Interview with Adriana Kugler, World Bank Executive Director for the US

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode of the Matrix Podcast features an interview with <a href= "https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RkLPAA0/adriana-kugler"> Adriana D. Kugler</a>, the World Bank Group Executive Director for the United States. Dr. Kugler was appointed by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate in May 2022. She is the first Latinx person and first Jewish woman to be appointed to this position since the foundation of the World Bank in 1944. She is also a proud UC Berkeley alumna who graduated with a PhD in 1997.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prior to joining the WBG Board, Dr. Kugler had a long and distinguished career in</span> <a href= "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=y5PAIyUAAAAJ&hl=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> research</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and policy as a development and labor economist. Her contributions on the impact of government policies and regulations on labor markets were recognized with the 2007 John T. Dunlop Outstanding Scholar Award from the Labor and Employment Relations Association, and with the 2010 First Prize for Best Contribution in the area of “Globalization, Regulations and Development” from the Global Development Network. Dr. Kugler has also served in high-level leadership roles in the public and private sectors. She was Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Labor between 2011-2013.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dr. Kugler was P</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">rofessor of Public Policy and Economics</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(2016-2022), and Vice Provost for Faculty (2013-2016) at Georgetown University. She was Chair and Chair-elect of the Business and Economics Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association in 2020 and 2019, respectively; was a member of the Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy (STEP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (2019-2022); and served in the Technical Advisory Committee