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Juliette Kayyem Height, Weight, Age, Husband, Family

Juliette Kayyem Quick Info
Height 5 ft 7 in
Weight 58 kg
Date of Birth August 16, 1969
Zodiac Sign Leo
Eye Color Blue

Juliette Kayyem is an American former government official, author, analyst, and professor who has served as a host of the WGBH podcast The SCIF. She was previously appointed as the Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs in the United States Department of Homeland Security, in the Obama administration. Moreover, she has served as an on-air analyst for NBC, MSNBC News, and CNN and has been named one of CNN/Fortune Magazine’s “People to Watch”. She has also served on the advisory board of the Qatari-government-financed International Centre for Sport Security.

Full Name

Juliette N. Kayyem

Nick Name

Juliette

Juliette Kayyem as seen at the States and Territories Hurricane Response Workshop co-sponsored by the National Guard Bureau and Northern Command in Tampa, Florida on January 22, 2010
Juliette Kayyem as seen at the States and Territories Hurricane Response Workshop co-sponsored by the National Guard Bureau and Northern Command in Tampa, Florida on January 22, 2010 (Jim Greenhill / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 DEED)

Sun Sign

Leo

Born Place

Los Angeles, California, United States

Residence

Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

Nationality

American

 

Education

Juliette Kayyem enrolled at Harvard University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1991. After that, she graduated from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor degree in 1995.

Occupation

Former Government Official, Author, Analyst, Professor

Family

  • Siblings – Jon (Brother)

Build

Slim

Juliette Kayyem as seen in an Instagram post in January 2023
Juliette Kayyem as seen in an Instagram post in January 2023 (Juliette Kayyem / Instagram)

Height

5 ft 7 in or 170 cm

Weight

58 kg or 128 lbs

Boyfriend / Spouse

Juliette Kayyem has dated –

  1. David J. Barron – She has been married to lawyer David J. Barron and the duo has been blessed with 3 children – a daughter and 2 sons. He has served as the Chief United States Circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and former S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School.

Race / Ethnicity

White

Kayyem is of Lebanese descent.

Hair Color

Dark Brown

Eye Color

Blue

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

High cheekbones

Juliette Kayyem as seen at the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at Suffolk University Law School in 2014
Juliette Kayyem as seen at the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at Suffolk University Law School in 2014 (Suffolk University Law School / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)

Juliette Kayyem Facts

  1. In the year 1995, she started her legal career at the Department of Justice and eventually served as an advisor to Attorney General Janet Reno until 1999.
  2. Juliette Kayyem served as House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt’s appointee to the National Commission on Terrorism – a congressionally mandated review of how the government could better prepare for the growing terrorist threat – from 1999 to 2000.
  3. In January 2007, she was appointed as Massachusetts’ first Undersecretary for Homeland Security by Governor Deval L. Patrick.
  4. She was appointed as Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs by United States Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on March 5, 2009. Her responsibilities included coordinated and consistent planning between the department and all of its state, local, tribal, and territorial partners on issues as varied as immigration, intelligence sharing, military affairs, border security, and the response to operational events such as H1N1 influenza outbreak, the December 25th attempted terrorist attack, the Haiti earthquake, and the BP oil spill.
  5. In 2011, she started serving as a lecturer in public policy at the Kennedy School.
  6. Juliette Kayyem became a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary “for her colorful, well-reported columns on an array of issues, from women in combat to oil drilling in Alaska.”
  7. It was reported in July 2013 that Kayyem was considering a bid for Governor of Massachusetts in the 2014 election and she officially announced her candidacy on August 21, 2013.
  8. She was appointed as the chief executive officer of Massachusetts-based Zemcar, an on-demand and scheduled ridesharing company focused on children and seniors, in October 2017. However, the company discontinued its rideshare services the following year in December.
  9. Kayyem was named the chief executive officer of Grip Mobility – a technology company focused on providing transparency in the rideshare industry – in March 2019.
  10. She has served as a senior advisor to NSO Group, an Israeli technology firm known for its Pegasus spying tool.
  11. She has also contributed to a bi-weekly Boston Globe column distributed through the New York Times wire service.
  12. Juliette Kayyem has been a member of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs board of directors, and Faculty Co-Chair, Dubai Initiative.

Featured Image by Jim Greenhill / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 DEED

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