Cecilia Rouse — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Current President of the Brookings Institution
Served as the 30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers between 2021 and 2023
First Black American to chair the Council of Economic Advisers
Former Dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University
Received a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1992
Primary research interests are in labor economics with a focus on the economics of education
Served on the board of directors of MDRC, and a director of the T. Rowe Price Equity Mutual Funds and an advisory board member of the T. Rowe Price Fixed Income Mutual Funds

Biography

Cecilia Elena Rouse is an American economist who serves as the President of the Brookings Institution, a position she assumed in January 2024. Previously, she held a significant role in the U.S.

government as the 30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2021 to 2023, making her the first Black American to hold this position. She was nominated by President Joe Biden in November 2020 and confirmed by the Senate in March 2021.