Gene Sperling

Gene Sperling
Coordinator in the White House for the American Rescue Plan
In office
March 15, 2021 – August 2024
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byOffice established
Senior Advisor to the President for the American Rescue Plan
In office
March 15, 2021 – August 2024
PresidentJoe Biden
3rd and 9th Director of the National Economic Council
In office
January 20, 2011 – March 5, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byLarry Summers
Succeeded byJeff Zients
In office
December 12, 1996 – January 20, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byLaura Tyson
Succeeded byLarry Lindsey
Personal details
Born (1958-12-24) December 24, 1958 (age 65)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseAllison Abner
Children2
EducationUniversity of Minnesota (BA)
Yale University (JD)
University of Pennsylvania

Eugene Benton Sperling (born December 24, 1958) is an American lawyer who was director of the National Economic Council and assistant to the president for economic policy under Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.[3] He is the only person to serve as national economic advisor under two presidents.[4] Outside of government, he founded the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution in 2002.[5]

In February 2021, as the nomination of Neera Tanden for OMB director faced opposition, Sperling was considered to be one of the leading contenders to assume the top position.[6][7] Sperling served as Senior Advisor to President Biden and Implementation Coordinator of the American Rescue Plan. On August 5, 2024, the White House announced that Sperling was leaving the administration to work with the Vice President's election campaign.

  1. ^ "Top Biden adviser Anita Dunn leaves White House", Politico, August 12, 2021, retrieved July 26, 2022
  2. ^ "Top Biden Adviser Anita Dunn to return to White House". CBS News. April 25, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  3. ^ Montgomery, Lori; Dennis, Brady (January 7, 2011). "Obama names Sperling to head National Economic Council". The Washington Post. Sperling is not an economist by training, he is valued as a savvy political strategist with proven ability to extract victories on fiscal issues from a hostile Congress.
  4. ^ "Gene Sperling". whitehouse.gov. August 17, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2020 – via National Archives.
  5. ^ "Center for Universal Education", Wikipedia, July 16, 2020, retrieved November 15, 2020
  6. ^ Kuttner, Robert (February 19, 2021). "Tanden on the Ropes as OMB Director". The American Prospect. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  7. ^ Pager, Tyler (February 20, 2021). "The jockeying to replace Neera Tanden has begun". POLITICO. Retrieved February 23, 2021.


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