Pierre Yared

Pierre Yared
Official portrait, 2025
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
Acting
Assumed office
September 16, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byStephen Miran
Vice Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
Assumed office
February 4, 2025
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byHeather Boushey
Personal details
Born
PartyRepublican
SpouseLucy Phillips
RelativesDave Phillips (father-in-law)
EducationHarvard University (BA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA, PhD)

Pierre Yared is a Lebanese-American economist, academic, and U.S. government official, known for his work on macroeconomic policy and political economy. He currently serves as the acting chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. He holds the title of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking (MUTB) Professor of International Business at Columbia Business School. Throughout his tenure at Columbia and before taking leave in February 2025, he served in several senior administrative roles, including senior vice dean for faculty affairs and vice dean for executive education.

Yared is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Economic Club of New York.