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Lael Brainard

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American economist

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1962 · age 64
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Lael Brainard is an American economist who served as the 14th director of the National Economic Council from 2023 to 2025. She previously served as the 22nd vice chair of the Federal Reserve between May 2022 and February 2023.

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Brainard, far right, at a briefing for President Obama before the 2012 G20 Los Cabos summitBrainard, far right, at a briefing for President Obama before the 2012 G20 Los Cabos summitBrainard's Federal Reserve Board portraitBrainard's Federal Reserve Board portraitBrainard sworn in as vice chair of the Federal Reserve by Jerome Powell in May 2022Brainard sworn in as vice chair of the Federal Reserve by Jerome Powell in May 2022

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Marshall Scholarship

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Lael Brainard is an American economist who served as the 14th director of the National Economic Council from 2023 to 2025. She previously served as the 22nd vice chair of the Federal Reserve between May 2022 and February 2023. Prior to her term as vice chair, Brainard served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, taking office in 2014. Before her appointment to the Federal Reserve, she served as the under secretary of the treasury for international affairs from 2010 to 2013.

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United States
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Academics
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Academic
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Born 1962 · age 64
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