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Senior Fellow

Susan Offutt

Member Since 2026

Biography

Consultant. Former Chief Economist, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Administrator, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Executive Director, Board on Agriculture, National Academy of Sciences/Nation Research Council; Chief, Agriculture Branch, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the U.S. President; Leader, Technology Research assessment Section, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Independent Consultant Self employed 2015 Present
Chief Economist U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) 2007 2015
Administrator Economic Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1996 2006
Executive Director Board on Agriculture National Academy of Sciences 1992 1995
Chief Agriculture Branch U.S. Office of Management and Budget 1988 1992
Leader Technology Research assessment Section, Economic Research Service U.S. Department of Agriculture 1988 1988
Assistant Professor Department of Agricultural Economics University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 1982 1988

Expertise

Primary Sector

Federal

Primary Functions

Budgeting and Finance Economic Forecasting
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