When: Thursday, January 29, 2008, 12 Noon-1:30 pm

Networking & Lunch: 12-1230 pm, Talk, Q&A: 1230-130 pm

Where: Chinatown Garden, 618 H St. NW (7th St. NW), Washington DC, 2000
Telephone: 202-737-8887

Metro: Near Gallery Place/Verizon Center/Red Line

What: Luncheon & Program

"Responding to a Tough Economic Assignment"
Alice Rivlin, Senior Fellow  The Brookings Institution & First Head of Congressional Budget Office

Reservations: Members & Guests Only: $16/person, inclusive, paid in advance. Cash bar.

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Meet Alice Rivlin    
Alice Rivlin, the first director of the Congressional Budget Office, is an expert on urban issues as well as fiscal, monetary and social policy. She directs the Greater Washington Research project.
Current Positions, in addition to Brookings post
Visiting Professor, Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University

Past Positions
Henry Cohen Professor, Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School University (2001-2003); Chair, District of Columbia Financial Management Assistance Authority (1998-2001); Vice Chair, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (1996-99); Director, White House Office of Management and Budget (1994-96); Deputy Director, White House Office of Management and Budget (1993-94); Recipient, MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship (1983); Hirst Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University;Director of Economic Studies, Brookings Institution; Founding Director, Congressional Budget Office (1975-83); Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1968-69); President, American Economic Association

Education
Ph.D. (1958), M.A. (1955), Radcliffe College, Harvard University;B.A., Bryn Mawr College, 1952

Research and Commentary

• WASHINGTON DC

• Building the Best Capital City in the World-December 18, 2008
• A Pathway to the Middle Class: Migration and Demographic Change in Prince George's CountyApril 2007
• Homes for an Inclusive City: A Comprehensive Housing Strategy for Washington, D. C. / April 2006

• FINANCIAL MARKETS

• Paulson Shifts Economic Rescue Plan to Focus on Boosting Credit - November 12, 2008
• Learning from the Economic Mess - October 21, 2008
• The Financial Market Bailout - September 26, 2008

• MORTGAGE MARKET

• The Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac TakeoverSeptember 08, 2008
• Do We Want Fannie Mae Public or Private?July 18, 2008

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