BROOKINGS - Key Persons

Adie Tomer

Job Titles:

Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro

Adie Tomer is a Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro and leads the Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative. Tomer is an expert in infrastructure policy and urban economics, with a particular focus on transportation and digital technology issues. Tomer's work has received coverage and citations in international print publications and other media outlets, including The Economist, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio, and the BBC. Tomer has testified in front of the U.S. Congress about the future of American infrastructure and has advised staffs of presidential candidates. Tomer leads a team whose work aims to better understand how infrastructure policies-from the federal through local level-impact economic development, social prosperity, and environmental resilience. Their work covers multiple infrastructure sectors, including transportation, water resources, and broadband. Tomer's team regularly publish long-form reports and targeted analyses on topics including metropolitan transportation behavior, the infrastructure workforce, and the economic dimensions of the digital divide. Tomer holds a master's in public policy from American University and a B.A. from the University of Florida. Tomer currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Eno Transportation Foundation. Adie Tomer is a Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro and leads the Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative. Tomer is an expert in infrastructure policy and urban economics, with a particular focus on transportation and digital technology issues. Tomer's work has received coverage and citations in international print publications and other media outlets, including The Economist, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio, and the BBC. Tomer has testified in front of the U.S. Congress about the future of American infrastructure and has advised staffs of presidential candidates. Tomer leads a team whose work aims to better understand how infrastructure policies-from the federal through local level-impact economic development, social prosperity, and environmental resilience. Their work covers multiple infrastructure sectors, including transportation, water resources, and broadband. Tomer's team regularly publish long-form reports and targeted analyses on topics including metropolitan transportation behavior, the infrastructure workforce, and the economic dimensions of the digital divide. Tomer holds a master's in public policy from American University and a B.A. from the University of Florida. Tomer currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Eno Transportation Foundation.

Aditya Mittal - CEO

Job Titles:

CEO
Group CFO

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

Job Titles:

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative
Vice - Chancellor of University Cheikh Anta DIOP

Ahmadou Aly Mbaye is vice-chancellor of University Cheikh Anta DIOP (UCAD) in Dakar, Senegal and a senior research associate at the Centre for Development Research (ZEF, University of Bonn, Germany). He currently holds the position of director of the Laboratoire d'Analyse des Politiques de Developpement (LAPD). He is also the director of the regional graduate program in climate change economics (including 10 countries). Previously, he had served as the dean of the School of Economics and Management at the Cheikh Anta DIOP University and chair of CIEREA-PTCI (the Francophone African network of research and higher education in economics) Board for 10 years. Mbaye has been a consultant for many regional and international organizations. He is managing several international programs within his universities and has numerous publications on development economics and Africa. Mbaye has been serving as a member in the AERC's Programme Committee for more than four years now. In the area of research, Mbaye has developed a new concept of the informal sector, which challenges the mainstream formal/informal dichotomous classification, and proposes an approach of informality based on a continuum of degrees of formality. He then led an international team that implemented the methodology in most Francophone African countries. The multi-donor financed project that resulted from this experience has led to several publications, including a volume and numerous peer reviewed papers. Ahmadou Aly Mbaye is vice-chancellor of University Cheikh Anta DIOP (UCAD) in Dakar, Senegal and a senior research associate at the Centre for Development Research (ZEF, University of Bonn, Germany). He currently holds the position of director of the Laboratoire d'Analyse des Politiques de Developpement (LAPD). He is also the director of the regional graduate program in climate change economics (including 10 countries). Previously, he had served as the dean of the School of Economics and Management at the Cheikh Anta DIOP University and chair of CIEREA-PTCI (the Francophone African network of research and higher education in economics) Board for 10 years. Mbaye has been a consultant for many regional and international organizations. He is managing several international programs within his universities and has numerous publications on development economics and Africa. Mbaye has been serving as a member in the AERC's Programme Committee for more than four years now. In the area of research, Mbaye has developed a new concept of the informal sector, which challenges the mainstream formal/informal dichotomous classification, and proposes an approach of informality based on a continuum of degrees of formality. He then led an international team that implemented the methodology in most Francophone African countries. The multi-donor financed project that resulted from this experience has led to several publications, including a volume and numerous peer reviewed papers.

Alan Berube

Job Titles:

Management Staff Member
Interim Vice President and Director of Brookings Metro

Alan Berube is Interim Vice President and Director of Brookings Metro. In this capacity, he leads Brookings Metro in its mission to collaborate with local leaders to transform original research insights into policy and practical solutions that scale nationally, creating more prosperous, just, and resilient communities.

Alan M. Dachs

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
President and CEO / Fremont Group

Alan R. Batkin

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
Chairman / Converse Associates, Inc.

Alex Berke

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro
Researcher at the MIT Media Lab

Alex Berke is currently a researcher at the MIT Media Lab in the City Science Group. Her recent research focuses on privacy-preserving ways to leverage large datasets, commonly collected by private companies, as public goods. Berke's research interests also include transforming data economies. Prior to academia she worked as a technologist in organizations ranging from small startups to large companies and political campaigns. Most recently Berke was working at Google on a Search team focused on social impact and fighting disinformation. Berke received her master's degree from the MIT Media Lab and bachelor's degrees from Brown University in mathematics and computer science. Alex Berke is currently a researcher at the MIT Media Lab in the City Science Group. Her recent research focuses on privacy-preserving ways to leverage large datasets, commonly collected by private companies, as public goods. Berke's research interests also include transforming data economies. Prior to academia she worked as a technologist in organizations ranging from small startups to large companies and political campaigns. Most recently Berke was working at Google on a Search team focused on social impact and fighting disinformation. Berke received her master's degree from the MIT Media Lab and bachelor's degrees from Brown University in mathematics and computer science.

