Cecilia Rouse | |
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President of the Brookings Institution | |
Assumed office January 2024 | |
Preceded by | Amy Liu (acting) |
30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
In office March 12, 2021 – March 31, 2023 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Tyler Goodspeed (Acting) |
Succeeded by | Jared Bernstein |
Member of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
In office March 11, 2009 – February 28, 2011 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Donald B. Marron Jr. |
Succeeded by | Katharine Abraham |
Personal details | |
Born | Cecilia Elena Rouse December 18, 1963 Walnut Creek, California, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Carl A. Rouse (father) Carolyn Rouse (sister) |
Education | Harvard University (BA, MA, PhD) |
Academic career | |
Field | Economics |
Institution | Princeton University |
Doctoral advisor | Lawrence F. Katz Claudia Goldin[1] |
Cecilia Elena Rouse (/ˈraʊs/ ROWSS; born December 18, 1963) is an American economist and the President of the Brookings Institution.[2] She served as the 30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers between 2021 and 2023. She is the first Black American to hold this position.[3] Prior to this, she served as the dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.[4] Joe Biden nominated Rouse to be Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in November 2020.[5] Rouse was overwhelmingly confirmed by the Senate on March 2, 2021, by a vote of 95–4.[6] She resigned on March 31, 2023, to return to teaching.[7] On June 28, she was named the 9th President of the Brookings Institution.[8]