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January
19, 2005
Brown's Nomination to Social Security Advisory Board
Increases Media Interest
 Jeffrey
Brown, assistant professor of finance, was nominated this month
by the White House to the Social Security Advisory Board, a seven-member
panel that advises the President, Congress, and the commissioner
of Social Security on the program and the Supplemental Security
Income programs. Created by Congressional legislation in 1994, the
board is independent and bipartisan. If confirmed, Brown will fill
a vacancy on the board and serve until 2008.
“I am honored to be nominated, particularly at a time when
Social Security reform is at the top of the President’s domestic
policy agenda for the coming year,” Brown said when his nomination
was announced.
An authority on pensions, Social Security and annuitization, Brown
has previously testified before Congress on Social Security reform.
He is currently a member of a National Academy of Social Insurance
expert panel formed to study federal retirement policy, which will
release its report later this month. Brown is the author of a white
paper on the
new retirement challenge.
Social Security reform is often in the news and Brown is frequently
quoted. A sampling of recent articles includes:
Prior to joining the College of Business faculty in 2002, Jeff
Brown was an assistant professor at Harvard University. During
2001-2002, Brown was a senior economist with the White House Council
of Economic Advisers where he focused primarily on Social Security,
pension reform, and terrorism risk insurance. He served on the staff
of the President’s Commission to Strengthen Social Security
in 2001 and has been a consultant to the World Bank, the Executive
Office of the President, and several private firms. Currently a
faculty research fellow with the National Bureau of Economic Research,
Brown holds a PhD from MIT, an MPP from Harvard, and received his
BA from Miami University.
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