Editing Gene Sperling (section)

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{{Short description|American economist (born 1958)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Gene Sperling
| image               = Gene Sperling (National Economic Council) (cropped).jpg
| office              = Coordinator in the [[White House]] for the [[American Rescue Plan Act of 2021|American Rescue Plan]]
| president           = [[Joe Biden]]
| term_start          = March 15, 2021
| term_end            = August 2024
| predecessor         = ''Office established''
| successor           = ''Office abolished''
| office1             = [[Senior Advisor to the President of the United States|Senior Advisor to the President]] for the [[American Rescue Plan Act of 2021|American Rescue Plan]]
| president1          = [[Joe Biden]]
| alongside1          = 
| term_start1         = March 15, 2021
| term_end1           = August 2024
| office2             = 3rd and 9th Director of the [[National Economic Council (United States)|National Economic Council]]
| president2          = [[Barack Obama]]
| term_start2         = January 20, 2011
| term_end2           = March 5, 2014
| predecessor2        = [[Lawrence Summers|Larry Summers]]
| successor2          = [[Jeff Zients]]
| president3          = [[Bill Clinton]]
| term_start3         = December 12, 1996
| term_end3           = January 20, 2001
| predecessor3        = [[Laura Tyson]]
| successor3          = [[Lawrence B. Lindsey|Larry Lindsey]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1958|12|24}}
| birth_place         = [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = Allison Abner
| children            = 2
| education           = [[University of Minnesota]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Yale University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])<br />[[University of Pennsylvania]]
| predecessor1        = ''Office established''
}}

'''Eugene Benton Sperling''' (born December 24, 1958) is an American lawyer who was director of the [[National Economic Council (United States)|National Economic Council]] and assistant to the president for economic policy under Presidents [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/07/AR2011010701653.html |title=Obama names Sperling to head National Economic Council |first1=Lori |last1=Montgomery |first2=Brady |last2=Dennis |date=January 7, 2011 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |quote=Sperling is not an economist by training, he is valued as a savvy political strategist with proven ability to extract victories on fiscal issues from a hostile Congress. }}</ref> He is the only person to serve as national economic advisor under two presidents.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 17, 2011|title=Gene Sperling|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/gene-sperling|access-date=November 15, 2020|via=[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|language=en}}</ref>  Outside of government, he founded the [[Center for Universal Education]] at the [[Brookings Institution]] in 2002.<ref>{{Citation|title=Center for Universal Education|date=July 16, 2020|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Center_for_Universal_Education&oldid=967970075|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=November 15, 2020}}</ref>

In February 2021, as the nomination of [[Neera Tanden]] for OMB director faced opposition, Sperling was considered to be one of the leading contenders to assume the top position.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kuttner|first=Robert|date=February 19, 2021|title=Tanden on the Ropes as OMB Director|url=https://prospect.org/api/content/76fa7b48-730b-11eb-886e-1244d5f7c7c6/|access-date=February 23, 2021|website=The American Prospect|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pager|first=Tyler|title=The jockeying to replace Neera Tanden has begun|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/20/neera-tanden-omb-replacement-470424|access-date=February 23, 2021|website=POLITICO|date=February 20, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Sperling served as Senior Advisor to President Biden and Implementation Coordinator of the American Rescue Plan. On August 5, 2024, the White House announced that Sperling was leaving the administration to work with the Vice President's election campaign.