Jeffrey Zients

Jeffrey Zients
Zients in August 2021
Counselor to the President
In office January 20, 2021 – April 5, 2022
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Derek Lyons
Succeeded by	Steve Ricchetti
White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator
In office January 20, 2021 – April 5, 2022
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Deborah Birx (COVID Coodinator)
Succeeded by	Ashish Jha
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
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
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
Personal details
Born	Jeffrey Dunston Zients (1966-11-12) November 12, 1966 Washington, D.C., U.S.
Spouse(s)	Mary Menell
Education	Duke University (BA)

Jeffrey Dunston Zients (born November 12, 1966) is an American businessman and politician. 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.