Wendy Edelberg is the Director of The Hamilton Project and a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. Edelberg joined Brookings in 2020, after more than fifteen years in the public sector. She is also a Principal at WestExec Advisors.
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Most recently, she was Chief Economist at the Congressional Budget Office. Prior to working at CBO, Edelberg was the executive director of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, which investigated the causes of the global financial crisis. She also worked at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and at the Federal Reserve Board.
