Amartya Kumar Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher,who since 1972 has taught and worked in the United Kingdom and the United States. Sen has made contributions to welfare economics,social choice theory,economic and social justice,economic theories of famines,decision theory,development economics,public health,and measures of well-being of countries.
Harvard Kennedy School (HKS),officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government,is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge,Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy,public administration,and international development,four doctoral degrees,and various executive education programs. It conducts research in subjects relating to politics,government,international affairs,and economics. As of 2021,HKS had an endowment of $1.7 billion. It is a member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs (APSIA),a global consortium of schools that trains leaders in international affairs.
William Julius Wilson is an American sociologist,a professor at Harvard University,and an author of works on urban sociology,race,and class issues. Laureate of the National Medal of Science,he served as the 80th President of the American Sociological Association,was a member of numerous national boards and commissions. He identified the importance of neighborhood effects and demonstrated how limited employment opportunities and weakened institutional resources exacerbated poverty within American inner-city neighborhoods.
Teachers College,Columbia University (TC) is the graduate school of education of Columbia University,a private research university in New York City. Founded in 1887,Teachers College has served as one of the official Faculties and the Department of Education of Columbia University since 1898. It is the oldest and largest graduate school of education in the United States.
The Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is a private,all-graduate research university in Claremont,California. Founded in 1925,CGU is a member of the Claremont Colleges consortium which includes five undergraduate and two graduate institutions of higher education.
Robert Clifton Weaver was an American economist,academic,and political administrator who served as the first United States secretary of housing and urban development (HUD) from 1966 to 1968,when the department was newly established by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Weaver was the first African American to be appointed to a US cabinet-level position.
Claudia Goldin is an American economic historian and labor economist who is currently the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. She is a co-director of the NBER's Gender in the Economy Study Group and was the director of the NBER’s Development of the American Economy program from 1989 to 2017. Goldin's research covers a wide range of topics,including the female labor force,the gender gap in earnings,income inequality,technological change,education,and immigration. Most of her research interprets the present through the lens of the past and explores the origins of current issues of concern. Her recently completed book Career &Family:Women's Century-Long Journey toward Equity was released on October 5,2021.
Christopher Charles Benninger is an Indian architect and urban planner with origins in the United States. Born in the US in 1942,he permanently migrated to India in 1971. Benninger is an important figure in Indian architecture and planning and is noted for his contributions to the evolution of critical regionalism and sustainable planning in India.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi is an Indian senior advocate and politician. As politician,he is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and a current Member of the Parliament of India representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha,the Upper House of the Indian Parliament. He is also a spokesperson for the INC. He is one of the senior advocates of the Supreme Court of India.
The Assistant Secretary for Housing,who also carries the title Federal Housing Commissioner,is a position within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Assistant Secretary is responsible for overseeing the $400 billions Federal Housing Administration insurance portfolio. He or she also oversees the Department of Housing and Urban Development's regulatory responsibilities in the areas of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act,the housing mission of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,and the manufactured housing industry.
The College of Economics and Management (CEM) is one of the eleven degree-granting units of the University of the Philippines Los Baños. It is the first in Asia to offer degree programs in Agricultural Economics and has trained agricultural,resource and environmental economists from all over the continent.
Mahlon "Sandy" Apgar IV is a housing,infrastructure,and real estate consultant to global corporations and government agencies,and a non-resident Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He is known as the "father" of the US Army's housing privatization program,the largest such public-private partnership program in the Department of Defense. He was a partner and senior advisor at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG),and a partner at McKinsey &Company where he led its operations in Saudi Arabia,and a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars where he wrote the playbook on public-private partnerships.
Shaun Lawrence Sarda Donovan is an American government official and housing specialist who served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2009 to 2014,and Director of the US Office of Management and Budget from 2014 to 2017. Prior to that,he was the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development from 2004 to 2009 under Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Lawrence Francis Katz is Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics at Harvard University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Cecilia Elena Rouse is an American economist who was named as President of the Brookings Institution with an effective date of January 2024. She served as the 30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers between 2021 and 2023. She is the first Black American to hold this position. Prior to this,she served as the dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. Joe Biden nominated Rouse to be Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in November 2020. Rouse was overwhelmingly confirmed by the Senate on March 2,2021,by a vote of 95–4. She resigned on March 31,2023 to return to teaching. On June 28,she was named the 9th President of the Brookings Institution.
Karen Dynan is an American economist who is Professor of the Practice of Economics at Harvard University and a Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and Chief Economist of the United States Department of the Treasury,having been nominated to that position by President Barack Obama in August 2013 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in June 2014. From 2009 to 2013,Dr. Dynan was the Vice President and Co-director of the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution. Prior to joining Brookings,she served on the staff of the Federal Reserve Board for 17 years. Dr. Dynan is an expert on macroeconomic policy,consumer behavior,household finance,and housing policy.
Jesse William Markham was an American economist. Markham was best known for his work on antitrust policy,price theory and industrial organization. Markham was the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School (HBS),and the former chief economist to the Federal Trade Commission.
Lisa DeNell Cook is an American economist who has served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since May 23,2022. She is the first African American woman and first woman of color to sit on the Board. Before her appointment to the Federal Reserve,she was elected to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
