Josh Rubin

Josh Rubin is Director for Indo-Pacific Affairs at the White House National Security Council. Prior to joining the National Security Council, Josh was Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of State at the U.S. Department of State, where he served as traveling chief of staff to the Deputy Secretary on diplomatic missions to over thirty countries. Josh joined the Biden-Harris Administration on January 20, 2021 after serving on President-Elect Biden's transition team in 2020. During the Obama-Biden Administration, Josh was a special assistant in the office of Secretary of State John Kerry and previously served as speechwriter to the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs. Josh received a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Yale University, where he later served as a lecturer. He is originally from Syosset, New York.