Brian Deese

American business executive and government official

Brian Christopher Deese (born February 17, 1978) is an American economic political advisor. He was the Director of the National Economic Council in the Joe Biden administration from January 20, 2021 until February 21, 2023.

Brian Deese
Director of the National Economic Council
In office
January 20, 2021 – February 21, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byLarry Kudlow
Succeeded byLael Brainard
Senior Advisor to the President
In office
February 23, 2015 – January 20, 2017
Serving with Shailagh Murray
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byPete Rouse
Succeeded byJared Kushner
Stephen Miller
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Acting
In office
June 9, 2014 – July 28, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded bySylvia Mathews Burwell
Succeeded byShaun Donovan
Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
In office
June 27, 2013 – February 13, 2015
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byHeather Higginbottom
Succeeded byRussell Vought
Personal details
Born
Brian Christopher Deese

(1978-02-17) February 17, 1978 (age 46)
Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
Kara Arsenault
(m. 2017)
EducationMiddlebury College (BA)
Yale University (JD)

Deese was a senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama.[1] He was the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget and was the acting director of the office in the summer of 2014.

Deese also was deputy director of the National Economic Council.[2]

In December 2020, Deese was chosen as the director of the National Economic Council by Joe Biden.[3]

In February 2023, it was announced that Deese would be leaving his position. Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Lael Brainard was selected as his replacement.[4]

References

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  1. "Brian Deese". Rocky Mountain Institute. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  2. "Brian Deese". Washington Post politics. Archived from the original on December 19, 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-18.
  3. Joe Biden (December 3, 2020). "Deese to be Biden's top White House economic adviser". Politico. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  4. "Biden announces reshaped economic team, naming 2 new top advisers". CBS. Retrieved February 14, 2023.