Alex C. Engler

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Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation
Fellow in Governance Studies

Alex C. Engler is a Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution, where he studies the implications of artificial intelligence and emerging data technologies on society and governance. Engler also teaches classes on data science and visualization at Georgetown's McCourt School of Public Policy, where he is an adjunct professor and affiliated scholar. At Brookings, Engler has written reports about the role of government in AI oversight, such as by auditing hiring algorithms and mandating AI disclosure. He is especially concerned with how little the public knows about the impact of digital platforms on society-and how to change that for the better. Engler's long background in applied data science enables him to examine the nuanced influence of data science in the social sciences, including for policy analysis and economic modeling, and also to argue what AI cannot do-like save us from COVID-19. He has also written on these topics and related issues, such as disinformation, for Lawfare, Wired, and Fast Company. Along with Joshua Meltzer and Cameron Kerry, Engler is running a forum on international cooperation in AI governance with the US, EU, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, and Singapore. From October 2021 to March 2022, Engler is on a leave of absence from Brookings as a winner of the Fulbright-Schuman Innovation Award. Concurrent with the Fulbright award, he is a Stiftung Mercator Senior Fellow, contributing to their Digital Society program. Through these fellowships, he will help implement the new Master of Data Science for Public Policy at the Hertie School in Berlin, and then study the EU's artificial intelligence regulation at the Center for European Policy Studies in Brussels. Most recently faculty at the University of Chicago, he ran UChicago's M.S. in Computational Analysis and Public Policy and previously he designed the M.S. in Data Science and Public Policy at Georgetown University. Over the past decade, Engler has worked as a data scientist at MDRC, the Urban Institute (where he twice won the President's Award for Innovation), and DC local government. He is also proud alumnus of Sunlight Foundation's Labs and the Congressional Research Service. Alex graduated from American University with a B.A. in economics before earning a Master of Public Policy at Georgetown University and a Master of Science in Predictive Analytics at Northwestern University. Alex C. Engler is a Fellow in Governance Studies at The Brookings Institution, where he studies the implications of artificial intelligence and emerging data technologies on society and governance. Engler also teaches classes on data science and visualization at Georgetown's McCourt School of Public Policy, where he is an adjunct professor and affiliated scholar. At Brookings, Engler has written reports about the role of government in AI oversight, such as by auditing hiring algorithms and mandating AI disclosure. He is especially concerned with how little the public knows about the impact of digital platforms on society-and how to change that for the better. Engler's long background in applied data science enables him to examine the nuanced influence of data science in the social sciences, including for policy analysis and economic modeling, and also to argue what AI cannot do-like save us from COVID-19. He has also written on these topics and related issues, such as disinformation, for Lawfare, Wired, and Fast Company. Along with Joshua Meltzer and Cameron Kerry, Engler is running a forum on international cooperation in AI governance with the US, EU, UK, Canada, Australia, Japan, and Singapore. From October 2021 to March 2022, Engler is on a leave of absence from Brookings as a winner of the Fulbright-Schuman Innovation Award. Concurrent with the Fulbright award, he is a Stiftung Mercator Senior Fellow, contributing to their Digital Society program. Through these fellowships, he will help implement the new Master of Data Science for Public Policy at the Hertie School in Berlin, and then study the EU's artificial intelligence regulation at the Center for European Policy Studies in Brussels. Most recently faculty at the University of Chicago, he ran UChicago's M.S. in Computational Analysis and Public Policy and previously he designed the M.S. in Data Science and Public Policy at Georgetown University. Over the past decade, Engler has worked as a data scientist at MDRC, the Urban Institute (where he twice won the President's Award for Innovation), and DC local government. He is also proud alumnus of Sunlight Foundation's Labs and the Congressional Research Service. Alex graduated from American University with a B.A. in economics before earning a Master of Public Policy at Georgetown University and a Master of Science in Predictive Analytics at Northwestern University.

Alfonso Fanjul

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
Chairman and CEO / Fanjul Corp.

Aloysius Uche Ordu

Job Titles:

Director - Africa Growth Initiative / Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development
Member of the Board of Directors of the Partnership for Transparency Fund
Senior Fellow and Director of the Africa Growth Initiative in the Global Economy and Development

Aloysius Uche Ordu is a senior fellow and director of the Africa Growth Initiative in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings. Prior to taking up this appointment, he was managing partner at Omapu Associates LLC, a boutique advisory services and consulting firm. In that capacity, he was lead adviser of the African Development Fund Policy Innovation Lab, which was created under the Bill & Melinda Gates Trust Fund to support the efforts of the African Development Bank Group for reinvigorating concessional finance to respond to the changing reality of its clients. As lead adviser, he oversaw a policy team that prepared the "Report of the High Level Panel on Transforming Trust in the AfDB Group into Influence." Ordu was previously vice president at the African Development Bank. In that capacity he was accountable for the bank's regional departments, and the policy, fiduciary, partnership, and resource mobilization departments. He oversaw the replenishment of the African Development Fund, led the Bank Group's decentralization of staff to the country offices across the African continent, chaired the operations committee, played active roles in the senior management coordinating committee, and represented bank management in the committee meetings of the board of executive directors. Before his appointment as vice president, he was regional director for Eastern Africa (covering Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, and Uganda). In that capacity, he introduced innovations in country strategy formulation, analytically rigorous economic and sector work, and attention to expeditious portfolio management and quality assurance. Before joining the African Development Bank, Ordu worked at the World Bank for over two decades and served in various leadership and managerial capacities, including director of operations policy and country services. In that capacity, he represented bank management in the committee meetings of the board of executive directors. He also served as operations director for the Latin America and the Caribbean region; country manager (Manila, Philippines); manager for development effectiveness in the Middle East and North Africa region; and coordinator of the Young Professionals Program-the World Bank Group's source of talent. During his long career in international development, Ordu led teams that revamped the World Bank's lending policy instruments and streamlined its quality assurance processes. He led the design, appraisal and supervision of investment lending projects in Africa, East and South Asia and other world regions in diverse sectors, including urban water and sanitation, agriculture and rural development, energy, and transport infrastructure. Prior to joining the World Bank Group, he worked as an international economist at the Midland Bank Group, London, covering emerging markets. Before that he worked at The Economist Intelligence Unit, London, covering sovereign risks. Ordu is a member of the board of directors of the Partnership for Transparency Fund. He served as senior consultant to the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Environment Program, the African Development Bank, and the World Bank. His research interests include trade policy, regional economic integration, governance, public health economics, and infrastructure financing. He has published numerous commentaries on African affairs through AGI's Africa in Focus and through the Nairobi-based East African newspaper. Ordu holds a Ph.D. in economics from Sussex University, M.Sc. in quantitative economics from Bristol University, and B.Sc. in economics and law from University College, Cardiff, Wales, U.K. Aloysius Uche Ordu is a senior fellow and director of the Africa Growth Initiative in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings. Prior to taking up this appointment, he was managing partner at Omapu Associates LLC, a boutique advisory services and consulting firm. In that capacity, he was lead adviser of the African Development Fund Policy Innovation Lab, which was created under the Bill & Melinda Gates Trust Fund to support the efforts of the African Development Bank Group for reinvigorating concessional finance to respond to the changing reality of its clients. As lead adviser, he oversaw a policy team that prepared the "Report of the High Level Panel on Transforming Trust in the AfDB Group into Influence." Ordu was previously vice president at the African Development Bank. In that capacity he was accountable for the bank's regional departments, and the policy, fiduciary, partnership, and resource mobilization departments. He oversaw the replenishment of the African Development Fund, led the Bank Group's decentralization of staff to the country offices across the African continent, chaired the operations committee, played active roles in the senior management coordinating committee, and represented bank management in the committee meetings of the board of executive directors. Before his appointment as vice president, he was regional director for Eastern Africa (covering Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Tanzania, and Uganda). In that capacity, he introduced innovations in country strategy formulation, analytically rigorous economic and sector work, and attention to expeditious portfolio management and quality assurance. Before joining the African Development Bank, Ordu worked at the World Bank for over two decades and served in various leadership and managerial capacities, including director of operations policy and country services. In that capacity, he represented bank management in the committee meetings of the board of executive directors. He also served as operations director for the Latin America and the Caribbean region; country manager (Manila, Philippines); manager for development effectiveness in the Middle East and North Africa region; and coordinator of the Young Professionals Program-the World Bank Group's source of talent. During his long career in international development, Ordu led teams that revamped the World Bank's lending policy instruments and streamlined its quality assurance processes. He led the design, appraisal and supervision of investment lending projects in Africa, East and South Asia and other world regions in diverse sectors, including urban water and sanitation, agriculture and rural development, energy, and transport infrastructure. Prior to joining the World Bank Group, he worked as an international economist at the Midland Bank Group, London, covering emerging markets. Before that he worked at The Economist Intelligence Unit, London, covering sovereign risks. Ordu is a member of the board of directors of the Partnership for Transparency Fund. He served as senior consultant to the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations Environment Program, the African Development Bank, and the World Bank. His research interests include trade policy, regional economic integration, governance, public health economics, and infrastructure financing. He has published numerous commentaries on African affairs through AGI's Africa in Focus and through the Nairobi-based East African newspaper. Ordu holds a Ph.D. in economics from Sussex University, M.Sc. in quantitative economics from Bristol University, and B.Sc. in economics and law from University College, Cardiff, Wales, U.K.

