Lael Brainard — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Served as the 14th Director of the National Economic Council from 2023 to 2025.
Served as the 22nd Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve between May 2022 and February 2023.
Served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 2010 to 2013.
Received the Alexander Hamilton Award for her service at the Department of the Treasury.
Held roles as assistant and associate professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management from 1990 to 1996.
Earned masters and doctoral degrees in economics from Harvard University.
Her publications made contributions on offshore production, trade, and jobs; the measurement of structural and cyclical unemployment; and strategic trade policy.

Biography

Lael Brainard is an American economist with a distinguished career in U.S. economic policy and academia.

She served as the 14th Director of the National Economic Council from 2023 to 2025. Prior to this, she was the 22nd Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve between May 2022 and February 2023, and a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors starting in 2014.