CURRICULUM VITAE July 2021 REBECCA M. BLANK OFFICE: Chancellor’s office, 165 Bascom Hall 500 Lincoln Drive University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53706 (608) 262-8967 EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology B.S. in Economics, Summa Cum Laude, University of Minnesota EMPLOYMENT AND ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: University of Wisconsin, July 2013-present Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Madison Responsible for setting direction and strategy, leading decision-making, and serving as the most visible spokesperson for a top-rated public university. UW serves 46,000 students with 22,000 faculty and staff, and has a mission of education, research and outreach. U.S. Department of Commerce, June 2009-June 2013 Acting Secretary of Commerce (August 2011-October 2011; June 2012-June 2013) Leadership position with final decision-making authority within the Department and extensive speaking and outreach responsibilities as the public face of the Department. Deputy Secretary of Commerce (March 2012-June 2013) and Acting Deputy Secretary (November 2010-March 2012) Number two position in the Department, serving as Chief Operating Officer responsible for department-wide management, budgets, and organizational strategy, as well as ongoing policy direction in a $10 billion agency. Under Secretary for Economic Affairs (June 2009-March 2012) Responsible for oversight of the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Economics and Statistics Administration. Board Representative to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation. Brookings Institution, July 2008-June 2009 Robert S. Kerr Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Robert S. Kerr Visiting Fellow, Economic Studies (2007-08) University of Michigan, August 1999-June 2008 Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, 1999-2007 Henry Carter Adams Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Professor of Economics, Department of Economics Co-Director, National Poverty Center, 2002-2008 1 Council of Economic Advisers, Washington, D.C. October 1997-July 1999 Member-nominee, October 1997- October 1998; Member, October 1998-July 1999 Northwestern University, September 1989-July 1999 Director, Joint Center for Poverty Research, 1995-97 Professor of Economics, 1994-1999; Associate Professor of Economics, 1989-94 Research Faculty, Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research. 1989-99 Associate Professor, School of Education and Social Policy. 1989-93. Co-Director, Northwestern/University of Chicago Interdisciplinary Training Program in Poverty, Race, and Underclass Issues. 1991-96. Council of Economic Advisers, Washington, D.C. August 1989 - July 1990 Senior Staff Economist working in the White House. Princeton University, September 1983 - August 1989 Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Affairs Department of Economics and Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September 1988 - May 1989 Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics University of Wisconsin-Madison, Fall 1985 Visiting Fellow, Department of Economics and Institute for Research on Poverty HONORS: Distinguished Fellow, American Economics Association. To be awarded in January 2021. Exemplar Award, Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, 2015. Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize, American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2015. Honorary doctorate, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. April 2014 Honorary doctorate in Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, May 2012. German American Business Council Leadership Award, Washington, DC. April 2013 Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2010. Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award, University of Minnesota, 2008. Winter Commencement speaker, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota, December 2008. Fellow, American Academy of Arts of Sciences, 2005. Fellow, Society of Labor Economists, 2006. Lifetime National Associate, National Academies of Sciences, 2004. Elected member, National Academy of Social Insurance 2 Selected Named Lectures: Distinguished Leaders in Higher Education Lecture, University of Missouri, February 2020 Patterson Lecture, Ohio State University, April 2019 Paul Offner Lecture, Urban Institute, November 2018 Allan Starling Johnson, Jr Distinguished Lecture in Economics, Duke University, March 2016 Jonathan Edwards Lecture, Andover Newton Seminary, March 2011. James P. Houck Lecture, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota. May 2010. President’s Speaker, American Statistical Association, July 2009 Distinguished Public Policy Lecture, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, April 2009 Aaron Wildavsky Lecture, Goldman School of Public Policy, UC-Berkeley, March 2009. Sulzberger Lecture, Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, September 