David Podoff

David Podoff is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Public Policy Institute of Georgetown University and in the Department of Public Policy of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He recently (2001-2004) taught Public Policy and Economics at the Baruch College of the City University of New York. He was a consultant on research to the Office of Policy of the Social Security Administration, and was appointed by the United States Senate to a six-year term (2000-2006) on the seven member Social Security Advisory Board. David retired from the government after almost 27 years of service, ending his long career as Minority Staff Director and Chief Economist for the Senate Committee on Finance. Prior to heading the Democratic Staff on the Committee, Podoff served as its Minority Chief Health and Social Security Counselor and Chief Economist. Podoff joined the staff of the Finance Committee, as Chief Economist, in October, 1993, just as the Congress began considering President Clinton's health care reform proposals. In these positions on the Finance Committee, Podoff has been involved in major legislative debates with respect to the long-term solvency of Social Security, health care reform, the constitutional amendment to balance the budget, the debt ceiling, 5-7 years plans to balance the budget and the accuracy of inflation measures and other government statistics. Podoff is the principal staff architect of the Moynihan-Kerrey bill on Social Security -- S. 21, the Social Security Solvency Act of 1999. Previously Podoff was a Senior Economist with the Joint Economic Committee where he designed and implemented about 20 hearings (1988-93) on various aspects of the health care system including a series of nine hearings on THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA. Prior to service on Capitol Hill, Podoff directed various research units in the Social Security Administration's Office of Research and Statistics. Podoff also taught economics at the University of Massachusetts in Boston and the University of California in Santa Barbara. Podoff received his Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.B.A., with a major in economics, from the City University of New York.

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Ph.D.