Gender Policy council
About the Director
Jennifer Klein
Jennifer Klein is Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Gender Policy Council, which she has led since President Biden first established the Gender Policy Council in March 2021. Klein has worked on domestic and global gender policy throughout her career and has advised the President on issues including reproductive rights, gender-based violence, and women’s economic security. During the Obama-Biden Administration, Klein served as a Deputy and Senior Advisor in the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues at the Department of State. During the Clinton-Gore Administration, she worked at the White House in a dual appointment as First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton’s senior domestic policy advisor and a Special Assistant to the President on the Domestic Policy Council. Director Klein holds a B.A. from Brown University and received her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.