Elizabeth M. Allen

Liz Allen
Allen in 2023
10th Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
In office
June 15, 2023 – August 2, 2024
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded bySteve Goldstein (2018)
Succeeded bySarah B. Rogers
3rd Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs
In office
September 13, 2021 – April 4, 2022
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byAaron Ringel
Succeeded byWilliam M. Russo
Personal details
BornElizabeth Marie Allen
PartyDemocratic
EducationState University of New York, Geneseo (BA)

Elizabeth Marie Allen is currently the chief external affairs officer at the NFL Players Association. She has also served as an American political advisor, diplomat, and expert in the information space and modern media environment. She served as under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs in the Biden administration. She had previously served in his administration as assistant secretary of state for global public affairs. She was White House deputy communications director during the Obama administration. Allen resigned from the State Department on August 2, 2024, to take up a role as chief of staff to Tim Walz, the then-unannounced running mate of Democratic presidential candidate and incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris.