Sahar Nowrouzzadeh recently joined the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff after serving as a Director For Iran and Iran Nuclear Implementation on the National Security Council (NSC) Staff at the White House from 2014 to 2016. Prior to joining the NSC, she served as a Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State and prior to that as a Team Chief and Senior Analyst at the U.S. Department of Defense. Ms. Nowrouzzadeh was born and raised in Connecticut. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in International Affairs with a Double Concentration in International Economics and Middle East Studies at the George Washington University and her Master’s Degree in Persian Studies at the University of Maryland-College Park.