Jane Dokko
Senior Economist and Economic Advisor
About
Jane Dokko is a senior economist and economic advisor. She works at the intersection of public policy and research, examining the most important forces shaping economic opportunity and inequality. Her research has been published in the Review of Economic Statistics, Journal of Finance, and other scholarly outlets. In addition, she is the author of widely-cited policy reports and briefs, as well as general interest publications, and her work has been frequently covered in the mainstream media.
Previously, she served as the Chief Economist of the Commerce Department during 2023-24. In this role, she was the principal economic adviser to the Secretary of Commerce and was responsible for policy developments on a wide range of domestic issues related to U.S. competitiveness, regional economic inequality, innovation, and economic growth. Dokko also served as a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers during 2013-15 and as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Economics at the U.S. Treasury during 2016-17. In this work, she was a leader in the development of housing finance policy, the fiduciary rule, and infrastructure policy.
Dokko’s expertise spans housing finance, consumer finance, retirement security, financial inclusion, and financial regulation. She received a bachelor’s in economics from Haverford College and a master’s and PhD in economics from the University of Michigan.
