Research Fellow

Jacob is counselor to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He was recently a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he was the executive vice president for policy before joining NYU. Previously, he served as deputy director of the White House National Economic Council and deputy assistant to the President under President Barack Obama. While at the White House -- where he worked from 2011 to 2012 and from 2013 through 2016 -- his portfolio included tax, fiscal policy, consumer protection, and job training, as well as strategic planning for the economic team. During the 2016 general election campaign, Jacob served as senior policy adviser for Hillary for America, where he led former U.S. Secretary of State Clinton’s economic policy team. He also served as the economic policy director on former President Barack Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign. Jacob began his work in the Obama administration at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he worked in 2009 and 2010 during the height of the financial crisis. After the 2016 campaign, he also worked as a senior adviser at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. He is a graduate of Yale University and the recipient of a Truman Scholarship and a Henry Luce Scholarship.