Sasha Baker

Sasha Baker currently serves as a Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Strategic Planning at the National Security Council. Previously, Ms. Baker served as national security advisor for Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, and as Deputy Chief of Staff for Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter during the Obama administration. She was a budget analyst at the Office of Management and Budget, joining the civil service as a Presidential Management Fellow and serving in the Homeland Security and National Security divisions and later as Special Assistant to the OMB Director. Ms. Baker began her public service career with the House Armed Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, where she supported bipartisan congressional reviews on a variety of national security topics. A New Jersey native, Ms. Baker earned a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a Master in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, where she was a fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. She is a recipient of the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal.