Michelle Holder
Michelle Holder is an American economist who is an Associate Professor of Economics at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the City University of New York. Her research focuses on discrimination in the workplace and wage gaps between white men and other groups in the United States. In June 2021, she was named president and CEO of The Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Early life and education. Holder was born and raised in New York City. She earned her bachelor's degree a degree in economics from Fordham University, her master's degree in Public Administration from  the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and M.A. and PhD in economics from The New School for Social Research. Career. Holder served as a labor market analyst for the Community Service Society of New York, a research associate for The New School for Social Research, the finance director for Dēmos, and an economist for Office of the State Deputy Comptroller for New York City. Holder has testified before the U.S. congress several times, on topics ranging from the care economy, the racial and gender wage gap, manufacturing and green energy, and the strength of  the economic recovery in the wake of the pandemic. She has also published numerous reports. In March 2020 Holder authored "The ‘Double Gap’ and the Bottom Line: African American Women's Wage Gap and Corporate Profits." In March 2021 Holder published a research article in Feminist Economics, titled "The Early Impact of COVID-19 on Job Losses Among Black Women in the U.S." Holder has been featured in "The New York Times", "The Washington Post", "The Atlantic", "The New Yorker", "The Financial Times", "Fortune", Vox, MSNBC, NPR, PBS, and CNN. On April 5, 2022, Holder was quoted in the "New York  Times" article "The U.S. Economy Is Booming. So Why Are Economists Worrying About a Recession?" On January 13, 2022, Holder was quoted in the Marketplace article "Why the economic recovery looks different for women of color.” In 2020, "Fortune" magazine named her one of 19 Black economists to watch. Holder's op-ed "Build Back Better is in limbo — without its social programs, the economy will be, too," was published in "The Hill", where she discussed the importance of government spending in social infrastructure. She currently is an advisory committee member for the Institute for Women's Policy, and is  an advisory board member for the Better Life Lab of New America.