Douglas Elmendorf

Doug Elmendorf
Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government
In office
January 1, 2016  June 2024
Preceded byDavid T. Ellwood
Succeeded byJeremy Weinstein
8th Director of the Congressional Budget Office
In office
January 22, 2009  March 31, 2015
Preceded byPeter R. Orszag
Succeeded byKeith Hall
Personal details
Born
Douglas William Elmendorf

(1962-04-16) April 16, 1962
Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseKaren Dynan
EducationPrinceton University (BA)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Academic background
Doctoral advisorMartin Feldstein

Douglas William Elmendorf (born April 16, 1962) is an American economist who is the dean and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He previously served as the director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) from 2009 to 2015. He was a Brookings Institution senior fellow from 2007 to 2009, and briefly in 2015 following his time at the CBO, and was a director of the Hamilton Project at Brookings.