Harvard Professor Martin Feldstein, Advisor To Reagan, Bush And Obama, Joins CNA As Distinguished Fellow

Alexandria, Va. — Dr. Martin Feldstein, a former adviser to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush and appointed by President Barack Obama to his Economic Recovery Advisory Board, has joined CNA as a Distinguished Fellow.

"We are delighted that Martin has joined the CNA staff. He will be an important contributor to our debates here as we sort through how best to help U.S. government decision-makers make effective policy choices in a tough economy," said Aline Quester, vice president and director of CNA Resource Analysis.

Feldstein is the George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University and the former president and CEO of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He was head of NBER from 1977-82 and 1984-2008. From 1982 through 1984, he was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and the chief economic adviser to President Ronald Reagan. In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed him to the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.

As a CNA Distinguished Fellow, Feldstein will advise government leaders on the state of the U.S. economy and the global economy. He will join a group of Distinguished Fellows that includes Ambassador Jonathan Moore, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; Kenneth Krieg, the former Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics; and the Honorable Robert B. Pirie, Jr., a former Navy officer who served as Acting Secretary of the Navy.

Feldstein, a prolific writer on economics issues, is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Group of Thirty, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1977, he won the John Bates Clark Medal, which the American Economic Association awards to the economist under 40 it deems has made the greatest contribution to economic science.