Jeff Zients
White House Chief of Staff
Jeffrey Dunston Zients (born November 12, 1966) is an American businessman and politician who is the 31st White House Chief of Staff since 2023. From February 2014 to January 2017, he was the director of the National Economic Council. Zients was also acting director of the Office of Management and Budget in 2010 and 2013.
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 Official portrait, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31st White House Chief of Staff | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 8 February 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Joe Biden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy | Jen O'Malley Dillon Bruce Reed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ron Klain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Counselor to the President | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 20, 2021 – April 5, 2022 Serving with Steve Ricchetti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Joe Biden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Hope Hicks Derek Lyons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Steve Ricchetti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10th Director of the National Economic Council | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office March 5, 2014 – January 20, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Barack Obama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gene Sperling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Gary Cohn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget for Management | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office June 19, 2009 – October 16, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Barack Obama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Clay Johnson III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Beth Cobert | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Jeffrey Dunston Zients November 12, 1966 Washington, D.C., U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Democratic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Mary Menell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Duke University (BA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zients was a member of Facebook's board of directors from 2018 to 2020.
In December 2020, Joe Biden named Zients as coordinator of the COVID-19 response and counselor to the president in his administration.[1]
In January 2023, it was announced that Zients would replace Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff in February.[2][3][4]
References
change- ↑ "President-elect Joe Biden Announces Key Members of Health Team". Biden transition. 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
- ↑ Tyler Pager; Yasmeen Abutaleb (January 22, 2023). "Jeff Zients to be Biden's next chief of staff". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ↑ Phil Mattingly; Kaitlan Collins (January 22, 2023). "Jeff Zients to replace Ron Klain as White House chief of staff". CNN. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
- ↑ Anders Hagstrom; Brooke Singman; Greg Wehner (January 22, 2023). "Biden to tap former COVID czar Jeff Zients as new chief of staff". Fox News. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
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