Amy J. Nelson

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David M. Rubenstein Fellow

Amy J. Nelson is a David M. Rubenstein Fellow in the Foreign Policy program and with the Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology. Her research focuses on emerging, evolving, and disruptive technologies and their impact on proliferation, as well as improving the efficacy of arms control. She was previously a Robert Bosch Fellow in residence at the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin, Germany. There, her research focused on the current state of German military/dual-use innovation and prospects for future U.S.-German/E.U. competition and cooperation. She participated as a member of the U.S. arms control delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe while conducting dissertation research. Nelson is currently working on a book on next generation arms control. Drawing on recent findings from the decision sciences, the book presents a new theory of arms control as a tool of uncertainty management in the security realm. The book also uses the analysis of a novel dataset to incorporate empirically derived best practices into the negotiation of arms control agreements to overcome the effects of uncertainty. Finally, using the dataset, the book tracks trends in arms control over time, and provides analysis of recent events and developments in weapons technology to assess the current state of arms control and its likely future. Nelson's writings have appeared in The Texas National Security Review, Foreign Affairs, Strategic Studies Quarterly, the National Interest, the Washington Post, War on the Rocks, the International Business Times, the Millennium Journal of International Studies, Political Psychology, and the Journal of Neurophysiology. She has authored reports and occasional papers for the Brookings Institution, the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy, and the International Institute for Strategic Studies. She received her bachelor's in philosophy with honors from Stanford University; has a master's in intellectual history from Columbia University; and a master's and doctorate in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Andre M. Perry

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Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro

Andre M. Perry is a Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, a scholar-in-residence at American University, and a professor of practice of economics at Washington University. A nationally known and respected commentator on race, structural inequality, and education, Perry is the author of the book "Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America's Black Cities," which is currently available wherever books are sold. Perry is a regular contributor to MSNBC and has been published by numerous national media outlets, including The New York Times, The Nation, The Washington Post, TheRoot.com and CNN.com. Perry has also made appearances on HBO, CNN, PBS, National Public Radio, NBC, and ABC. Perry's research focuses on race and structural inequality, education, and economic inclusion. Perry's recent scholarship at Brookings has analyzed Black-majority cities and institutions in America, focusing on valuable assets worthy of increased investment. Perry's pioneering work on asset devaluation has made him a go to researcher for policymakers, community development professionals and civil rights groups. Perry co-authored the groundbreaking 2018 Brookings Institution report "The Devaluation of Assets in Black Neighborhoods" and has presented its findings on the price of home in Black neighborhoods across the country, including to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. He has extended that report's focus on housing in Black neighborhoods to include other assets such as businesses, schools and banks. Prior to his work at Brookings, Perry has been a founding dean, professor, award-winning journalist, and activist in the field of education. In 2015, Perry served on Louisiana Governor-elect John Bel Edwards' K-12 education transition committee, as well as on New Orleans Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu's transition team as its co-chair for education in 2010. In 2013, Perry founded the College of Urban Education at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Mich. Preceding his stint in Michigan, Perry was an associate professor of educational leadership at the University of New Orleans and served as CEO of the Capital One-University of New Orleans Charter Network. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Perry earned his Ph.D. in education policy and leadership from the University of Maryland College Park. Andre M. Perry is a Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro, a scholar-in-residence at American University, and a professor of practice of economics at Washington University. A nationally known and respected commentator on race, structural inequality, and education, Perry is the author of the book "Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America's Black Cities," which is currently available wherever books are sold. Perry is a regular contributor to MSNBC and has been published by numerous national media outlets, including The New York Times, The Nation, The Washington Post, TheRoot.com and CNN.com. Perry has also made appearances on HBO, CNN, PBS, National Public Radio, NBC, and ABC. Perry's research focuses on race and structural inequality, education, and economic inclusion. Perry's recent scholarship at Brookings has analyzed Black-majority cities and institutions in America, focusing on valuable assets worthy of increased investment. Perry's pioneering work on asset devaluation has made him a go to researcher for policymakers, community development professionals and civil rights groups. Perry co-authored the groundbreaking 2018 Brookings Institution report "The Devaluation of Assets in Black Neighborhoods" and has presented its findings on the price of home in Black neighborhoods across the country, including to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee. He has extended that report's focus on housing in Black neighborhoods to include other assets such as businesses, schools and banks. Prior to his work at Brookings, Perry has been a founding dean, professor, award-winning journalist, and activist in the field of education. In 2015, Perry served on Louisiana Governor-elect John Bel Edwards' K-12 education transition committee, as well as on New Orleans Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu's transition team as its co-chair for education in 2010. In 2013, Perry founded the College of Urban Education at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Mich. Preceding his stint in Michigan, Perry was an associate professor of educational leadership at the University of New Orleans and served as CEO of the Capital One-University of New Orleans Charter Network. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Perry earned his Ph.D. in education policy and leadership from the University of Maryland College Park.

