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Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute

Institute Economists

Alex Albright

Alex Albright

Research Economist, Institute
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Alessandra Fogli

Assistant Director for Inequality Research and Monetary Advisor
Andrew Goodman-Bacon

Andrew Goodman-Bacon

Principal Research Economist, Institute
Illenin Kondo

Illenin O. Kondo

Principal Research Economist, Institute
Amanda Michaud

Amanda Michaud

Principal Research Economist, Institute
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Abigail Wozniak

Vice President and Director, Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute

Communications and Associate Economists

Lisa Camner McKay

Lisa Camner McKay

Senior Writer, Institute
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Journey Keen

Research Assistant, Institute
Richard Liu

Richard Liu

Research Associate, Institute
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Zoe Stein

Research Assistant, Institute

CONSULTANTS

Mariacristina De Nardi

Mariacristina De Nardi

Consultant, Institute
Thomas Sargent Professor of Economics
University of Minnesota
Joseph Mullins

Joseph Mullins

Consultant, Institute
Assistant Professor of Economics
University of Minnesota

Advisory Board

Our Institute Advisory Board is a group of distinguished academics who reflect our commitment to connecting with leading-edge research on economic opportunity and inclusion across disciplines.

David Autor

Ford Professor of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Timothy J Beebe

Timothy J. Beebe

Mayo Professor and Division Head, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
Sandra E. Black

Sandra E. Black

Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs
University of Texas at Austin

William A. "Sandy" Darity Jr.

Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics, and Director at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity
Duke University
Nathaniel Hendren

Nathaniel Hendren

Professor of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gary Hoover

Gary "Hoov" Hoover

Professor of Economics and Executive Director of the Murphy Institute
Tulane University
Erick Hurst

Erik Hurst

Professor of Economics
University of Chicago
Ayse Imrohoroglu

Ayşe İmrohoroğlu

Professor of Finance and Business Economics
University of Southern California Marshall School of Business
Rucker Johnson

Rucker Johnson

Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy
University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy

Greg Kaplan

Professor of Economics
University of Chicago
Jon Kleinberg

Jon Kleinberg

Tisch University Professor of Computer Science
Cornell University
Sandra Newman

Sandra Newman

Professor of Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
John Pfaff

John Pfaff

Professor of Law
Fordham University
Esteban Rossi Hansberg

Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor in Economics
University of Chicago
Jesse Rothstein

Jesse Rothstein

Carmel P. Friesen Chair in Public Policy and Professor of Economics
University of California, Berkeley
Kosali Simon

Kosali Simon

Distinguished Professor
Indiana University
Marianne Wanamaker

Marianne Wanamaker

Professor of Economics and Dean of the Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs
University of Tennessee
Luigi Zingales

Luigi Zingales

Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance and Director of the George J. Stigler Center
University of Chicago Booth School of Business

System Affiliates Board

System affiliates are research economists drawn from across the Federal Reserve System who are actively working on questions related to the Institute mission. Together, they help connect the Institute to all the Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors.
Rajashri Chakrabarti

Rajashri Chakrabarti

Senior Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Daniel Hartley

Daniel Hartley

Senior Economist and Economic Advisor
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Julie Hotchkiss

Julie Hotchkiss

Research Economist & Senior Advisor
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
John Bailey Jones

John Bailey Jones

Senior Economist & Research Advisor
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Karen A. Kopecky

Karen A. Kopecky

Economic and Policy Advisor & Director of the Program on Economic Inclusion
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Oksana Leukhina

Oksana Leukhina

Research Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Raven Molloy

Raven Molloy

Assistant Director, Division of Research & Statistics
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Makoto Nakajima

Makoto Nakajima

Economic Advisor & Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Pinghui Wu

Pinghui Wu

Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Fang Yang

Economic Policy Advisor and Senior Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas