PERSON: Douglas Holtz-Eakin

American Action Forum

President

Douglas James “Doug” Holtz-Eakin (born February 3, 1958) is an American economist. He was formerly an economics professor at Syracuse University, director of the Congressional Budget Office, and chief economic policy adviser to Senator John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. Holtz-Eakin is currently president of the American Action Forum policy institute, a conservative think tank.

Eakin was born and raised in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1958, where his Navy-veteran father worked as a steel plant manager. He received a B.A. in economics and mathematics from Denison University in 1980 and a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University in 1985. He took his first wife’s maiden name, Holtz, as part of his own upon their marriage in 1981.

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