Andrea Risotto - CCO

Job Titles:

Chief Communications Officer
Management Staff Member

Andrew H. Tisch

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Co - Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee / Loews Corporation

Andrew Yeo

Job Titles:

Senior Fellow
Member of the Council
Online
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies / SK - Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies

Andrew Yeo is a senior fellow and the SK-Korea Foundation Chair at the Brookings Institution's Center for East Asia Policy Studies. He is also a professor of politics at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. In addition to his most recent book, "State, Society, and Markets in North Korea" (Cambridge University Press 2021), he is the author or co-editor of four other books: "Asia's Regional Architecture: Alliances and Institutions in the Pacific Century" (Stanford University Press, 2019); "North Korean Human Rights: Activists and Networks" (Cambridge University Press 2018); "Activists, Alliances, and Anti-U.S. Base Protests" (Cambridge University Press 2011); and "Living in an Age of Mistrust: An Interdisciplinary Study of Declining Trust in Contemporary Society and Politics and How to Get it Back" (Routledge Press 2017). Yeo is currently working on a project that examines South Korea's role in the Indo-Pacific region and how South Korea can support a rules-based order outside its traditional focus on Northeast Asia. He is also conducting research that examines marketization in North Korea and its impact on state-society relations. His research also covers the Indo-Pacific strategies of the United States and its allies, Asia's regional architecture and institutional change, U.S. grand strategy and force posture, and the role of narratives and discourse in international relations. As a scholar working at the intersection of international relations and comparative politics, he also has an interest in studying civil society, social and transnational movements, and democratization. As part of the Bridging the Gap network, Yeo is a firm believer in connecting academic theory with policy relevant research. As an expert on East Asia, U.S.-South Korea relations, and North Korea, Yeo has written reports, given talks, participated in conferences and roundtable discussions, and collaborated on projects with several research and academic institutions in the United States and in Asia. Yeo's scholarly publications can be found in International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of International Relations, Perspectives on Politics, Comparative Politics, Comparative Strategy, Journal of East Asian Studies, and International Relations of the Asia-Pacific among others. His other writings have appeared in the Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The National Interest, The Diplomat, and 38 North and offered commentary in a variety of media outlets including CNN, NBC, MSNBC, Channel News Asia, Arirang TV, Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine, South China Morning Post, Al Jazeera, Japan Times, Korea Times, Chosun Ilbo, Hankyoreh, Kyunghyang Shinmun, and Joongang Ilbo. Yeo is a former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the National Committee on North Korea. He was awarded the Young Faculty Scholar's Award from Catholic University in 2013. He is part of the first cohort of the Mansfield-Luce Asia Scholars Network (2020-2021) and the first cohort of the Korea Foundation-Mansfield Foundation Scholar-Policy Nexus (2013-14). He is a two-time recipient of a U.S. Fulbright scholar award conducting research as a senior scholar in the Philippines in 2020, and as a graduate student in South Korea in 2005-06. Yeo received his doctorate in government from Cornell University, and bachelor's in psychology and international studies magna cum laude from Northwestern University.

Angela Stent

Job Titles:

Senior Adviser
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe
Senior Adviser to the Center for Eurasian

Angela Stent is senior adviser to the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and professor emerita of government and foreign service at Georgetown University. She is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-chairs its Hewett Forum on Post-Soviet Affairs. From 2004-06 she served as national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council. From 1999 to 2001, she served in the Office of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State. Stent publications include: "From Embargo to Ostpolitik: The Political Economy of West German-Soviet Relations, 1955-1980" (Cambridge University Press, 1981); "Russia and Germany Reborn: Unification, The Soviet Collapse and The New Europe" (Princeton University Pres, 1999); "The Limits of Partnership: US-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century" (Princeton University Press, 2014), for which she won the American Academy of Diplomacy's Douglas Dillon prize for the best book on the practice of American Diplomacy. Her latest book is "Putin's World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest" (Twelve Books, 2019) for which she won the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy's prize for the best book on U.S-Russian Relations. She was a member of the senior advisory panel for NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe for Admiral James Stavridis and General Philip Breedlove. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a contributing editor to Survival and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Cold War Studies, World Policy Journal, Internationale Politik and Mirovaia Ekonomika i Mezhdunarodnie Otnosheniie. She has served on the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council for Russia and Central Asia. She was a trustee of the Eurasia Foundation. Stent received her bachelor's from Cambridge University, her Master of Science with distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and her master's and doctorate from Harvard University. Angela Stent is senior adviser to the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and professor emerita of government and foreign service at Georgetown University. She is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-chairs its Hewett Forum on Post-Soviet Affairs. From 2004-06 she served as national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council. From 1999 to 2001, she served in the Office of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State. Stent publications include: "From Embargo to Ostpolitik: The Political Economy of West German-Soviet Relations, 1955-1980" (Cambridge University Press, 1981); "Russia and Germany Reborn: Unification, The Soviet Collapse and The New Europe" (Princeton University Pres, 1999); "The Limits of Partnership: US-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century" (Princeton University Press, 2014), for which she won the American Academy of Diplomacy's Douglas Dillon prize for the best book on the practice of American Diplomacy. Her latest book is "Putin's World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest" (Twelve Books, 2019) for which she won the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy's prize for the best book on U.S-Russian Relations. She was a member of the senior advisory panel for NATO's Supreme Allied Commander in Europe for Admiral James Stavridis and General Philip Breedlove. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a contributing editor to Survival and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Cold War Studies, World Policy Journal, Internationale Politik and Mirovaia Ekonomika i Mezhdunarodnie Otnosheniie. She has served on the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council for Russia and Central Asia. She was a trustee of the Eurasia Foundation. Stent received her bachelor's from Cambridge University, her Master of Science with distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and her master's and doctorate from Harvard University.

Anika Singh Lemar

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Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

