Joe Biden’s proposed Council of Economic Advisers has some big names, including Cecilia Rouse. Rouse is an economist and the dean of Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. Earlier this year, she led the letter her university wrote to the government advocating for more COVID-19 relief to help during this economic fallout.
Rouse served on former President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers from 2009-2011 to help the economy recover from the Great Recession. She is a senior editor for a journal focused on research centering policies that affect children. If Joe Biden’s nomination goes through, Rouse would become the first woman of color to chair the Council of Economic Advisers.
I am focused on the task ahead. This job is about advising the President on how to rebuild and revive our economy. The planning for a fairer economy, grounded in facts and evidence, begins now.
I’m proud to be nominated as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.
— Cecilia Rouse (@CeciliaERouse) November 30, 2020
It’s official: Biden announces economic team: Janet Yellen, Treasury Secretary; Neera Tanden, OMB Director; Wally Adeyemo, Deputy Treasury Secretary; Cecilia Rouse, Council of Economic Advisers Chair; and Jared Bernstein and Heather Boushey, Council of Economic Advisers members.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 30, 2020
