Staff
Chairman
Members
Chief of Staff
David Vandivier became Chief of Staff in October 2011. Before joining the Council, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax and Budget in the Office of Legislative Affairs at the US Treasury Department. Vandivier has worked on the US Senate Budget Committee, the Office of Management and Budget and the Treasury Department. Vandivier has an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and a B.A. from Franklin College of Indiana.
Special Assistant to the Chairman
Paige Shevlin became the Special Assistant to the Chairman in October 2011. Before joining the Council, she was the Associate Policy Director at The Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution. Shevlin has a Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University and a B.A. from Wellesley College.
Chief Economist
Judith K. Hellerstein serves as Chief Economist. Her specific areas of focus at the Council are employment and education. She is on leave from the University of Maryland, where she is a professor of Economics.
Director of Macroeconomic Forecasting
Steven Braun has been CEA’s Director of Macroeconomic Forecasting since 1996. Prior to his current position, Dr. Braun was a senior economist at the Council, a senior economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and an economist at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Senior Economists
Gene Amromin focuses on housing, retirement, tax and budget issues. He is on leave from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, where he is a Senior Financial Economist in the Economic Research department.
Lee Branstetter specializes in international trade, foreign direct investment, and innovation issues at the Council. He is on leave from Carnegie Mellon University, where he is an Associate Professor.
Tom Buchmueller works on economic issues related to health. He is on leave from the University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business. He has also been a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and an Editor for the BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy.
Lisa D. Cook works on international economics, entrepreneurship, and innovation and is on leave from Michigan State University (Department of Economics and James Madison College), where she is an Assistant Professor. Dr. Cook has been a National Fellow and Senior Adviser on Finance and Development at the Treasury Department.
Benjamin Harris specializes in tax, budget, and retirement saving policy. He is on leave from the Brookings Institution, where he is a Research Economist. He has also recently served as an adjunct professor at the policy schools at Georgetown University and University of Maryland.
Rob Johansson specializes in Environment, Energy, and Agriculture at the Council. He is on leave from the Office of the Chief Economist at the US Department of Agriculture.
Craig Peters specializes in Innovation, Regulation, and Industry at the Council. He is on leave from his position as an economist in the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice.
Chuck Pierret specializes in labor policy at CEA. He is on leave from his position as the Director of National Longitudinal Survey Programs at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Daniel Vine specializes in macroeconomics at the Council. He is on leave from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, where he is a senior economist in the Industrial Output section of the Division of Research Statistics.
