Cecilia Rouse

Cecilia Rouse
Official portrait, 2021
President of the Brookings Institution
Assumed office
January 2024
Preceded byAmy Liu (acting)
30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office
March 12, 2021 – March 31, 2023
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byTyler Goodspeed (Acting)
Succeeded byJared Bernstein
Member of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office
March 11, 2009 – February 28, 2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byDonald B. Marron Jr.
Succeeded byKatharine Abraham
Personal details
Born
Cecilia Elena Rouse

(1963-12-18) December 18, 1963 (age 60)
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Children2
RelativesCarl A. Rouse (father)
Carolyn Rouse (sister)
EducationHarvard University (BA, MA, PhD)
Academic career
FieldEconomics
InstitutionPrinceton University
Doctoral
advisor
Lawrence F. Katz
Claudia Goldin[1]

Cecilia Elena Rouse (/ˈrs/ ROWSS; born December 18, 1963) is an American economist and the President of the Brookings Institution.[2] She served as the 30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers between 2021 and 2023. She is the first Black American to hold this position.[3] Prior to this, she served as the dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.[4] Joe Biden nominated Rouse to be Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in November 2020.[5] Rouse was overwhelmingly confirmed by the Senate on March 2, 2021, by a vote of 95–4.[6] She resigned on March 31, 2023, to return to teaching.[7] On June 28, she was named the 9th President of the Brookings Institution.[8]

  1. ^ Amy Guan (May 25, 2011). "Cecilia Rouse: Economist". The Harvard Crimson.
  2. ^ "Brookings Institution Announces Dr. Cecilia Rouse as President".
  3. ^ Tankersley, Jim (March 2, 2021). "Senate confirms Cecilia Rouse as the first Black chair of White House economic council". The New York Times. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  4. ^ Tankersley, Jim; Smialek, Jeanna (December 2, 2020). "Biden's New Top Economist Has a Longtime Focus on Workers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "Economy Nominees and Appointees". President-Elect Joe Biden. November 30, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  6. ^ Rogers, Alex (March 3, 2021). "Senate confirms Cecilia Rouse to be Biden's top economist". CNN. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
  7. ^ Tankersley, Jim (March 31, 2023). "Top Economist Leaves White House, and an Economy Not Yet 'Normal'". New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  8. ^ "Dr. Cecilia Rouse talks about being appointed Brookings's ninth President". Brookings. Retrieved July 5, 2023.