Elena Spatoulas Patel

Professional Experience

Executive Office of the President, 2023 - 2024

Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisors 

(On Leave from the David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah)

US Department of the Treasury, 2012 - 2018

Financial Economist, Office of Tax Analysis 

Postal Regulatory Commission, 2011 - 2012

Economist, Office of Accountability and Compliance 

Congressional Budget Office, 2009

Summer Associate, Macroeconomic Analysis Division

US Department of Justice, 2007

Social Science Analyst, Antitrust Division


Additional Positions and Appointments

Faculty Advisor, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, University of Utah

2020 - present

Public Finance Council, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, University of Utah

Member, 2020 - present

National Tax Association

Board of Directors, 2019 - 2022

Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income

Consultants Panel, 2020 - present