Jane Holl Lute (born 1956) is an American diplomat and security analyst who served as the UN special envoy on the Cyprus dispute.{{Cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/un-urges-rivals-in-cyprus-to-engage-with-un-on-peace-talks|title=UN urges rivals in Cyprus to engage with UN on peace talks|date=July 26, 2018|work=National Post|access-date=July 30, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=http://in-cyprus.com/news/local/nicosia-has-given-the-green-light-for-jane-holl-lutes-appointment-by-the-unsg/|title=Nicosia has given the green light for Jane Holl Lute's appointment by the UNSG|work=In-Cyprus.com|access-date=July 30, 2018|language=en-US}} She 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.{{cite press release|title=Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Praises Confirmation of Incoming Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute|date=March 3, 2009|url=https://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1238763854132.shtm|accessdate=April 22, 2009}} Previously, Lute was the United Nations assistant secretary-general for peacebuilding support.{{cite press release|title=Secretary-General Appoints Jane Holl Lute of United States as Assistant Secretary-General for peace building support|publisher=United Nations|date=August 7, 2008|url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/sga841.doc.htm}} Before that, she was assistant secretary-general for mission support in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, beginning in August 2003.{{cite press release|title=Secretary-General appoints Jane Holl Lute of United States as Assistant Secretary-General for peacekeeping operations|publisher=United Nations|date=June 11, 2003|url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/sga841.doc.htm|accessdate=April 22, 2009}} She was the president and CEO of the Arlington-based Council on CyberSecurity and senior advisor to Measure, a drone-as-a-service company.{{Cite web |url=http://www.counciloncybersecurity.org/about-us/leadership |title=Leadership of Council on Cybersecurity |access-date=August 22, 2013 |archive-date=June 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612103506/http://www.counciloncybersecurity.org/about-us/leadership |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url = http://www.measure.aero/about-us/|title = About Measure - a 32 Advisors Company|website = Measure|language = en-US|access-date = March 4, 2016}} On January 5, 2014, she was appointed special adviser for relocation of Camp Hurriya residents outside of Iraq by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.{{Cite web |url=https://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/sga1450.doc.htm |title=Secretary-General Appoints Jane Holl Lute of United States as Special Adviser for Relocation of Camp Hurriya Residents Outside of Iraq |publisher=United Nations |work=Press release |date= January 5, 2014}} On February 8, 2016, she was appointed special coordinator on improving the United Nations response to sexual exploitation and abuse.{{Cite web |url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sga1634.doc.htm |title=Secretary-General Appoints Jane Holl Lute of United States as Special Coordinator on Improving United Nations Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse |publisher=United Nations |work=Press release |date= January 5, 2014}} In 2020, Lute was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.{{Cite web |last=Incorporated |first=Prime |title=National Academy of Public Administration |url=https://napawash.org/fellow/28632 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=National Academy of Public Administration |language=en}}

Biography

The daughter of the late Adel Schwetz Holl and John F. Holl, of South Orange,{{cite press release|title=JOHN HOLL OBITUARY|publisher=NJ.COM|date=January 16, 2004 |url=https://obits.nj.com/us/obituaries/starledger/name/john-holl-obituary?id=15267734|accessdate=May 2, 2023}} 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. She served in the Gulf War during Operation Desert Storm. In addition, she earned an MA from the University of Southern California in 1985, a PhD 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 for European affairs on 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.

Prior to joining the UN Secretariat, Lute served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Fund, which is established to administer Ted Turner's $1 billion contribution to support the goals of the United Nations. Before that, she served as executive director of the Association of the United States Army's project on the role of American military power in 2000.

On January 23, 2009, President Barack Obama announced his intention to nominate Jane Holl Lute as deputy secretary of homeland security.{{cite press release|title=Jane Holl Lute to Be Nominated as Homeland Security Deputy Secretary|publisher=United States Department of Homeland Security|date=January 23, 2009|url=https://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1232739207700.shtm|accessdate=April 22, 2009}} She was confirmed on April 3 of that year. She left the department on April 9, 2013.{{cite press release|title=Statement by Secretary Napolitano on the Departure of Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute|publisher=United States Department of Homeland Security|date=April 9, 2013|url=https://www.dhs.gov/news/2013/04/09/statement-secretary-napolitano-departure-deputy-secretary-jane-holl-lute|accessdate=June 29, 2013}} The undersecretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate Rand Beers was named as her acting replacement.{{cite press release|title=Rand Beers Selected As Acting DHS Deputy Secretary|publisher=HS Today|date=May 2, 2013|url=http://www.hstoday.us/single-article/rand-beers-selected-as-acting-dhs-deputy-secretary/210ce43fd2f765e5e801a85672eb273f.html=2013-06-29}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Since leaving the Obama administration, Lute has joined the Homeland Security Advisory Council and the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Cyber Security.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-advisory-council-members|title=Homeland Security Advisory Council Members {{!}} Homeland Security|website=www.dhs.gov|date=January 14, 2014|access-date=June 20, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/communities/global-agenda-council-on-cyber-security/|title=Global Agenda Council on Cyber Security|website=World Economic Forum|access-date=June 20, 2016}} She is also part of the Atlantic Council's Task Force on a Transatlantic Digital Agenda, a member of the board of directors of the Center for Internet Security, and a member of the board of directors at the George Washington University's Center for Cyber and Homeland Security.{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/publications/reports/building-a-transatlantic-digital-marketplace-twenty-steps-toward-2020|title=Building a Transatlantic Digital Marketplace: Twenty Steps Toward 2020|last=Agenda|first=Atlantic Council’s Task Force on Advancing a Transatlantic Digital|website=Atlantic Council|date=April 6, 2016|access-date=June 20, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://cchs.gwu.edu/board-directors|title=Board of Directors {{!}} Center for Cyber & Homeland Security {{!}} The George Washington University|website=cchs.gwu.edu|access-date=June 20, 2016}} Lute also served as a founding partner of Cambridge Global Advisors (CGA), a strategic consulting firm focused on homeland security, national security, and cyber security issues.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridgeglobal.com/what-we-do/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303050555/https://www.cambridgeglobal.com/what-we-do/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2018|title=About CGA|website=Cambridge Global|access-date=March 2, 2018}}

Lute is married to Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute, who was appointed in 2007 as assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan and served as the United States permanent representative to NATO from September 3, 2013 to January 20, 2017.Press statement from the White House, Office of the Press Secretary, May 23, 2013