Brookings Leadership
Brookings Acting President
Ted Gayer is the Acting President of the Brookings Institution and a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies. Gayer assumed the position of Executive Vice President of Brookings in April 2018 after five years as Vice President and Director of the Economic Studies program. From 2009-2013, he was Co-Director of the Economic Studies program.
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Brookings Chair of the Board
Glenn Hutchins and Suzanne Nora Johnson are the co-chairs of the Brookings Board of Trustees. The Board is composed of distinguished business executives, academics, former government officials and community leaders. Trustees serve four-year terms and meet three times a year. The Board’s role is to provide governance of the business and affairs of the Institution, approve the fields of scholarly investigation, and safeguard the independence of the Institution’s work.
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Brookings Management Staff
Stephanie Aaronson, Vice President and Director, Economic Studies
Ankur Bhatt, Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Michael Cavadel, Vice President, General Counsel, and Assistant Secretary
Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, Vice President and Director, Global Economy and Development
Kerry Searle Grannis, Deputy Executive Vice President & Director of Institutional Affairs
Amy Liu, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program
Suzanne Maloney, Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy
April McWilliams, Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Tamara O’Neil, Vice President, Institutional Advancement
Andrea Risotto, Chief Communications Officer
Darrell West, Vice President and Director, Governance Studies
For more information on investments and the Brookings endowment, contact:
Catherine Piez
Chief Investment Officer
investments@brookings.edu