Page updated April 25, 2012.

Lael Brainard

Muckety metrics:

Connections: Lael Brainard has direct or once-removed relationships with 1,181 people, organizations or other entities in our database of the most influential people in America. Under a scoring system that gives more weight to direct links, this score is higher than 97% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 97

Influence: Brainard has a Muckety influence index of 98 out of 100. This is a measure of power and reach compared with others in the U.S. leadership elite.

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Muckety influence score: 98

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Lael Brainard

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Areas of interest:

business

education

politics & government

Personal social network: Much of Brainard's Muckety comes from political connections.

Muckety news stories featuring Lael Brainard

Brainard heads search for World Bank president

Now that World Bank President Robert Zoellick is not seeking a second term, Lael Brainard is thrust into yet another position of influence.

February 15, 2012

Democrats want to expose GOP stalling strategy

Democrats in the Senate are pushing to end debate on five White House nominations, including a top Treasury post.

April 19, 2010

Lael Brainard personal relations:

Kurt M. Campbell - spouse

Other current Lael Brainard relationships:

Barack Obama administration - treasury under secretary

U.S. Department of the Treasury - under secretary for international affairs

Lael Brainard past relationships:

Brookings Institution - VP & director

William J. Clinton - deputy national economic adviser

Council of Economic Advisers - deputy national economic adviser

McKinsey & Company - consultant

Sidwell Friends School - trustee

Wesleyan University - trustee

Five degrees of Kevin:

We can connect Lael Brainard with Kevin Bacon in five steps:
Lael Brainard → William J. Clinton →
  Anthony D. Weiner → Ben Affleck →
    William Morris Endeavor Entertainment →

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Extended reach:

Among the most influential people in Lael Brainard's web of second-degree relationships:

John M. Deutch

Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Barack Obama

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Additional Muckety map information sources:

Brookings Institution

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Washington Post

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