Principals' Group
The Economic Mobility Project is an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts and part of Pew's American Dream program. Pew is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today's most challenging problems. The Trusts applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and stimulate civic life. We partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations and concerned citizens who share our commitment to fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.
The Economic Mobility Project's strength lies in the unique partnership forged with respected thinkers across the political spectrum, hailing from leading policy institutes throughout Washington. While as individuals they may not necessarily agree on the solutions or policy prescriptions for action, each shares a broad and urgent agreement that economic mobility plays a central role in defining the American experience and that more attention must be paid to the overall status and health of the American Dream.
The project is also guided by a nonpartisan Advisory Board of nationally recognized economists, social scientists and policy experts.
The project Principals are:
The American Enterprise Institute
- Marvin Kosters, Ph.D., Resident Scholar
- Richard Burkhauser, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar
The Brookings Institution
- Ron Haskins, Ph.D., Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Center on Children and Families
The Heritage Foundation
- William Beach, Director, Center for Data Analysis
- Stuart Butler, Ph.D., Vice President, Domestic and Economic Policy Studies
The New America Foundation
- Ray Boshara, Vice President and Senior Research Fellow
The Urban Institute
- Sheila Zedlewski, Director, Income and Benefits Policy Center
- Harry Holzer, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow
- Eugene Steuerle, Ph.D., Richard B. Fisher chair and Insitute Fellow
The project’s strength lies in the unique partnership forged with respected thinkers across the political spectrum, hailing from leading policy institutes throughout Washington. While as individuals they may not necessarily agree on the solutions or policy prescriptions for action, each shares a broad and urgent agreement that economic mobility plays a central role in defining the American experience and that more attention must be paid to the overall status and health of the American Dream.
The project is also guided by a nonpartisan Advisory Board of nationally recognized economists, social scientists and policy experts.
