Jeffrey Zients

Jeffrey Zients

Jeffrey Dunston Zients (born November 12, 1966) is an American business executive and government official. 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. Before entering government, Zients was an executive at firms including The Advisory Board Company and CEB. As of December 2020, Zients was on leave from his position as chief executive officer of Cranemere, an investment firm. He was a member of Facebook's board of directors from 2018 to 2020. In December 2020, the Biden transition announced that Zients will serve as both Counselor to the President and Coordinator of the COVID-19 response in the Biden administration.

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