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Jun 1, 2009 · But that, in short, is the job description for Brian Deese, a not-quite graduate of Yale Law School who had never set foot in an automotive assembly plant until he took on his nearly unseen...
Feb 29, 2016 · Brian Deese ’09, Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, will lead the White House’s team currently seeking a Supreme Court nominee. Deese has previously been involved in the administration’s efforts on climate change, the U.S. auto industry bailout, and budget deals with Congress.
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Before serving at the White House Deese worked at the Center for American Progress and at the Center for Global Development.He received his bachelor of arts degree from Middlebury College and his J.D. from Yale Law School.
At the NEC Deese was responsible for the coordination of policymaking on both domestic and international economic issues. The NEC provides economic policy advice to the president, ensuring that policy decisions and programs are in line with the president’s economic goals. Some environmental activists criticized Deese’s appointment due to his positi...
After a successful early career at Blackrock, Brian Deese shifted to economic policy, advising presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama before being appointed director of the NEC under Joe Biden. In this role Deese helped coordinate policy development for the White House on topics such as taxes, regulation, housing policy, green energy, and the aut...
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Middlebury College in 2000 and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2009. In 2002, Deese was named a finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship , though he was not ultimately selected.
Jun 5, 2009 · Deese, a once-and-perhaps-future Yale law student, is the 31-year-old steering the Obama administration through General Motors’ bankruptcy. After his position earned him a profile in the New York Times, his age and lack of business or economics background—and, just possibly, his political affiliation—earned scorn from the likes of a Wall ...
Mar 7, 2024 · He got into Yale Law School but left a few credits short of graduation to work for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Composite character president Obama tapped him to help out with...
Jun 1, 2009 · The New York Times introduces 31-year-old Brian Deese, a near graduate of Yale Law School, as President Obama’s pick to re-shape General Motors—and American capitalism along the way.
