21 Facts About Linda Bilmes

Linda Bilmes is a faculty member at the Harvard Kennedy School where she teaches public policy, budgeting and public finance.

Linda Bilmes served as Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of the US Department of Commerce during the presidency of Bill Clinton.

Linda Bilmes has testified to the US Congress regarding the costs of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the long-term consequences for providing veterans care.

Linda Bilmes co-authored the centennial study of the economic value of the US National Parks System, which established a baseline value of $92 billion for the parks and programs and co-authored a book on the economic value of national parks.

Linda Bilmes is a faculty affiliate of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston.

At Harvard, Linda Bilmes founded and directs the Rappaport Greater Boston Applied Field Lab, a program in which teams of students work in local communities on budgeting and financial challenges.

Linda Bilmes teaches and conducts research at the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University, where she was a visiting fellow at Brasenose College.

Linda Bilmes is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

Linda Bilmes is vice chair of Economists for Peace and Security and serves on the board of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families.

Linda Bilmes was born in New York and raised in San Mateo, California, the daughter of Lila Yolanda Lynn and Murray Linda Bilmes.

Linda Bilmes holds an degree in government from Harvard University, a master's of business administration degree from Harvard Business School and a doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Oxford.

Linda Bilmes wrote her dissertation on the financing of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

Linda Bilmes has held senior positions in the US government including US Assistant Secretary and CFO of the United States Department of Commerce.

Linda Bilmes was confirmed twice by the US Senate, first as Assistant Secretary for Administration and Budget, and additionally as Chief Financial Officer, of the United States Department of Commerce, from 1998 to 2001.

Linda Bilmes previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Administration from 1997 to 1998.

Linda Bilmes has been appointed to several high-ranking commissions, including a Treasury Department commission to examine the viability of the Inter-American Investment Corporation.

Linda Bilmes is the author of several important books, book chapters and academic papers.

Linda Bilmes is co-author, with Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, of The Three Trillion Dollar War, which became a New York Times and international best-seller.

Linda Bilmes is co-author of The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service with W Scott Gould and Gebt un das Risiko Zuruck with Peter Strueven and Konrad Wetzker.

Linda Bilmes is co-author with John Loomis of Valuing USParks and Programs: America's Best investment.

Linda Bilmes is married to Jonathan Hakim, a British and Portuguese citizen.