Maya MacGuineas (born February 21, 1968) is president of the
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) is a non-profit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C. that addresses federal budget and fiscal issues. It was founded in 1981 by former U.S. House of Representatives, United St ...
. She is a frequent commentator on issues such as the federal budget, national debt, taxes, the economy, retirement policy, government reform, and health care.
Born in
Washington, D.C.
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to D. Biard MacGuineas and Carol Kalish.
She graduated from
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
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, where she majored in economics and psychology, and she received a
master's degree in public policy from the
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...
John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Background
MacGuineas served briefly at the
Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution, often stylized as simply Brookings, is an American research group founded in 1916. Located on Think Tank Row in Washington, D.C., the organization conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in e ...
early in her career, then spent two years at Paine Webber as an equity analyst on Wall Street.
She also advised the 2000 presidential campaign of
John McCain on Social Security.
She became a senior fellow and director of the Fiscal Policy Program at
New America (organization)
New America, formerly the New America Foundation, is a think tank in the United States founded in 1999. It focuses on a range of