Pierre Yared
Pierre Yared | |
|---|---|
Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
Acting | |
| Assumed office September 16, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Stephen Miran |
| Vice Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
| Assumed office February 4, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Heather Boushey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Lucy Phillips |
| Relatives | Dave Phillips (father-in-law) |
| Education | Harvard 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.