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Douglas W. Elmendorf
Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Public Policy
Harvard Kennedy School
Harvard Kennedy School
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Douglas Elmendorf is a professor of public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He was named dean of the Kennedy School in June 2015 and stepped down from that role in June 2024. He had served previously as director of the US Congressional Budget Office from January 2009 through March 2015.
Earlier, Doug Elmendorf had been a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, assistant director of the Division of Research and Statistics at the Federal Reserve Board, deputy assistant secretary for economic policy at the US Treasury Department, senior economist at the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, and assistant professor at Harvard University. In those positions, he worked on budget policy, monetary policy, macroeconomic analysis and forecasting, health care, Social Security, income security programs, financial markets, and other topics. He earned his PhD and AM in economics from Harvard University and his AB summa cum laude from Princeton University.
Earlier, Doug Elmendorf had been a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, assistant director of the Division of Research and Statistics at the Federal Reserve Board, deputy assistant secretary for economic policy at the US Treasury Department, senior economist at the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, and assistant professor at Harvard University. In those positions, he worked on budget policy, monetary policy, macroeconomic analysis and forecasting, health care, Social Security, income security programs, financial markets, and other topics. He earned his PhD and AM in economics from Harvard University and his AB summa cum laude from Princeton University.
