Karen Dynan

Karen Dynan is an American economist. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and Chief Economist of the United States Department of the Treasury. 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.

Dynan grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. Her father served in the army during World War II and started his own business in the 1970s. She attended Brown University, graduating in 1985 with an A.B. in Applied Mathematics and Economics. After graduating from Brown, she worked at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington D.C. as a Research Assistant.

Dynan went on to pursue graduate studies in economics at Harvard University, graduating with a Ph.D. in Economics in 1992. While at Harvard, her focus was in macroeconomics and econometrics. Her dissertation adviser was Greg Mankiw.

After earning her Ph.D., Dynan joined the Macroeconomic Analysis Section of the Federal Reserve Board. She remained at the Federal Reserve for 17 years, serving in a variety of senior positions. In 1998, she had a visiting appointment at Johns Hopkins University. From 2003-2004, Dynan served as a Senior Economist on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers when Greg Mankiw was Chairman. In 2009, she left the Federal Reserve to become Vice President for Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. In 2013, she was named Robert S. Kerr Senior Fellow at Brookings.

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