National Economic Council

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For other uses, see National Economic Council (disambiguation).

The National Economic Council (NEC) is a United States government agency in the Executive Office of the President. Created by President Bill Clinton in 1993 by Executive Order, its functions are to coordinate policy-making for domestic and international economic issues, coordinate economic policy advice for the President, ensure that policy decisions and programs are consistent with the President's economic goals, and monitor implementation of the President's economic policy agenda. The Director of the NEC is also Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. The current Director is Keith Hennessey (appointed by President Bush in 2007).

1 Directors
2 Deputy Directors for Domestic Affairs
3 Deputy Directors for International Affairs
4 Membership
5 External links

[edit] Directors

Robert Rubin (1993-1995)
Laura D'Andrea Tyson (1995-1996)
Gene Sperling (1996-2000)
Lawrence Lindsey (2001-2002)
Stephen Friedman (2002-2005)
Allan Hubbard (2005-2007)
Keith Hennessey (2007-)

[edit] Deputy Directors for Domestic Affairs

Gene Sperling (1993-1996)
Sally Katzen (1998-1999)
William Dauster (1999-2000)
Sarah Rosen Wartell (2000)
D. Marc Sumerlin (2001-2002)
Keith Hennessey (2002-2007)
Charles Blahous III (2007-2008)

[edit] Deputy Directors for International Affairs

Daniel Tarullo (1993-1998)
Lael Brainard (1998-2000)
Gary Edson (2001- )

[edit] Membership

Structure of the United States National Economic Council (2007)
Chair	George W. Bush (President of the United States)
Director	Keith Hennessey (Assistant to the President for Economic Policy)
Regular Attendees	Richard B. Cheney (Vice President) Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State) Henry Paulson (Secretary of the Treasury) Chuck Conner (Secretary of Agriculture) Carlos Gutierrez (Secretary of Commerce) Elaine Chao (Secretary of Labor) Alphonso Jackson (Secretary of Housing and Urban Development) Mary Peters (Secretary of Transportation) Samuel Bodman (Secretary of Energy)
Additional Participants	Stephen L. Johnson (Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency) Edward Lazear (Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers) Jim Nussle (Director of the Office of Management and Budget) Susan Schwab (United States Trade Representative) Karl Zinsmeister (Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy) Stephen Hadley (Assistant to the President for National Security) John Marburger (Assistant to the President for Science and Technology Policy)

[edit] External links

NEC page at whitehouse.gov

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