Wendy Sherman
Wendy Sherman | |
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Official portrait, 2021 | |
| 21st United States Deputy Secretary of State | |
| In office April 14, 2021 – July 28, 2023 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Stephen Biegun |
| Succeeded by | Victoria Nuland (acting) Kurt M. Campbell |
| Acting November 3, 2014 – January 9, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | William J. Burns |
| Succeeded by | Antony Blinken |
| 21st Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs | |
| In office September 21, 2011 – October 2, 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Secretary | Hillary Clinton John Kerry |
| Preceded by | William J. Burns |
| Succeeded by | Thomas A. Shannon Jr. |
| 26th Counselor of the United States Department of State | |
| In office August 6, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Tim Wirth |
| Succeeded by | Philip D. Zelikow |
| 23rd Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs | |
| In office May 12, 1993 – March 29, 1996 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Janet G. Mullins Grissom |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Larkin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Wendy Ruth Sherman June 7, 1949 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Bruce Stokes |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Smith College Boston University (BA) University of Maryland, Baltimore (MSW) |
Wendy Ruth Sherman (born June 7, 1949) is an American diplomat who served as the United States deputy secretary of state from April 2021 to July 2023. She was a professor of the practice of public leadership and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, a senior counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group, and a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
Sherman, a social worker, served as the director of EMILY's List, the director of Maryland's office of child welfare, and the founding president of the Fannie Mae Foundation. During the Clinton administration, she served as counselor of the United States Department of State from 1997 to 2001. She was also a special advisor to President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and the North Korea policy coordinator. In the latter role, she was instrumental in negotiations related to North Korea's nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs.
Sherman served under Hillary Clinton and John Kerry as under secretary of state for political affairs from 2011 to 2015. She was the fourth-ranking official in the U.S. Department of State. In that role, Sherman was the lead negotiator for the Iran nuclear deal. After winning the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden nominated Sherman to serve as United States Deputy Secretary of State, under Antony Blinken.