Austan Goolsbee

Austan Goolsbee
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Assumed office
January 9, 2023
Preceded byCharles L. Evans
26th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office
September 10, 2010 – August 5, 2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byChristina Romer
Succeeded byAlan Krueger
Personal details
Born
Austan Dean Goolsbee

(1969-08-18) August 18, 1969 (age 55)
Waco, Texas, U.S.
Spouse
Robin Winters
(m. 1997)
Children3
EducationYale University (BA, MA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)

Austan Dean Goolsbee (born August 18, 1969) is an American economist and writer. He is the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Goolsbee formerly served as the Robert P. Gwinn Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.[1] He was the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers from 2010 to 2011 and a member of President Barack Obama's cabinet.[2] He served as a member of the Chicago Board of Education from 2018 to 2019.[3]

Goolsbee was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers before becoming chair. He was also the Chief economist and chief-of-staff to Paul Volcker at the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board—the board was formed in the wake of the 2007–2008 financial crisis.[4]

  1. ^ Austan Goolsbee Archived April 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Weisman, Jonathan (September 2010), "Goolsbee to Chair Council of Economic Advisers", The Wall Street Journal
  3. ^ Superville, Denisa R. (December 17, 2018). "Former Obama Adviser Appointed to Chicago School Board". Education Week. ISSN 0277-4232. Retrieved May 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "PERAB: First Quarterly Meeting". whitehouse.gov. May 20, 2009. Retrieved May 12, 2022.