David Rubenstein interviewed The Honorable Jeffrey Zients, Chief of Staff to The President of the United States, on Thursday, April 18.
Jeffrey Zients is the White House Chief of Staff for the Biden-Harris Administration. He formerly served as the White House Coordinator of the COVID-19 Response and Counselor to President Joseph Biden. Prior to that role, Zients was a co-chair of then President Elect Biden’s transition effort. In the Obama-Biden Administration, Zients served as Director of the National Economic Council and acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and was responsible for spearheading the technology revitalization of healthcare.gov.
Before serving in government, Zients built and led several high-performing organizations across a 20-year career in business. He served as Chairman, CEO, and COO of The Advisory Board and Chairman of the Corporate Executive Board. Zients is a co-founder of The Urban Alliance Foundation, a non-profit organization that partners with corporations to provide economically disadvantaged youth with job training. He was chair of the Board of Directors of Children’s National Medical Center and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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