Dr. Gopi Shah Goda is the director of the Retirement Security Project, the Alice M. Rivlin Chair in Economic Policy, and senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution. She is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a fellow of the Society of Actuaries. Dr. Goda conducts research that informs how policy can best serve aging societies, including how individuals make healthcare, saving and retirement decisions as they age and the sustainability of public programs serving older populations. Her work has appeared in a variety of leading economics journals, has garnered coverage in major media outlets, and has frequently been cited in policy discourse, including government reports, agency rulemaking, and by legislative bodies. Dr. Goda served as a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers from July 2021 to July 2022, and was on California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Council of Economic Advisors from January to August 2024.
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Current Positions
- Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
- Member, Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Editor, Journal of Pension Economics and Finance
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Past Positions
- Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University
- Professor (by courtesy) of Economics and Health Policy, Stanford University
- Senior Economist, Biden-Harris Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President
- Member, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Council of Economic Advisors
- Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research, Harvard University
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Education
- Ph.D., Stanford University
- B.S., University of Nebraska – Lincoln