Anika Singh Lemar is a Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She and her students provide legal services to affordable housing developers, small businesses, community development financial institutions, farms and farmer's markets, fair housing advocates, cooperatives, and neighborhood associations. They also represent tenants and homeowners facing involuntary displacement as a result of evictions, foreclosures, and substandard housing conditions. Lemar writes about land use, zoning, and affordable housing. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the American Bar Association's Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law. Lemar has served on numerous boards of directors and state and local commissions including, currently, the boards of directors of the Connecticut Bar Foundation and New Haven Bank, the State of Connecticut's Commission on Connecticut's Development and Future, and the City of New Haven's Affordable Housing Commission. Lemar was a Law Clerk for the Honorable Janet C. Hall of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and, later, a Skadden Fellow and Staff Attorney at the Community Development Project of the Urban Justice Center (since renamed TakeRootJustice) in New York. Prior to joining the Yale Law School faculty, she practiced real estate and community development law at a Connecticut law firm. Lemar received her B.A., cum laude, in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale University and her J.D., cum laude, from New York University School of Law, where she was a Root-Tilden-Kern Scholar, a Dean's Scholar, and a Robert McKay Scholar. While in law school, she received the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans and helped to found Next City, a highly-regarded urban affairs publication. Anika Singh Lemar is a Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She and her students provide legal services to affordable housing developers, small businesses, community development financial institutions, farms and farmer's markets, fair housing advocates, cooperatives, and neighborhood associations. They also represent tenants and homeowners facing involuntary displacement as a result of evictions, foreclosures, and substandard housing conditions. Lemar writes about land use, zoning, and affordable housing. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the American Bar Association's Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development Law. Lemar has served on numerous boards of directors and state and local commissions including, currently, the boards of directors of the Connecticut Bar Foundation and New Haven Bank, the State of Connecticut's Commission on Connecticut's Development and Future, and the City of New Haven's Affordable Housing Commission. Lemar was a Law Clerk for the Honorable Janet C. Hall of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut and, later, a Skadden Fellow and Staff Attorney at the Community Development Project of the Urban Justice Center (since renamed TakeRootJustice) in New York. Prior to joining the Yale Law School faculty, she practiced real estate and community development law at a Connecticut law firm. Lemar received her B.A., cum laude, in Ethics, Politics, and Economics from Yale University and her J.D., cum laude, from New York University School of Law, where she was a Root-Tilden-Kern Scholar, a Dean's Scholar, and a Robert McKay Scholar. While in law school, she received the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans and helped to found Next City, a highly-regarded urban affairs publication.

Ankur Bhatt - CIO, VP

Job Titles:

Chief Information Officer
Management Staff Member
Vice President

Ann M. Fudge - Chairman

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Chairman
SENIOR TRUSTEE

Antoine W. van Agtmael

Job Titles:

Senior Adviser / FP Group / Former CEO

April McWilliams - CHRO, VP

Job Titles:

Chief Human Resources Officer
Management Staff Member
Vice President

Arthur R. Collins

Job Titles:

Member of the Board of Trustees
Vice Chair of the Board
Vice Chair of the Board / the Brookings Institution / Managing Partner

Bart Friedman

Job Titles:

Owl Creek Partner
Senior Partner

Beatrice W. Welters

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Founder and Co - Chairperson / AnBryce Foundation

Belinda Archibong

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Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Economics at Barnard College

Belinda Archibong is an assistant professor of economics at Barnard College, Columbia University. Her research areas include development economics, political economy, economic history, and environmental economics with an Africa regional focus. Her research investigates the role of historical institutions and the environment in inequality of access to public services and the development of human capital. In current research she studies the effects of epidemics on gender gaps in human capital investment, the economics of epidemics and vaccination, and the impacts of air pollution from gas flaring on human capital outcomes with a focus on how institutions mitigate or exacerbate the impacts of climate change and environment on inequalities around gender and marginalized groups. Other works study the economics of prisons, the effects of protests on taxation and gender gaps in political participation, and the drivers of gender gaps in labor markets in African countries. Archibong is a faculty affiliate at Columbia University's Center for Development Economics and Policy (CDEP), the Earth Institute at Columbia University, the Institute of African Studies, the Institute for Research in African-American Studies, the Columbia Population Research Center (CPRC), and the Center for Environmental Economics and Policy (CEEP). She received a B.A. in economics/philosophy and a Ph.D. in sustainable development from Columbia University. Belinda Archibong is an assistant professor of economics at Barnard College, Columbia University. Her research areas include development economics, political economy, economic history, and environmental economics with an Africa regional focus. Her research investigates the role of historical institutions and the environment in inequality of access to public services and the development of human capital. In current research she studies the effects of epidemics on gender gaps in human capital investment, the economics of epidemics and vaccination, and the impacts of air pollution from gas flaring on human capital outcomes with a focus on how institutions mitigate or exacerbate the impacts of climate change and environment on inequalities around gender and marginalized groups. Other works study the economics of prisons, the effects of protests on taxation and gender gaps in political participation, and the drivers of gender gaps in labor markets in African countries. Archibong is a faculty affiliate at Columbia University's Center for Development Economics and Policy (CDEP), the Earth Institute at Columbia University, the Institute of African Studies, the Institute for Research in African-American Studies, the Columbia Population Research Center (CPRC), and the Center for Environmental Economics and Policy (CEEP). She received a B.A. in economics/philosophy and a Ph.D. in sustainable development from Columbia University.

Benjamin R. Jacobs - Founder

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Founder
Senior Advisor

Beth E. Mooney - CEO

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CEO
Retired Chairman

Betsy Z. Cohen

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Founder and Strategic Advisor

Bill Baer

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Visiting Fellow in Governance Studies

Bill Baer is a visiting fellow in Governance Studies. He is one of the world's best known and respected antitrust/competition enforcers. Bill is the only person to have led antitrust enforcement at both U.S. antitrust agencies, serving as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice from 2013 to 2016, and as Director of the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission from 1995 to 1999. During his tenure as Assistant Attorney General, the Antitrust Division achieved unprecedented success in civil and criminal enforcement, bringing and winning more cases than at any point in its history. He also developed close working relationships with his competition enforcement colleagues around the world. In 2016 and early 2017, Bill also served as Acting Associate Attorney General, the third highest official in the Department of Justice. He oversaw the work of the Antitrust, Civil, Civil Rights, Tax, and Environment and Natural Resources Divisions and successfully led the effort to hold financial institutions accountable in the Residential Mortgage Backed Securities crisis, securing record penalties and consumer redress. Bill worked at the Federal Trade Commission on two different occasions: from 1995-99, as Director of the Bureau of Competition; and from 1975-1980 as Attorney Advisor to the Chairman and Assistant General Counsel for Legislation and Congressional Relations. While not in public service Bill headed the highly regarded antitrust practice at Arnold & Porter, representing a broad range of companies in US and international cartel investigations, antitrust litigation, and mergers and acquisition reviews by antitrust enforcers, including the DOJ, FTC, state attorneys general, and the European Commission. Bill was twice named by Global Competition Review as the best competition lawyer in the world; honored, in 2010 and 2012, by Best Lawyers as the best antitrust lawyer in Washington; and named by The National Law Journal as one of "The Decade's Most Influential Lawyers." In 2015 the Federal Trade Commission honored him with the Miles W. Kirkpatrick Lifetime Achievement Award. And in 2017 the American Antitrust Institute presented him with the Alfred E. Kahn Award for Antitrust Achievement. Bill received his JD in 1975 from Stanford Law School, where he served as Senior Article Editor of The Stanford Law Review, and his BA in 1972 from Lawrence University, which recently awarded him its Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award.

