Alice M. Rivlin is a Senior Fellow in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution and a visiting professor at the Public Policy Institute of Georgetown University. She is the director of Brookings Greater Washington Research Project. Before returning to Brookings, Rivlin served as Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board (1996-1999) and served as the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget in the first Clinton Administration. She also chaired the District of Columbia Financial Management Assistance Authority (1998-2000).
Rivlin was the founding Director of the Congressional Budget Office (1975-1983) and served as the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. She is also a former director of the Economic Studies Program at Brookings.
In addition to receiving a MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship, Rivlin has taught at Harvard University, George Mason University, and The New School Universities. She has also served as President of the American Economic Association and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Stock Exchange.
Rivlin received a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Bryn Mawr College and a Doctor of Philosophy from Radcliffe College (Harvard University) in Economics.