Wendy Sherman

Wendy Sherman
21st United States Deputy Secretary of State
In office April 14, 2021 – July 28, 2023
President	Joe Biden
Leader	Antony Blinken
Preceded by	Stephen Biegun
Succeeded by	Kurt M. Campbell
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
In office September 21, 2011 – October 2, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Tom Shannon (acting)
Succeeded by	Tom Shannon
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
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	(1949-06-07) June 7, 1949 (age 75) Baltimore, Maryland
Political party	Democratic
Education	Smith College Boston University (BA) University of Maryland, Baltimore (MSW)

Wendy Ruth Sherman (born June 7, 1949)^[1] is an American professor and diplomat.^[2][3] Sherman was the United States Deputy Secretary of State from April 14, 2021 until July 28, 2023. She was a professor of public leadership and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School.^[4] She was also the lead negotiator for the Iran nuclear deal.^[5]

On January 5, 2021 President-elect Joe Biden nominated Sherman to be United States Deputy Secretary of State under Antony Blinken.^[6] She was confirmed to the United States Senate on April 13, 2021.

In May 2023, Reuters reported that Sherman did not support stricter export control rules on Huawei and wished to revive Blinken's canceled visit to China following the 2023 Chinese balloon incident.^[7] The same month, CNN reported that Sherman was expected to leave her post in summer 2023.^[8] Sherman retired on July 28, 2023.^[9]

1. ↑ "Wendy R. Sherman". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. September 21, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
2. ↑ Pazzanese, Christina (2020-01-06). "Wendy Sherman on where we are as Iran shrugs off nuclear deal". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
3. ↑ Carter, Cathy (2020-02-17). "In Sarasota, Obama Official Talks Foreign Policy, Calls Killing Of Iranian General 'A Risk'". WUSF News. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
4. ↑ "Amb. Wendy R. Sherman". cpl.hks.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
5. ↑ Wickenden, Dorothy (2018-05-18). "An Architect of the Iran Deal Sees Her Work Crumbling". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
6. ↑ "Biden to tap more Obama vets to fill key national security roles". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
7. ↑ Martina, Michael (2023-05-11). "Why the US delayed China sanctions after shooting down a spy balloon". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
8. ↑ Atwood, Kylie (2023-05-12). "Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman expected to leave post this summer, sources say". CNN. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
9. ↑ "On the Retirement of Deputy Secretary Sherman". United States Department of State. Retrieved 28 July 2023.