Blair Levin

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro
Policy Analyst With New Street Research
Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro

Blair Levin is a nonresident senior fellow at Brookings Metro. Levin serves as a policy analyst with New Street Research, an equity research firm focused on telecommunications and technology. Levin has also been involved in a number efforts to broaden broadband's reach and effectiveness, including serving as the Executive Director of Gig.U: The Next Generation Network Innovation Project, an initiative of three dozen leading research university communities seeking to support educational and economic development by accelerating the deployment of next generation networks, leading the writing of a report for the World Bank and United Nations High Commission on Refugees on broadband for refugees, and most recently, working with the National Urban League to write the Lewis Latimer Plan for Digital Equity and Inclusion. Previously, Levin worked with the Communications & Society Program with the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program, following his departure in 2010 from the Federal Communications Commission where he oversaw the development of a National Broadband Plan. Levin rejoined the Commission in 2009, after eight years as a policy analyst at Legg Mason and Stifel Nicolaus. As Barron's magazine noted, Levin "has always been on top of developing trends and policy shifts in media and telecommunications … and has proved visionary in getting out in front of many of today's headline making events." Levin served as chief of staff to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt from December 1993 through October 1997. During that period Levin oversaw, among other matters, the implementation of the 1996 Telecommunications Reform Act, the first spectrum auctions, the development of digital television standards and the commission's Internet initiative. Prior to his position with the FCC, Levin was a partner in the North Carolina law firm of Parker, Poe, Adams and Bernstein, where he represented new communications ventures, as well as numerous local governments on public financing issues. Levin is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School. Blair Levin is a nonresident senior fellow at Brookings Metro. Levin serves as a policy analyst with New Street Research, an equity research firm focused on telecommunications and technology. Levin has also been involved in a number efforts to broaden broadband's reach and effectiveness, including serving as the Executive Director of Gig.U: The Next Generation Network Innovation Project, an initiative of three dozen leading research university communities seeking to support educational and economic development by accelerating the deployment of next generation networks, leading the writing of a report for the World Bank and United Nations High Commission on Refugees on broadband for refugees, and most recently, working with the National Urban League to write the Lewis Latimer Plan for Digital Equity and Inclusion. Previously, Levin worked with the Communications & Society Program with the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program, following his departure in 2010 from the Federal Communications Commission where he oversaw the development of a National Broadband Plan. Levin rejoined the Commission in 2009, after eight years as a policy analyst at Legg Mason and Stifel Nicolaus. As Barron's magazine noted, Levin "has always been on top of developing trends and policy shifts in media and telecommunications … and has proved visionary in getting out in front of many of today's headline making events." Levin served as chief of staff to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt from December 1993 through October 1997. During that period Levin oversaw, among other matters, the implementation of the 1996 Telecommunications Reform Act, the first spectrum auctions, the development of digital television standards and the commission's Internet initiative. Prior to his position with the FCC, Levin was a partner in the North Carolina law firm of Parker, Poe, Adams and Bernstein, where he represented new communications ventures, as well as numerous local governments on public financing issues. Levin is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School.

Brad McDearman

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro
Principal for McDearman Associates
Senior Fellow at Brookings Metro

Brad McDearman is a nonresident senior fellow at Brookings Metro. McDearman is an expert in taking new research to ground in states and metro areas to catalyze change in economic development practice. McDearman's recent experience includes in-depth projects on a broad cross section of topics, including exports, foreign direct investment, inclusive growth, innovation and entrepreneurship, industry clusters, business retention and expansion, and business attraction. McDearman works closely with city, regional, and state leaders in developing market assessments and customized strategic plans, and then identifies ways in which the insights and lessons from these projects can be broadly shared to help additional regions develop their own cutting-edge strategies. Recent examples include Brookings' Inclusive Economic Development Lab and the Global Cities Initiative, which together involved project work in over 25 U.S. metro areas. McDearman also translates on-the-ground findings gained from close interaction with firms and service providers from across the country into policy implications for the economic development field and for federal and state decision makers. McDearman currently serves as Principal for McDearman Associates, an economic development consulting firm. Previous experience includes positions as executive vice president of the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore; senior manager involved in site selection and economic development with Deloitte/Fantus Consulting; and major accounts manager with the Xerox Corporation. McDearman holds M.B.A. and M.R.P. (Master of City and Regional Planning) degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Kentucky. Brad McDearman is a nonresident senior fellow at Brookings Metro. McDearman is an expert in taking new research to ground in states and metro areas to catalyze change in economic development practice. McDearman's recent experience includes in-depth projects on a broad cross section of topics, including exports, foreign direct investment, inclusive growth, innovation and entrepreneurship, industry clusters, business retention and expansion, and business attraction. McDearman works closely with city, regional, and state leaders in developing market assessments and customized strategic plans, and then identifies ways in which the insights and lessons from these projects can be broadly shared to help additional regions develop their own cutting-edge strategies. Recent examples include Brookings' Inclusive Economic Development Lab and the Global Cities Initiative, which together involved project work in over 25 U.S. metro areas. McDearman also translates on-the-ground findings gained from close interaction with firms and service providers from across the country into policy implications for the economic development field and for federal and state decision makers. McDearman currently serves as Principal for McDearman Associates, an economic development consulting firm. Previous experience includes positions as executive vice president of the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore; senior manager involved in site selection and economic development with Deloitte/Fantus Consulting; and major accounts manager with the Xerox Corporation. McDearman holds M.B.A. and M.R.P. (Master of City and Regional Planning) degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Kentucky.

Brad Olsen

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Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education
Senior Fellow With the Center for Universal Education

Brad Olsen is a senior fellow with the Center for Universal Education in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. Prior to this, Olsen was a professor of education at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research focuses on teachers, teaching, and teacher development; school reform; global comparative education; and qualitative research methods. Olsen's most recent book is "Teaching for success: Developing your teacher identity in today's classroom" (2016, Routledge). Olsen was series editor for "The Teacher's Toolkit" (2010, Paradigm Publishers). He is a recipient of the 2007 Excellence in Teaching award from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

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Management Staff Member
Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development

Brian L. Greenspun

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
Chairman and CEO / Greenspun Media Group

Briana Ballis

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Fellow With the Workforce of the Future

Briana Ballis is a nonresident fellow with the Workforce of the Future initiative in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings. She is an assistant professor of economics at the University of California, Merced, and an affiliate of the Inequality, Measurement, Interpretation and Policy Network of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCEO). Her areas of interest include labor economics, public economics, and the economics of education. Her research has focused on special education, the spillover effects of DACA, and the long-run impacts of the social safety net. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and the Social Security Administration (via Mathematica). Prior to joining UC Merced, she received her Ph.D. from University of California, Davis in 2020, received her B.A./M.A. from Boston University in 2011, and was a research analyst at RTI international between 2011 and 2014. Briana Ballis is a nonresident fellow with the Workforce of the Future initiative in the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings. She is an assistant professor of economics at the University of California, Merced, and an affiliate of the Inequality, Measurement, Interpretation and Policy Network of the Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCEO). Her areas of interest include labor economics, public economics, and the economics of education. Her research has focused on special education, the spillover effects of DACA, and the long-run impacts of the social safety net. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and the Social Security Administration (via Mathematica). Prior to joining UC Merced, she received her Ph.D. from University of California, Davis in 2020, received her B.A./M.A. from Boston University in 2011, and was a research analyst at RTI international between 2011 and 2014.

