Career Brian Deese

1 career

1.1 2008 presidential campaign
1.2 national economic council
1.3 office of management , budget
1.4 senior advisor president

career
2008 presidential campaign

after center american progress, deese joined hillary clinton s presidential campaign economic policy director. after clinton defeated in primaries, deese went work economic advisor obama-biden campaign.

following 2008 presidential election, served member of economic policy working group presidential transition.

national economic council

at start of obama presidency, deese appointed special assistant president economic policy, serving in national economic council (nec). according new york times, emerged 1 of influential voices on auto industry, , chrysler , gm bailouts.

in 2011, deese named deputy director of nec. in role, coordinated policy development white house on taxes, financial regulation, housing, clean energy, manufacturing, , automotive industry. according new republic, among washington s powerful, least famous people .

office of management , budget

deese named deputy director of office of management , budget in summer of 2013. briefly served acting director in summer 2014, between departure of sylvia mathews burwell , appointment of shaun donovan.

senior advisor president

following departure of john podesta, deese took on brief on climate , energy. unlike podesta, served counselor president, deese promoted position of senior advisor president. in position, deese played influential role in negotiating paris climate agreement in december 2015. along katie beirne fallon, deese helped negotiate 2015 bipartisan budget act, replaced budget sequestration , increased federal spending $80 billion on 2 years. in february 2016, president tapped deese oversee supreme court nomination process, led president s nomination of chief judge merrick garland supreme court on march 16, 2016.