Brookings Scholar Honored for Public Service by the Council for Excellence in Government

Brookings Senior Fellow Alice M. Rivlin has been selected as one of the 25 greatest public servants over the past 25 years by the Council for Excellence in Government for her intellectual leadership and her remarkable service to the nation as the first Director of the Congressional Budget Office and as Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The 25 Great Public Servants were selected by a committee of Council Trustees for their outstanding leadership in government at all levels and the example they set for up and coming public servants across the country. Together, they personify the imagination, experience, talent and commitment to the public interest that is so urgently needed to meet the challenges we face and inspire future public servants to follow in their footsteps.

“Alice’s intellectual leadership and remarkable service to the nation are being aptly honored by the Council,” Brookings President Strobe Talbott said. “She is indeed an inspirational role model – not just for today’s public servants, but for those in the future, as well as for those in academia, public policy institutions, and for women of all ages and backgrounds. We are proud to have her at Brookings.”

The Council for Excellence in Government is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that works to improve the performance of government at all levels; and government's place in the lives and esteem of American citizens. With its experienced staff, network of experts and members, and diverse partners, the Council helps to create stronger public sector leadership and management, driven by innovation and focused on results; and increased citizen confidence and participation in government, through better understanding of government and its role.

In her distinctive career, Ms. Rivlin was the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office and Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. She was director of the Economic Studies Program at Brookings. She also served at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare as Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Ms. Rivlin received a MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship, taught at Harvard, George Mason, and The New School Universities, has served on the Boards of Directors of several corporations, and as President of the American Economic Association. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange.