Editing Gene Sperling (section)

== Early life and education ==
Sperling was born in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]],<ref name=JVL>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Gene Sperling   |website=[[Jewish Virtual Library]]|date= |url= http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Gene_Sperling.html |accessdate=|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> the son of Doris Louise (née Hyman) and Lawrence Sperling.<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Doris Louise Sperling (1931-2020) |newspaper=[[The Ann Arbor News]]|date=May 16, 2020 |url= https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/annarbor/name/doris-sperling-obituary?id=8496941 |via=| archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref> He is of Jewish descent.<ref>{{Cite news|first= Nathan |last= Guttman|authorlink=   |title=  Meet the Four Jews Shaping the U.S. Economy |newspaper=[[The Forward|The Jewish Daily Forward]]|date= February 28, 2013|url= http://blogs.forward.com/forward-thinking/172080/meet-the-four-jews-shaping-the-us-economy/ |via=Wayback Machine| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004234005/http://blogs.forward.com/forward-thinking/172080/meet-the-four-jews-shaping-the-us-economy/| archive-date=October 4, 2013}}</ref><ref name=JVL/> He attended [[Pioneer High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan)|Pioneer High School]] and then [[Community High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan)|Community High School]] from which he graduated. In 1982, he graduated with a B.A. in political science from the [[University of Minnesota]] where he was captain of the Men's Varsity Tennis Team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/minn-m-tennis-team-captains.html|title=Men's Tennis, Team Captains|accessdate=June 3, 2023|archive-date=September 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920163343/http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/minn-m-tennis-team-captains.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1985 he graduated with a juris doctor from [[Yale Law School]] where he served as a senior editor of the Yale Law Journal.<ref>{{Cite journal |journal=The Yale Law Journal |volume=94 |number=3 |date=January 1985 |title=Masthead |url=https://www.yalelawjournal.org/masthead/volume-94 |access-date=July 11, 2023}}</ref> While at Yale Law School, he worked for future Labor Secretary [[Robert Reich]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Goldfarb|first=Zachary A.|date=February 4, 2012|title=Gene B. Sperling: Obama's jobs creator|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/gene-b-sperling-obamas-jobs-creator/2012/01/17/gIQAJ8KXqQ_story.html|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> He also attended the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 17, 2011|title=Gene Sperling|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/author/gene-sperling|access-date=January 3, 2023|website=Obama White House}}</ref> and worked as an economic adviser on [[Michael Dukakis]]' campaign.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Hilzenrath|first1=David S.|last2=Mufson|first2=Steven|date=May 9, 1993|title=Keeper of the Flame|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1993/05/09/keeper-of-the-flame/a3990819-a131-471f-84a6-30c4bfedb723/|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

Prior to joining the [[National Economic Council (United States)|National Economic Council]], Sperling served as deputy director of economic policy for the presidential transition and economic policy director of the Clinton-Gore presidential campaign. From 1990 to 1992, he was an economic advisor to Governor [[Mario Cuomo]] of New York.<ref name="clinton4.nara">National Economic Council, [http://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/EOP/nec/html/sperling.html Profile of Gene Sperling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108042641/https://clinton4.nara.gov/WH/EOP/nec/html/sperling.html |date=January 8, 2017 }}</ref>