Grace Hammond

Grace Hammond is the Executive Director of the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility, the newest branch of the Harris school, which will pursue research on the nature of socio-economic inequality and barriers to mobility.

Prior to joining the Center, Grace served six years at the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics, and five years at the Center for the Economics of Human Development, where she set operational standards and strategic direction and developed her passion for running research centers.

She is also a proud alumna of the University of Chicago, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in comparative human development at The College; she will soon earn her MBA from Chicago Booth.