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Jack Lew is managing director and chief operating officer of Citi Alternative Investments, where he is responsible for operations, technology, human resources, legal, finance, and regional coordination. He is a member of Citi's Management Committee.
Previously, he was Citi Global Wealth Management, which consists of Citi Smith Barney, Equity Research, and the Private Bank. Before that, he was executive vice president and chief operating officer of New York University, where he was responsible for budget, finance, and operations (including capital projects and human resources). He was also a professor of public administration.
He served in President Clinton's cabinet as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and led the Administration budget team from the preparation of the President's budget through final negotiations with Congress. He was also a member of the National Security Council.
Earlier, Mr. Lew served as OMB's Deputy Director, the chief operating officer responsible for the day-to-day management of a staff of 500; he was also on the negotiating team that reached a bi-partisan agreement to balance the budget. As Special Assistant to the President, he helped design and launch Americorps, the national service program.
Before joining the Clinton Administration, he was a partner at the Washington law firm Van Ness, Feldman, where he specialized in the administrative and transactional issues related to power plant development.
As Deputy Director and later Executive Director of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, he served as a policy advisor to House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. He was liaison to the Greenspan Commission, which reached a bi-partisan agreement to reform Social Security and was responsible for domestic and economic issues, including Medicare, budget, tax, trade, appropriations, and energy issues.
He serves on the Corporation for National and Community Service Board and chairs its Management, Administration, and Governance Committee. He co-chairs the Advisory Board for City Year New York and is a member of the Counsel on Foreign Relations, the Brookings Institution Hamilton Project Advisory Board, and the National Academy of Social Insurance. He is a member of the bar in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.
Mr. Lew received his A.B. degree magna cum laude from Harvard and his J.D. degree from Georgetown University. | 