Ted Gayer

Ted Gayer has extensive work experience in various roles related to public policy and economics. Ted began their career as a Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers at The White House in 2003. Ted then joined the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Economic Policy from 2007 to 2008.

In 1997, Ted joined Georgetown University as an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and later became an Associate Professor from 2004 to 2009. During their time at Georgetown University, they also held positions at The Brookings Institution, where they served as Co-Director of Economic Studies and Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow from 2009 to 2013, Vice President and Director of the Economic Studies Program from 2013 to 2018, and finally as the Executive Vice President from 2018 to 2022.

Currently, Ted Gayer is serving as the President at The Niskanen Center, starting from August 2022.

Ted Gayer holds a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD degree in Economics from Duke University. Prior to that, they completed a Bachelor of Arts - BA degree in Mathematics and Economics from Emory University.