennedy’s chief of staff.

In 2006, the two met at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. They are the parents of two children.

Psaki announced on November 2, 2021, that she had tested positive for COVID-19, and returned to work on November 12, 2021, after fully healing, citing her vaccination status for her quick recovery.

Jen Psaki Husband Gregory Mecher

Mecher, 45, is a Democratic political aide who was born in September 1976.

Mecher grew up in Ohio and attended Elder High School, an all-boys Catholic prep school in Cincinnati, before entering politics.

Mecher earned a bachelor’s degree in communications and television production from Northern Kentucky University in 1999.

He got his start in politics as a student, acting as “student representative to the Board of Regents” before landing an internship with Kentucky Congressman Ken Lucas.

What did Jen Psaki say about her husband?

Psaki has been by Mecher’s side for over 11 years and has nothing but positive things to say about him during that time.

Psaki told the Cincinnati Enquirer, “He is so secure in his own skin with who he is.”

“He could be in a room with 5-year-old children, a room with millionaires, a room on a factory floor, and he would be at ease and have a conversation anywhere.”

“Except when it comes to the Bengals, he’s a die-hard Bengals and Reds fan,” he later added.

How did Jen Psaki and her husband meet?

When Mecher and Psaki were both working for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2006, they met.

He worked as the head of staff for Congressman Steve Driehaus of Ohio and Rep. Joe Kennedy III of Massachusetts while pursuing a career in Washington, DC.

Mecher originally fell for his wife, according to Heavy, after she gave him the wrong directions to a political event over the phone in 2006.

“After years of marriage, I can tell you that this is not one of my wife’s strong points, directions,” Mecher added. “I was wondering who the hell this individual was by the time I got there.”

Jen Psaki and Gregory Mecher Children

So far, the couple has had two children in their 11 years of marriage.

Jen Psaki net worth

Psaki is expected to be worth $2 million in 2022.

This figure is based on her work as a press secretary as well as her work in communications at CNN.

Her annual pay as press secretary is believed to be $183,000 per year.

Is Jen Psaki leaving the White House?

Psaki confirmed her departure from the White House 2022 in May of 2021.

Her decision is influenced by her desire to spend more time with her children.

“I think it’s going to be time for somebody else to have this role, in a year or about a year from now,” Psaki said on The Axe Files podcast.

“I don’t want to miss any opportunities. I don’t want to miss anything, and I’m quite aware of this.”

“It’s a great job, it’ll be hard,” Psaki later remarked, “but I never dreamed I’d be here, and I love my kids a lot.”

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