Andrew Reamer

Andrew Reamer’s research efforts aim to encourage U.S. national economic development and competitiveness. Areas of focus include strategic economic analysis and policy, innovation and entrepreneurship, workforce development, and the federal economic statistics system. Intended to inform public decision-makers, Reamer's work resides on the boundary between research and practice. Recent sponsors include the National Science Foundation, the Census Bureau, the American Economic Association, Third Way, the Lumina Foundation, and the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness. Reamer has served on a number of federal advisory committees, including the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Workforce Information Advisory Council, the Bureau of Economic Advisory Committee, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Users Advisory Committee. Reamer joined the George Washington Institute of Public Policy in 2010, after six years at the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program and 20 years as a consultant in U.S. regional economic development and public policy. He received a PhD in economic development and public policy and a Master of City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BS in economics at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.