DIRECTOR

Teresa Ghilarducci is an economist and nationally recognized expert in older worker labor markets and retirement security.

DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Desiree LaVecchia is the Deputy Director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at The New School.

COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT

Audra Aucoin supports SCEPA’s communications efforts and formerly managed communications for NYRDRC.

WEBSITE ASSISTANT

Joanne Reader is a seasoned web developer with over two decades of experience in building custom websites and digital solutions.

AFFILIATED RESEARCHER

Tony Webb is a widely recognized expert in retirement planning and policy.

AFFILIATED RESEARCHER

Assistant Professor of Economics at Stockton University's School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

SCEPA SENIOR FELLOW

Nelson Barbosa is Professor at the São Paulo School of Economics (EESP/FGV) and the University of Brasilia (UnB), Brazil.

SCEPA SENIOR FELLOW

Global Director of Equity, Open Society Foundations

Laura Barbosa de Carvalho is a Brazilian economist and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Administration at the University of São Paulo.

SCEPA SENIOR FELLOW

Bridget Fisher is an Affiliated Researcher & PhD Candidate, Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.

SCEPA SENIOR FELLOW

Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College

Economist Michelle Holder is Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College, City University of New York and former President & CEO, Washington Center for Equitable Growth.

SCEPA SENIOR FELLOW

John Irons is a fellow at New America (CESNA), Research Affiliate and Digital Fellow at MIT,  and a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University.

SCEPA SENIOR FELLOW

Professor of Economics & Public Policy, Stony Brook University

Stephanie Kelton is an American economist, academic, and author of The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy.

SCEPA SENIOR FELLOW

Mariana Mazzucato (PhD) is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose (IIPP).

SCEPA SENIOR FELLOW

Rick McGahey, a PhD economist from The New School, focuses on urban and regional economic development, program evaluation, retirement policy, and workforce development.

SCEPA SENIOR FELLOW

SCEPA SENIOR FELLOW

Vice President and Director, Institute for Economic Equity at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

William M. Rodgers III examines issues in labor economics and the economics of social problems.

SCEPA SENIOR FELLOW

Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, Robert M. LaFollette School of Public Affairs

Lauren Schmitz' research utilizes genomic and epigenomic data from population-based longitudinal studies to examine how inequalities in the social environment get underneath the skin and shape disparities in health and socioeconomic attainment.

SCEPA SENIOR FELLOW

Emeritus Professor of Economics at The New School for Social Research

Willi Semmler is an Emeritus Professor of Economics at The New School and an affiliated researcher with the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), where he focuses on the economics of climate change.