Joseph Glauber

Joe Glauber is a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and currently serves as interim secretary of the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS). He is also a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a non-resident senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Prior to joining IFPRI, Glauber spent over 30 years at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, including as chief economist from 2008 to 2014. As chief economist, he was responsible for the department’s agricultural forecasts and projections; oversaw climate, energy, and regulatory issues; and served as chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation. From 2007 to 2009, Glauber was the special Doha agricultural envoy at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, where he served as chief agricultural negotiator in the Doha talks. He served as economic adviser at the so-called Blair House agreement leading to the completion of the Uruguay Round negotiations and was senior economist for agriculture at the president’s Council of Economic Advisers. Dr. Glauber received his PhD in agricultural economics from the University of Wisconsin in 1984 and holds an AB in anthropology from the University of Chicago. In 2012, he was elected fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association and was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite Agricole by the French government.