Jane Holl Lute

Jane Lute
United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
In office April 3, 2009 – April 9, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Paul Schneider
Succeeded by	Rand Beers (Acting)
Personal details
Born	1956 (age 60–61) New Jersey, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Douglas Lute
Alma mater	Montclair State University University of Southern California Stanford University Georgetown University

Jane Holl Lute (born 1956) served as the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security from 2009 through 2013, after having been confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 3, 2009. Previously, Lute was the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support. Before that she was Assistant Secretary-General for Mission Support in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations since August 2003. Currently, Lute is the President and CEO of the Arlington-based Council on CyberSecurity and Senior Advisor of Measure, a Drone as a Service company. On 5 January 2014, she was appointed Special Adviser for Relocation of Camp Hurriya Residents Outside of Iraq by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. On 8 February 2016, she was appointed Special Coordinator on Improving the United Nations Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

Lute graduated from Montclair State University in 1978 and received her commission as a U.S. Army second lieutenant through Seton Hall University's ROTC program. In addition, she earned an M.A. from the University of Southern California in 1985, a Ph.D. in political science from Stanford University in 1989, and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University in 2000. She is a member of the Virginia Bar.

From 1991 to 1994, she served as director of European Affairs in the National Security Council staff at the White House. Between 1994 and 1999, Lute headed up the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict and was a senior public policy fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Centre for International Scholars.

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