Cecilia Elena Rouse is an American economist who served as the 30th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers between 2021 and 2023.
17 Facts About Cecilia Rouse
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Cecilia Rouse is the first Black American to hold this position.
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Joe Biden nominated Rouse to be Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in November 2020.
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Cecilia Rouse resigned on March 31,2023 to return to teaching.
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Cecilia Rouse grew up in Del Mar, California and graduated from Torrey Pines High School in 1981.
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Cecilia Rouse has two siblings: Forest Rouse, a physicist; and Carolyn Rouse, an anthropologist and professor at Princeton University.
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Cecilia Rouse's father Carl A Rouse was a research physicist who received his Ph.
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Cecilia Rouse received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Harvard University in 1986 and a PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1992.
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Cecilia Rouse served in the National Economic Council under President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 1999.
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Cecilia Rouse served as a member of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers from 2009 to 2011.
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Cecilia Rouse has served as the dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and is the Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Ernst Professor in the Economics of Education.
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Cecilia Rouse is the founding director of the Princeton University Education Research Section, is a member of the National Academy of Education and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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Cecilia Rouse has served as an editor of the Journal of Labor Economics and as a senior editor of The Future of Children.
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Cecilia Rouse is a member of the board of directors of MDRC, and a director of the T Rowe Price Equity Mutual Funds and an advisory board member of the T Rowe Price Fixed Income Mutual Funds.
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President Joe Biden nominated Cecilia Rouse to become Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.
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In November 2022, it was announced that Cecilia Rouse would be leaving her position as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers following the 2022 midterms.
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Cecilia Rouse is married to Ford Morrison, the son of author Toni Morrison.