on her nomination by a 54-40 vote. On April 26, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by the Senate by a 52-43 vote, with all Democrats present and seven Republicans voting in favor of her confirmation. She became just the third woman to serve as Fed's Vice Chair, following Alice Rivlin and Janet Yellen. National Economic Council In February 2023, Biden selected Brainard as Director of the National Economic Council, replacing Brian Deese. She is the second woman to serve as NEC Director, following Laura Tyson. Publications Brainard is co‑editor of Climate Change and Global Poverty: A Billion Lives in the Balance (2009); co-editor of Too Poor For Peace? (2007); co-editor of Offshoring White Collar Work (2006); editor of Transforming the Development Landscape: the Role of the Private Sector (2006) and Security by Other Means: Foreign Assistance, Global Poverty and American Leadership (2006); and co-author of The Other War: Global Poverty and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (2004). References External links Federal Reserve Biography Statements and Speeches of Lael Brainard |- |- |- 1962 births Living people 21st-century American economists 21st-century American women American women economists Biden administration personnel George School alumni Harvard University alumni McKinsey & Company people MIT Sloan School of Management faculty National Bureau of Economic Research Obama administration personnel Trump administration personnel United States Department of the Treasury officials Vice Chairs of the Federal Reserve Wesleyan University alumni