The Concord Coalition, a bipartisan Washington nonprofit organization that lobbies for reducing the federal budget deficit, named Diane Lim Rogers to be its first chief economist.
Dr. Rogers has been chief economist of the House Budget Committee since January 2007, and previously worked for other congressional committees and the White House Council of Economic Advisers during the last year of the Clinton administration and first 100 days of the Bush administration.
Dr. Rogers "has the rare ability to make a strong, nonpartisan, economic case for fiscal responsibility in a way that doesn't require a Ph.D. in economics to understand," said Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby.
As chief economist, Dr. Rogers will research and write issue briefs as well as provide commentary on tax and fiscal policy. On May 11, Mother's Day, Dr. Rogers will start a blog called EconomistMom.com, where she will comment on a range of issues, with fiscal responsibility prominent among them, using her dual credentials as a Ph.D. economist and mother of four.
"I am thrilled to be given this unique opportunity to advocate for thoughtful, fiscally responsible policy as the surest route to both a strong economy today and a bright economic future for our children," said Dr. Rogers.
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