Dr. Gopi Shah Goda is the director of the Retirement Security Project, the inaugural Alice M. Rivlin Chair in Economic Policy, and senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Goda conducts research that informs how policy can best serve aging societies, including how individuals make healthcare, saving and retirement decisions as they age and the sustainability of public programs serving older populations. Her scholarship has appeared in a variety of leading economics journals, has garnered coverage in major media outlets, and has frequently been cited in policy discourse, including government reports, agency rulemaking, and by legislative bodies.
Dr. Goda served as a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers from July 2021 to July 2022, and was on California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Council of Economic Advisors from January to August 2024. She was also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and attained fellowship in the Society of Actuaries. She serves as a TIAA Institute Fellow and is an inducted member of the National Academy of Social Insurance.Â
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Current Positions
- Member, National Academy of Social Insurance
- Editor, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
- TIAA Institute Fellow
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Past Positions
- Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
- Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University
- Professor (by courtesy) of Economics and Health Policy, Stanford University
- Senior Economist, Biden-Harris Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President
- Member, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Council of Economic Advisors
- Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research, Harvard University
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Education
- Ph.D., Stanford University
- B.S., University of Nebraska – Lincoln