Senate Confirms Rouse as Biden’s Top Economic Adviser

Chair of Council of Economic Advisers nominee Cecilia Rouse speaks after former Vice President Joe Biden announced his economic team at The Queen Theatre in Wilmington, Del., on Dec. 1, 2020. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

The Senate voted 95-4 on Tuesday to confirm Cecilia Rouse to serve as the chair of the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA).

Rouse, 57, is an economist. She worked as the dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University until January and previously served on the CEA during the Obama and Clinton administrations.