birth_place nationality name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
chicago , usa american marie harf 15 june 1981 joshua lucas -lrb- m. 2012 -rrb- official harf photograph.jpg marie harf
 marie elizabeth harf u.s. state department official indiana university bloomington university of virginia
marie harf

marie elizabeth harf -lrb- born june 15 , 1981 -rrb- is the senior advisor for strategic communications to u.s. secretary of state john kerry at the u.s. state department , leading the iran nuclear negotiations communications strategy .
she previously served as acting spokesperson and deputy spokesperson of the state department .