Cameron F. Kerry

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Leader

Cameron Kerry is a global thought leader on privacy, artificial intelligence, and cross-border challenges in information technology. He joined Governance Studies and the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings in December 2013 as the first Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow. Previously, Kerry served as general counsel and acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he was a leader on a wide of range of issues including technology, trade, and economic growth and security. He continues to speak and write on these issues, focusing primarily on privacy, artificial intelligence, and international data flows, along with other digital economy issues. During his time as acting secretary, Kerry served as chief executive of this Cabinet agency and its 43,000 employees around the world as well as an adviser to then President Barack Obama. His tenure marked the first time in U.S. history two siblings have served in the president's Cabinet at the same time. As general counsel, he was the principal legal adviser to the several Secretaries of Commerce and Commerce agency heads. Kerry spearheaded development of the White House blueprint on consumer privacy, Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy. He then led the administration's implementation of the blueprint, drafting privacy legislation and engaging with international partners, including the European Union. He also was a leader in the Obama administration's successful effort to pass the America Invents Act, the most significant overhaul of the patent system in more than 150 years. He helped establish and lead the Commerce Department's Internet Policy Task Force, and was the department's voice on cybersecurity issues and similar issues in the White House "Deputies Committee." Kerry also played a significant role on intellectual property policy and litigation, cybersecurity, international bribery, trade relations and rule of law development in China, the Gulf Oil spill litigation, and other challenges facing a large, diverse federal agency. He traveled to the People's Republic of China on numerous occasions to co-lead the Transparency Dialogue with China as well as the U.S.-China Legal Exchange and exchanges on anti-corruption. In addition to his Brookings affiliation, Kerry is a visiting scholar at the MIT Media Lab. He also served as senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP in Boston, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., where his practice involved privacy, security, and international trade issues. Before Kerry's appointment to the Obama administration in 2009, he practiced law at the Mintz Levin firm in Boston and Washington and taught telecommunications law as an adjunct professor at Suffolk University Law School. Kerry has also been actively engaged in politics and community service throughout his adult life. During the 2004 presidential campaign, he was a close adviser and national surrogate for Democratic nominee John Kerry, traveling to 29 States and even Israel. He has served on the boards of nonprofits, and is currently on the board of the National Archives Foundation and an advisory board for Microsoft Corporation. The Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellows in Governance Studies are individuals of particularly noteworthy distinction. The fellowship is designed to bring distinguished visitors from government, business, journalism, and academia to Brookings to write about challenges facing the country. Kerry is the first to be named to this prestigious fellowship. Cameron Kerry is a global thought leader on privacy, artificial intelligence, and cross-border challenges in information technology. He joined Governance Studies and the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings in December 2013 as the first Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow. Previously, Kerry served as general counsel and acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he was a leader on a wide of range of issues including technology, trade, and economic growth and security. He continues to speak and write on these issues, focusing primarily on privacy, artificial intelligence, and international data flows, along with other digital economy issues. During his time as acting secretary, Kerry served as chief executive of this Cabinet agency and its 43,000 employees around the world as well as an adviser to then President Barack Obama. His tenure marked the first time in U.S. history two siblings have served in the president's Cabinet at the same time. As general counsel, he was the principal legal adviser to the several Secretaries of Commerce and Commerce agency heads. Kerry spearheaded development of the White House blueprint on consumer privacy, Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy. He then led the administration's implementation of the blueprint, drafting privacy legislation and engaging with international partners, including the European Union. He also was a leader in the Obama administration's successful effort to pass the America Invents Act, the most significant overhaul of the patent system in more than 150 years. He helped establish and lead the Commerce Department's Internet Policy Task Force, and was the department's voice on cybersecurity issues and similar issues in the White House "Deputies Committee." Kerry also played a significant role on intellectual property policy and litigation, cybersecurity, international bribery, trade relations and rule of law development in China, the Gulf Oil spill litigation, and other challenges facing a large, diverse federal agency. He traveled to the People's Republic of China on numerous occasions to co-lead the Transparency Dialogue with China as well as the U.S.-China Legal Exchange and exchanges on anti-corruption. In addition to his Brookings affiliation, Kerry is a visiting scholar at the MIT Media Lab. He also served as senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP in Boston, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., where his practice involved privacy, security, and international trade issues. Before Kerry's appointment to the Obama administration in 2009, he practiced law at the Mintz Levin firm in Boston and Washington and taught telecommunications law as an adjunct professor at Suffolk University Law School. Kerry has also been actively engaged in politics and community service throughout his adult life. During the 2004 presidential campaign, he was a close adviser and national surrogate for Democratic nominee John Kerry, traveling to 29 States and even Israel. He has served on the boards of nonprofits, and is currently on the board of the National Archives Foundation and an advisory board for Microsoft Corporation. The Ann R. and Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellows in Governance Studies are individuals of particularly noteworthy distinction. The fellowship is designed to bring distinguished visitors from government, business, journalism, and academia to Brookings to write about challenges facing the country. Kerry is the first to be named to this prestigious fellowship.

Camille Busette

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Management Staff Member
Interim Vice President and Director, Governance Studies

Carlo Bastasin

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

Carol Graham

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Management Staff Member
Interim Vice President and Director, Economic Studies

Catherine Piez - Chief Investment Officer

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Chief Investment Officer

Cathy Minehan - Managing Director

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Managing Director

Cheryl Cohen Effron

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Founder / Conjunction Fund

Cheryl Crazy Bull

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President and CEO / American Indian College Fund

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr.

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
Chairman / Old Harbour Partners, LLC

Célia Belin

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe

Daniel B. Zwirn

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
CEO and Chief Investment Officer / Arena Investors LP

Daniel Benjamin

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, the Intelligence Project

Daniel Yergin

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
Vice Chairman / IHS, Inc.

