Mallory Stewart

Mallory A. Stewart is an American attorney who had served as the Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance.

Mallory Stewart
5th Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance
In office April 18, 2022 – January 20, 2025
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Yleem Poblete
Personal details
Education	Harvard University (AB) Stanford University (JD)

Early life and education

Stewart obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School.^[1]

Career

Starting in 2002, Stewart served as an attorney in the Legal Advisor's Office and the principal deputy assistant secretary of state for emerging security challenges and defense policy. Stewart also worked as an attorney in the Iran-U.S. claims Tribunal in the office of claims and investment disputes.^[2]

Outside of government Stewart was an adjunct assistant professor for foreign service at Georgetown University,^[3] a non-resident fellow at the Stimson Center,^[4] and a manager at Sandia National Laboratories.^[5]

Biden administration

Stewart was appointed as a senior director of the United States National Security Council and special assistant to the president in the Biden administration on January 20, 2021, and served in this position until April 2022, when she assumed duties as assistant secretary of state.

State Department

Stewart was nominated for the assistant secretary post for arms control on July 2, 2021, by President Joe Biden.^[6][7] The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on Stewart's nomination on October 5, 2021. The nomination expired at the end of year, being returned to President Biden on January 3, 2022.^[8]

President Biden resent her nomination the following day. On March 8, 2022, the committee favorably reported her nomination to the Senate floor.^[9] Stewart's nomination was confirmed by the entire Senate via voice vote on March 29, 2022. She began service as assistant secretary on April 18, 2022.^[10]

Personal life

Stewart lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband, Brian Boynton, and their three children.