What is Jen Psaki Height and Weight Height and Weight? The American television political analyst stands tall at 5 feet 5 inches (1.64 m) and weighs 59 kg (130 lbs). Aside from Jen Psaki height and weight, we will also look at the biography of the presenter, including her age, education, career, net worth, parents, siblings, husband, and children.
Age
Jen Psaki, who was born on December 1, 1978, in Stamford, Connecticut, United States, is currently 44 years old as of November 2023. She celebrates her birthday on the 1st of December every year.
Career and Education
Jen Psaki started her career in the political field in the year 2001 with the re-election campaigns of Iowa Democrats Tom Harkin for the U.S. Senate and Tom Vilsack for governor. Psaki was later appointed the press secretary of John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004.
Between 2005 and the year 2006, Psaki was communications director for U.S. representative Joseph Crowley, as well as the regional press secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
She is currently working with MSNBC. Prior to that, she served as a political adviser who worked under the Obama as well as Biden administrations. Before joining MSNBC, she worked for the Biden administration as the 34th White House press secretary in 2021 and 2022.
An active participant in the Democratic Party, she previously was a part of the Obama administration as the deputy press secretary for the White House (2009) as well as the White House deputy communications director from the year 2009 to 2011, and the spokesperson of the United States Department of State from the year 2013 to 2015 and in the role of White House communications director from the year 2015 to 2017. Psaki was a contributor to politics for CNN from 2017 until 2020.
Jen Psaki completed Greenwich High School in the year 1996. In 2000, she graduated from the College of William & Mary with a degree in English and sociology in the year 2000.
Net Worth
Jen Psaki has an estimated net worth of $27 million. Her source of income comes from her career as a television presenter and working under the Obama as well as Biden administrations.
Parents and Siblings
Jen Psaki was born to her mother Eileen D. Medvey, a psychotherapist; and her father James R. Psaki, a retired real estate developer whose grandfather had emigrated from Greece in the year 1904 and whose grandmother was of Irish descent. Jen Psaki, who also has Polish ancestry, parents got married in the year 1976. She has three siblings, daughters and she is the eldest.
Husband and Children
Psaki got married on May 8, 2010, to Greg Mecher, then chief of staff to Congressman Steve Driehaus. Mecher later served as chief of staff to Congressman Joe Kennedy. In the year 2006, the couple met at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. They have two children, Genevieve Mecher is the name of their daughter, while one’s name is undisclosed yet.