17 Facts About Adriana Kugler

Adriana Debora Kugler is an American economist who serves as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Adriana Kugler previously served as US executive director at the World Bank, nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the US Senate in April 2022.

Adriana Kugler is a professor of public policy at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy and is currently on leave from her tenured position at Georgetown.

Adriana Kugler served as the Chief Economist to US Labor Secretary Hilda L Solis from September 6,2011, to January 4,2013.

Adriana Kugler received her Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in 1991, graduating with first class joint honors in economics and political science.

Adriana Kugler was founder and co-director of the International Summer Institute on Policy Evaluation between 2010 and 2013.

Adriana Kugler served as chief economist of the US Department of Labor between 2011 and 2013, where she worked actively on developing policies and proposals on unemployment insurance, training programs, retirement benefits, overtime pay and minimum wages, immigration, disability insurance and occupational safety regulations.

Adriana Kugler is a research associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Labor Studies program and a research fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research in London, the Institute for the Study of Labor in Bonn, the Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration in London, and the Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Adriana Kugler has served on the editorial boards of the Industrial and Labor Relations Review, The Journal of Labor and Development, the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Labour Economics, Applied Economics Quarterly and Economia.

Adriana Kugler was favorably reported by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 15,2021, and again on March 8,2022.

Adriana Kugler was confirmed by the Senate on September 7,2023, and sworn in on September 13.

Adriana Kugler continues to research and work with policies that help stimulate youth employment, as well as observe the effect varieties of policies have on worker mobility and job quality.

Adriana Kugler's research includes labor markets and policy evaluation in developed and developing countries.

Adriana Kugler's work includes contributions on the role of public policies, unemployment, and immigration.

Adriana Kugler has been the recipient of numerous research grants for studies in areas that include the role of public policies, unemployment, and immigration on labor markets and policy evaluation in developed and developing countries.

Adriana Kugler's research has been covered in multiple reports, including the World Development Report published by the World Bank, and the annual development reports published by the Inter-American Development Bank and the OECD.

Adriana Kugler has been called on to testify before Congress on issues such as immigration and the economy.