Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Born	April 4, 1958 London, UK
Nationality	American and British
Education	Swarthmore (B.A), Oxford University (M.Phil)
Occupation	Economist
Employer	The Manhattan Institute
Agent	Economics

Diana Furchtgott-Roth (born April 4, 1958) is an economist. She is a columnist for MarketWatch, Tax Notes, and is the director of Economics21 (E21). On November 9, 2016, she was appointed to the Department of Labor transition team of Donald Trump.

Diana Roth was born to Ellen and Gabriel Roth in England in 1958. Her family moved to America in 1967. Her father Gabriel was an economist at the World Bank. They lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland. After getting a B.A. from Swarthmore College Diana returned to England and earned a M.Phil. in economics at Oxford University.

Furchtgott-Roth was an economist on the staff of President Ronald Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers in 1986–87. During 1991–93, she was deputy executive director of the White House Domestic Policy Council and associate director of the State Department's Office of Policy Planning under President George H. W. Bush. From 1993 to 2001 she was resident fellow and assistant to the president at the American Enterprise Institute. In 2001–02, Furchtgott-Roth was the chief of staff of President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers and from 2003 to 2005 she was chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. From 2005 to 2011 she was a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. Furchtgott-Roth is currently a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and director of Economics21.

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