Lew was confirmed by the Senate on November 18, 2010, as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, a position he previously held from 1998 to 2001. Before returning to OMB, Lew was the first Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, in which capacity he served as Chief Operating Officer of the department.
Before joining the State Department, Lew served as managing director and chief operating officer of Citi Global Wealth Management and then Citi Alternative Investments (CAI). Before that, he was executive vice president and chief operating officer of New York University, where he was responsible for budget, finance, and operations, as well as a professor of public administration. From 2004 through 2008, Lew served on the Corporation for National and Community Service Board and chaired its Management, Administration, and Governance Committee.
Lew served in President Clinton’s cabinet as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). From 1998 to 2001, he led the Administration budget team and served as a member of the National Security Council. During his tenure at OMB, the U.S. budget operated at a surplus for three consecutive years. Earlier, Lew served as OMB’s Deputy Director and was a member of the negotiating team that reached a bi-partisan agreement to balance the budget. As Special Assistant to President Clinton from 1993 to 1994, Mr. Lew helped design Americorps, the national service program.
Lew began his career in Washington in 1973 as a legislative aide. From 1979 to 1987, he was a principal domestic policy advisor to House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr, where he served at the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee as Assistant Director and then Executive Director. There, he was the Speaker’s liaison to the Greenspan Commission, which negotiated a bipartisan solution to reform Social Security in 1983 and was responsible for domestic and economic issues, including Medicare, budget, tax, trade, appropriations, and energy issues.
Before joining the Obama Administration, Lew co-chaired the Advisory Board for City Year New York and was on the boards of the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Brookings Institution Hamilton Project, and the Tobin Project. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and of the bar in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.
Jack Lew's Posts
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The Buck Stops Here
December 13, 2011 at 1:46 PM EDTAs part of the Campaign to Cut Waste, the Administration announces new progress rooting out waste and eliminating fraud across the Federal government.
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The President’s Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction
September 19, 2011 at 11:43 AM EDTPlan sent to Joint Committee follows a balanced approach: asking everyone to do their part, so no one has to bear all the burden. And it says that everyone – including millionaires and billionaires – has to pay their fair share.
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Campaign to Cut Waste in Action: $2 Billion Saved
September 14, 2011 at 6:53 PM EDTVice President Biden convenes the first Cabinet waste reduction meeting and announced new initiatives to fight waste across the federal government.
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Cabinet Accountability for Cutting Waste
September 14, 2011 at 2:35 PM EDTVice President Biden convenes the first Cabinet waste reduction meeting and announces over $2 billion in anti-waste measures.
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Baseline Basics
July 26, 2011 at 7:56 PM EDTThe CBO releases its analysis of the debt ceiling extension and deficit reduction plan that the House of Representatives is considering. Jack Lew, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, discusses our opposition to this bill as the President explained in his address to the nation.
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The 2012 Budget
February 14, 2011 at 4:17 PM EDTJack Lew, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, lays out the priorities and responsibility of the President's Budget.
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Health Care Reform Check-Up
January 26, 2011 at 11:35 AM EDTToday, the House Budget Committee is holding a hearing about the fiscal impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which the President signed into law last year and has already given Americans new freedoms and protections. It’s important to get the facts straight about what impact the Affordable Care Act has on our deficits and long-range fiscal situation.
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Regulatory Strategy
January 18, 2011 at 12:20 PM EDTOMB plays a central role in implementing a President’s regulatory agenda. Through our Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), OMB acts as a clearinghouse for the most significant regulations and rules, making sure that policies are consistent across the federal government and with the agenda of the President. OMB also ensures that analysis of rules is done properly, according to one set of standards.
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Celebrating MLK Day with City Year
January 17, 2011 at 11:08 AM EDTToday, I am joining hundreds of volunteers at Intermediate School 292 in Brooklyn as part of City Year’s celebration of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. I look forward to seeing the hundreds of energetic and idealistic City Year corps members who are always an inspiration.
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New Year, New Estimate, Same Result
January 6, 2011 at 5:18 PM EDTThe new year starts with a renewed focus on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which the President signed into law last year and has already delivered a host of consumer protections and benefits to millions of Americans.
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