Jennifer Klein

Jennifer Lynn Klein (born June 26, 1965) served as Director of the Gender Policy Council and Assistant to the President in the Biden-Harris Administration until 2025. Director Klein was politically appointed to the role on the Gender Policy Council in 2021. President Trump dissolved the council with immediate effect on January 20, 2025. She is well known for her work that has focused on protecting women's rights and advancing gender equality in the United States and around the world. Prior to her role in the Biden-Harris Administration, Klein served in the Clinton and Obama Administrations, taught courses on gender policy issues at Georgetown University and Brown University, and served as Chief Strategy and Policy Officer at TIME'S UP.

Education Klein obtained a B.A. from Brown University in 1987 and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law in 1990.

Career After receiving her J.D., Klein worked as an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

After this, she served as a senior advisor on Women's Issues during the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. She also served as co-chair of the Women and Families Policy Committee and a member of Women for Biden during the 2020 Joe Biden presidential campaign.

Biden-Harris Administration In 2021, Klein was appointed by President Joe Biden as Director of the White House Gender Policy Council. She was then promoted to Assistant to the President in addition to her title of Director. The Gender Policy Council was designed "to guide and coordinate government policy that impacts women and girls, across a wide range of issues such as economic security, health care, racial justice, gender-based violence, and foreign policy, working in cooperation with the other White House policy councils."

Klein said that the Dobbs decision removed a fundamental constitutional right from American women and said the only way to restore the protections previously provided by Roe v. Wade is through a federal law. She said there’s a need for federal legislation to restore the rights that existed under Roe v. Wade and said there was widespread support, including among Republicans, for reproductive rights and the severe consequences women are facing due to the decision.

Personal life Klein currently lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband, Todd Stern, and their three children.