Ron Borzekowski is an American economist who is the nominee to serve as director of the Office of Financial Research (OFR) in the United States Department of the Treasury.

Ron Borzekowski
Director of the Office of Financial Research
Nominee
Assuming office
TBA
PresidentJoe Biden
SucceedingJames Martin (acting)
Personal details
EducationStanford University (BA, PhD)
Harvard University (MPP)

Education

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Borzekowski earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science and mathematics from Stanford University, a Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a PhD in economics from Stanford University.[1]

Career

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From 2009 to 2011, Borzekowski served as a senior economist for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.[2] From 2010 to 2011, he served as a researcher at the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.

Borzekowski worked at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from 2011 to 2019, serving as a supervisory economist, deputy assistant director for research, and assistant director for research.

From 2019 to 2022, Borzekowski was the director of Amazon Web Services (AWS) for economics. In June 2022, he joined Yale University as director of the school's newly created Data-Intensive Social Science Center.[3]

In 2023, he was nominated to serve as director of the Department of the Treasury's Office of Financial Research.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "President Biden Announces Key Nominees". The White House. 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  2. ^ Gross, Daniel (2004-08-22). "ECONOMIC VIEW; It's Who You Know. Really". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  3. ^ Cummings, Mike (2022-10-13). "Yale appoints director of new Data-Intensive Social Science Center". YaleNews. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
  4. ^ Guida, Victoria (January 23, 2023). "POLITICO Pro: Biden taps former CFPB aide to lead financial research office". POLITICO. Retrieved January 27, 2023.