2008. McMylar Lecture, Department of Economics, Case Western Reserve University, April 2007. American Enterprise Lecture, Furman University, March 2007. Alice Cook Lecture, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, October 2006. Kurt W. Rothschild Lecture. Department of Economics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. November 2005. Bazzani Lecture, Institute for Government & Public Affairs, University of Illinois. October 2004. Monroe-Paine Lecture, Truman School, University of Missouri. March 2003. Wellington-Burnham Lecture, Department of Economics, Tufts University. October 2002. Merrick Lecture, Department of Economics, University of Virginia. April 2002. Adam Smith Lecture, European Association of Labour Economists. September 2001. J. Douglas Gibson Lecture, School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University, Canada. March 2000. Distinguished Lecture on Economics in Government, Society of Government Economists. January 2000. Frank Paish Lecture, Royal Economic Society. April 1999. 1997 Richard A. Lester Prize for the Outstanding Book in Labor Economics and Industrial Relations. 1993 David Kershaw prize winner. Awarded biannually by the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management to the young scholar (under age 40) whose research has had the most impact on the public policy process. 1985 Junior Faculty Teaching Award, Department of Economics, Princeton University. Phi Beta Kappa. BOARD APPOINTMENTS: NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association). Board of Governors, 2020-present, Division I Board of Directors, 2020-present. TIAA. Board of Governors, 2018-present, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). Board of Directors, 2019-present; incoming President in November 2021. American Association of Universities. Board of Directors, 2018-2020. 3 ITHAKA. Board of Trustees, 2013-present. MRDC (formerly Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation.) Board of Directors, 2019-present; 1993- 97; 2000-09. Big 10 Conference. Council of Presidents/Chancellors, 2013-present. President of Board, 2021-present. Internet 2. Board of Trustees, 2014-2019. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF). Board of Trustees, 2013-present. University Research Park, Madison, WI. Board of Trustees (Chair), 2013-present. UW Hospitals and Clinics, Madison, WI. Authority Board, 2013-present. Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce. Board of Directors, 2013-present. Madison Regional Economic Partnership (MadREP). Board of Directors, 2013-present. Urban Institute. Board of Trustees, 2007-09. Economic Policy Institute. Board of Directors, 2008-09. Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. Board of Directors, 1994-97. PUBLICATIONS -- Books: Changing Inequality. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2011. Insufficient Funds: Savings, Assets, Credit and Banking Among Low-Income Households (with Michael S. Barr). New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 2009. (Co-editor with Barr and co-author on one article in the volume.) Working and Poor: How Economic and Policy Changes are Affecting Low Wage Workers (with Sheldon Danziger and Robert Schoeni). New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 2006. (Co-editor with Danziger and Schoeni and co-author on two articles in the volume.) Measuring Racial Discrimination (with Marilyn Dabady and Connie Citro). Washington, D.C.: National Research Council, National Academy Press. 2004. Is the Market Moral? A Dialogue on Religion, Economics, and Justice (with William McGurn). Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. 2004. The New World of Welfare (with Ron Haskins). Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. 2001. (Co-editor with Haskins and co-author of two articles in the volume.) Finding Jobs: Work and Welfare Reform (with David Card). New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 2000. (Co-editor with Card and co-author of two articles in the volume.) 4 It Takes A Nation: A New Agenda for Fighting Poverty. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1997. Social Protection vs. Economic Flexibility: Is There a Tradeoff? Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1994. (Editor and author of two articles in the volume.) Do Justice: Linking Christian Faith and Modern Economic Life. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press. 1992. PUBLICATIONS -- Journal Articles and Book Chapters: “Managing Change in Change-Resistant Universities.” In The Future of the University in a Polarizing World. Luc E. Weber and Howard Newby, eds. Glion Colloquium Series No. 11. Geneva: Glion Colloquium. 2018. “Why Public Universities Need Greater Autonomy.” In Leading Colleges and Universities: Lessons from Higher Education Leaders. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, Gerald B. Kauvar, and E. Gordon Gee, eds. Baltimore: