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Jeff Zients
Jeff Zients
	Official portrait, 2023
31st White House Chief of Staff
	Incumbent
	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
President
Minor offices held 2009–⁠2013, 2021–⁠2022
White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator
	In office; January 20, 2021 – April 5, 2022
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Deborah Birx
Succeeded by	Ashish Jha
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
	Acting
	In office; January 27, 2012 – April 24, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Heather Higginbottom
Preceded by	Jack Lew
Succeeded by	Sylvia Mathews Burwell
	In office; July 30, 2010 – November 18, 2010
President	Barack Obama
Deputy	Jeffrey Liebman
Preceded by	Peter R. Orszag
Succeeded by	Jack Lew
1st Chief Performance Officer of the United States
	In office; June 19, 2009 – October 16, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Beth Cobert
Personal details
Born	Jeffrey Dunston Zients; November 12, 1966 (age 57); Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Mary Menell
Education	Duke University (BA)

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.

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 | change source]

↑ "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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[1] "President-elect Joe Biden Announces Key Members of Health Team". Biden transition. 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2020-12-07.

[:0-2] Tyler Pager; Yasmeen Abutaleb (January 22, 2023). "Jeff Zients to be Biden's next chief of staff". Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-01-22.

[3] Phil Mattingly; Kaitlan Collins (January 22, 2023). "Jeff Zients to replace Ron Klain as White House chief of staff". CNN. Retrieved January 22, 2023.

[4] 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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