United States National Economic Council

The National Economic Council (NEC) of the United States is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for considering economic policy matters, separate from matters relating to domestic policy, which are the domain of the Domestic Policy Council.^[1]

National Economic Council

Agency overview
Formed	1993
Headquarters	Eisenhower Executive Office Building Washington, DC
Employees	25
Agency executive	Kevin Hassett, Director
Parent agency	Office of White House Policy
Website	National Economic Council

Directors of the National Economic Council

Officeholder	Term start	Term end	President
Robert Rubin	January 25, 1993	January 11, 1995	Bill Clinton
Laura Tyson	February 21, 1995	December 12, 1996
Gene Sperling	December 12, 1996	January 20, 2001
Lawrence B. Lindsey	January 20, 2001	December 12, 2002	George W. Bush
Stephen Friedman	December 12, 2002	January 10, 2005
Allan B. Hubbard	January 10, 2005	November 28, 2007
Keith Hennessey	November 28, 2007	January 20, 2009
Lawrence Summers	January 20, 2009	December 31, 2010	Barack Obama
Gene Sperling	January 20, 2011	March 5, 2014
Jeffrey Zients	March 5, 2014	January 20, 2017
Gary Cohn	January 20, 2017	April 2, 2018	Donald Trump
Larry Kudlow	April 2, 2018	January 20, 2021
Brian Deese	January 20, 2021	February 21, 2023	Joe Biden
Lael Brainard	February 21, 2023	January 20, 2025
Kevin Hassett	January 20, 2025		Donald Trump