Elena Spatoulas Patel

Professional and Academic Experience

• Senior Fellow and Co Director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center The Brookings Institution  (2025 - Current)

• Non-Resident Senior Fellow Economic Studies and Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center The Brookings Institution  (2024 - 2025)

• Assistant Professor, Division of Quantitative Analysis of Markets and Organizations University of Utah  (2018 - 2025)

• Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisors Executive Office of the President (2023 - 2024)

• Adjunct Faculty, Department of Economics The George Washington University  (2016 - 2018)

• Financial Economist, Office of Tax Analysis US Department of the Treasury  (2012 - 2018)

• Economist, Office of Accountability and Compliance, Postal Regulatory Commission  (2011 - 2012) 

• Summer Associate, Macoreconomic Analysis Division Congressional Budget Office  (2009)

• Social Science Analyst, Antitrust Division Department of Justice  (2007)

Advisory and Consulting Roles 

• Editorial Advisory Board, National Tax Journal (2025 - Current)

• Utah Economic Impact Collaborative, Govenor's Office of Management and Budget  (2024 - Current)

• External Senior Economist, Alterra Property Group  (2023 - Current)

• Statistics of Income Consultants Panel, Internal Revenue Service  (2020 - Current)

• Public Finance Council, Kem C. Gardner Institute  (2022 - 2025)

• Board of Directors, National Tax Association  (2019 - 2022)

• Utah Economic Council, Kem C. Gardner Institute  (March - July 2021)

• Economic Consultant, Postal Regulatory Commission  (April - July, 2021)

Additional Positions and Affiliations

• American Economic Association

• International Institute of Public Finance

• National Tax Association