In January 2009, Jason Furman became deputy director of the National Economic Council, part of the Executive Office of the President. Since early 2007, Furman was a senior fellow and director of The Hamilton Project at Brookings.
Experience
Current Positions
- Visiting Scholar, New York University's Wagner School
Past Positions
- Director, The Hamilton Project
- Nonresident Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy (1999-2000)
- Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisors (1996-1997)
- Senior Economic Advisor to the Chief Economist, The World Bank (1997-1998)
Education
- Ph.D. (2003), B.A. (1992), Harvard University