Brian Deese

Brian Deese
Director of the National Economic Council
In office January 20, 2021 – February 21, 2023
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Larry Kudlow
Succeeded by	Lael Brainard
Senior Advisor to the President
In office February 23, 2015 – January 20, 2017 Serving with Shailagh Murray
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Pete Rouse
Succeeded by	Jared Kushner Stephen Miller
Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Acting
In office June 9, 2014 – July 28, 2014
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Succeeded by	Shaun Donovan
Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
In office June 27, 2013 – February 13, 2015
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Heather Higginbottom
Succeeded by	Russell Vought
Personal details
Born	Brian Christopher Deese (1978-02-17) February 17, 1978 (age 46) Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Kara Arsenault ​ (m. 2017)​
Education	Middlebury College (BA) Yale University (JD)

Brian Christopher Deese (born February 17, 1978) is an American economic and political advisor who was the 13th director of the National Economic Council, serving under President Joe Biden.^[1]

He previously served as a senior advisor to President Barack Obama.^[2] Earlier in the Obama administration, Deese served as the deputy director and acting director of the Office of Management and Budget. Deese also served as deputy director, and later director, of the National Economic Council.^[3] Deese was the Global Head of Sustainable Investing at BlackRock.