Gene Sperling was Director of the National Economic Council under both President Obama (2011-2014) and President Clinton (1997-2001). Sperling is author of The Pro-Growth Progressive (2005) and What Works in Girls' Education: Evidence for the World's Best Investment (2004, 2015), founded the Center for Universal Education at Brookings Institution, has been a senior economic advisor on multiple Presidential campaigns, and was a consultant on NBC's West Wing for four seasons.