Ben Harris was a research associate professor and Executive Director at the Kellogg Public-Private Interface at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Harris also served as the chief economist with Results for America and the senior economic advisor to the Biden Campaign. During the Obama-Biden Administration, Harris was the chief economist and economic adviser to Vice President Biden and a senior economist with the Council of Economic Advisers. Harris has held research positions at several think tanks, including the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute. He holds a PhD in economics from George Washington University, masters’ degrees from Cornell and Columbia Universities, and a BA from Tufts University. He was also a Fulbright Scholar to Namibia.