Sameera Fazili is the Deputy Director of the National Economic Council in the Biden administration. Before joining NEC, she served as the director of engagement for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s community and economic development department. Fazili previously served as a senior policy advisor at NEC in the Obama administration, where she covered retirement, consumer finance, and community and economic development. Fazili has also worked at the Treasury Department on issues related to community development financial institutions, housing finance and small business finance. She was also a senior adviser and chief of staff to the Treasury’s Under Secretary for International Affairs.