Douglas Elmendorf
Douglas William Elmendorf (b. in Poughkeepsie, New York) is a former Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).[1] He was first appointed by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the President pro tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd to finish the term begun by his predecessor Peter Orszag.[2] He was reappointed in January 2011 by John Boehner and Daniel Inouye.[3]
In December 2014, Republican leadership declined to reappoint Elmendorf for a second full term.[4] Keith Hall was named as his successor in February 2015.[5]
Before becoming the Director of the CBO, Elmendorf worked with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve, on the Council of Economic Advisors, and in the CBO during the Clinton administration.[6]
Biography
Elmendorf was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and graduated from Princeton University before earning a master's degree and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. He remained at Harvard to teach before beginning his political career.[1]
Career
Below is an abbreviated outline of Elmendorf's academic, professional, and political career:[7]
- 1983: Graduated from Princeton University
- 1985: Earned master's degree from Harvard University
- 1989: Earned Ph.D. from Harvard University
- 1989-1994: Associate Professor at Harvard University
- 1994-1995: Principal Analyst for the Congressional Budget Office
- 1995-1998: Economist for the Federal Reserve
- 1998-1999: Senior Economist for the Council of Economic Advisors
- 1999-2002: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy for the Treasury Department
- 2002-2007: Chief of the Macro-Economic Analysis Team at the Federal Reserve
- 2007-2008: Editor at the Brookings Institution
- 2008-2009: Director of the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution
- 2009-2015: Director of the Congressional Budget Office
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Congressionl Budget Office, "Our Organization and People," February 26, 2014
- ↑ Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, "Pelosi Statement on Douglas Elmendorf’s Appointment as Director of the CBO," January 22, 2009
- ↑ Senate Budget Committee, "Statement by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) on Reappointment of CBO Director Elmendorf," accessed May 11, 2015
- ↑ Bloomberg, "Why the End of Doug Elmendorf's CBO Matters," December 23, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "CBO pick Keith Hall a George W. Bush vet, government skeptic," February 27, 2015
- ↑ AllGov, "Douglas Elmendorf," accessed February 26, 2014
- ↑ Washington Post, "Douglas W. Elmendorf," accessed February 26, 2014
