Jeff Zients is the White House Chief of Staff for the Biden-Harris Administration. Zients formerly served as White House Coordinator of the COVID-19 Response and Counselor to President Joseph Biden. Prior to that role, Zients was a co-chair to then President Elect Biden’s transition effort. In the Obama-Biden Administration, Zients served as Director of the National Economic Council, acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and was responsible for spearheading the technology turnaround 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.