Dany Bahar

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development Associate Professor of Practice of International and Public Affairs - Brown University

Daphna Bassok

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Brown Center on Education Policy

David B. Weinberg - CEO, Chairman

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CEO
Chairman

David Bozeman

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Vice President of Ford Customer Service Division and Enthusiast Brands / Ford Motor Company

David J. Grain

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Founder and CEO / Grain Management, LLC

David M. Rubenstein

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Chairman Emeritus / Co - Founder and Co - Chairman / the Carlyle Group

Donald F. McHenry

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy Emeritus

Douglas M. Steenland

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Retired CEO / Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Dr. Newsha K. Ajami

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

E. Eric Tokat

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Partner / Centerview Partners

Edgar Rios

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
Co - Founder and Managing Director / Wenzi Capital Partners

Ellen V. Futter

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President / American Museum of Natural History

Erin Raftery

Berube is a nationally recognized expert on city and metropolitan economies. In his most recent role as Senior Fellow and Deputy Director at Brookings Metro, Berube coordinated and amplified the program's diverse research activities, speaking frequently to audiences of urban leaders around the country. He has authored hundreds of Brookings publications on metropolitan economic and demographic trends, federal policies affecting families and communities, and the role of cities in the global economy. He has also led projects in partnership with local leaders in regions including Detroit, Indianapolis, Louisville, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Orlando, and Seattle, among others. Berube is co-author of the book Confronting Suburban Poverty in America (Brookings Press, 2013). Prior to joining Brookings in 2001, Berube was a policy advisor in the Office of Community Development Policy at the U.S. Treasury Department, and a researcher at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. He holds a master's degree in public policy from the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, and a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Stanford University. In 2004, Berube served as an Atlantic Fellow in Public Policy at the UK Treasury, focusing on mixed-income housing policy.

Fulbright Visiting

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Research Fellow

Glenn Hutchins

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Member of the Board of Trustees
Co - Chair of the Board / the Brookings Institution / Chairman

Haim Saban

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Chairman and CEO / Saban Capital Group

Hanzade Doğan

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
Vice Chairwoman / Doğan Holding Şirketler Grubu a

Helene Gayle

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President / Spelman College

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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Director
SENIOR TRUSTEE

Hosein Khajeh-Hosseiny

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Chairman / Trinity Sky, LLP

Howard E. Cox

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
Special Limited Partner / Greylock

James C. Smith

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Chairman / Thomson Reuters

James D. Robinson III

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
General Partner and Co - Founder / RRE Ventures

Jason Cummins

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Owl Creek Partner
Head of Economic Research / Brevan Howard Asset Management

Jeffrey A. Bader

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Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center

Jeffrey Ball

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative

Jeremy Barofsky

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Fellow
Resident

Joe Straus III

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Principal / La Cima Partners, LLC

John C. Austin

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

John H. White Jr.

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
President and CEO / Taco, Inc.

John L. Thornton

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Chairman Emeritus / Executive Chairman / Barrick Gold Corporation

Jonathan D. Schwartz

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Management Staff Member
Interim General Counsel

Katie Bach

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

Kaushik Basu

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development / Professor of Economics and Carl Marks Professor of International Studies - Cornell University

Kenneth M. Jacobs - CEO, Chairman

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CEO
Chairman

Kerry Searle Grannis

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Management Staff Member
Vice President, Institutional Affairs

Kevin Mandia - CEO

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Kevin Sneader

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Co - President of Asia Pacific Ex - Japan / Goldman Sachs

Krishen Sud

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Founder / Sivik Global Healthcare, Inc.

Larry D. Thompson

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
Lawyer

Laura Karet

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Chief Executive Officer Eagle

Lauren Bauer

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Fellow - Economic Studies

Lawrence K. Fish

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SENIOR TRUSTEE

Laxman Narasimhan - CEO

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Lee J. Styslinger, III

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Chairman and CEO / Altec, Inc.

Legg Mason

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Analyst

Leonard D. Schaeffer

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Member of the Board of Trustees
Vice Chair of the Board
Vice Chair of the Board / the Brookings Institution / Founding Chairman and CEO

Lynn Thoman

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
Co - Chair / Leon Lowenstein Foundation

Madiha Afzal

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Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

Mario M. Morino

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
Co - Founder and Chairman / Venture Philanthropy Partners

Martin Neil Baily

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Senior Fellow Emeritus - Economic Studies, Center on Regulation and Markets

MarySue Barrett

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Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

Michael L. Tipsord

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SENIOR TRUSTEE
Chairman, President and CEO / State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

Miriam K. Carliner

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Chairman - Economic Studies
Chairman and Senior Fellow in Economic Studies

Aaron Klein is Miriam K. Carliner Chair and senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, focused on financial technology and regulation; payments; macroeconomics; and infrastructure finance and policy. Prior to joining Brookings in 2016, he directed the Bipartisan Policy Center's Financial Regulatory Reform Initiative. Between 2009 and 2012, Klein served as the deputy assistant secretary for economic policy at the Department of Treasury. He worked on financial regulatory reform issues including crafting and helping secure passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. He also played leading roles on responding to the economic crisis, housing finance reform, transportation and infrastructure policy, and Native American policy. Previously, Klein served as chief economist of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee for Chairmen Chris Dodd and Paul Sarbanes. He worked on numerous pieces of major legislation, including the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (aka TARP), Housing and Economic Recovery Act, and the SAFETEA Act of 2005-re-writing America's surface transportation system. Klein serves on the Board of the PC Project, a charity dedicated to finding a cure for Pachyonychia Congenita. He taught at the Wharton school of Business. Klein serves as an external economist for the National Homebuyers Fund, Astro America, provides occasional expert analysis for several groups including Gerson Lerhman Group, AlphaSights, Guidepoint, Raymond James, and the Native American Finance Officers Association, and is an expert witness. Klein is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Aaron Klein is Miriam K. Carliner Chair and senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, focused on financial technology and regulation; payments; macroeconomics; and infrastructure finance and policy. Prior to joining Brookings in 2016, he directed the Bipartisan Policy Center's Financial Regulatory Reform Initiative. Between 2009 and 2012, Klein served as the deputy assistant secretary for economic policy at the Department of Treasury. He worked on financial regulatory reform issues including crafting and helping secure passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. He also played leading roles on responding to the economic crisis, housing finance reform, transportation and infrastructure policy, and Native American policy. Previously, Klein served as chief economist of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee for Chairmen Chris Dodd and Paul Sarbanes. He worked on numerous pieces of major legislation, including the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act (aka TARP), Housing and Economic Recovery Act, and the SAFETEA Act of 2005-re-writing America's surface transportation system. Klein serves on the Board of the PC Project, a charity dedicated to finding a cure for Pachyonychia Congenita. He taught at the Wharton school of Business. Klein serves as an external economist for the National Homebuyers Fund, Astro America, provides occasional expert analysis for several groups including Gerson Lerhman Group, AlphaSights, Guidepoint, Raymond James, and the Native American Finance Officers Association, and is an expert witness. Klein is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.