Jon Finer

Jon Finer
Finer in 2021
33rd United States Principal Deputy National Security Advisor
In office
January 20, 2021  January 20, 2025
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byMatthew Pottinger
Succeeded byAlex Wong
28th Director of Policy Planning
In office
March 7, 2016  January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byDavid McKean
Succeeded byBrian H. Hook
5th Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State
In office
March 8, 2015  January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
SecretaryJohn Kerry
Preceded byDavid Wade
Succeeded byMargaret Peterlin
Personal details
Born1976 (age 4849)
Norwich, Vermont, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Balliol College, Oxford
(MPhil)
Yale University (JD)

Jonathan Finer (born 1976) is an American journalist and civil servant who served as deputy national security advisor under national security advisor Jake Sullivan in the Biden administration. He previously served as the chief of staff and director of policy planning for former Secretary of State John Kerry at the U.S. Department of State.