Brainard served as Deputy National Economic Adviser and Chair of the Deputy Secretaries Committee on International Economics during the Clinton administration . As Deputy Director of the National Economic Council , she helped build a new White House organization to address global economic challenges such as the Asian financial crisis and China 's accession to the World Trade Organization . As the U.S. Sherpa to the G8 , she helped shape the 2000 G8 summit that , for the first time , included leaders of the poorest nations and laid the foundations for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS , Tuberculosis and Malaria
2000 G8 summit
26th G8 summit
Lael Brainard