Dr. John Friedman is a Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs at Brown University and a founding co-director of Opportunity Insights at Harvard University. His research harnesses the power of large administrative datasets to yield policy-relevant insights on intergenerational mobility in a wide range of settings, including education, neighborhoods, and taxation. His work has appeared in top academic journals as well as in major media outlets, and his findings have been used by policy makers in a wide range of contexts, including President Obama in his 2012 State of the Union Address. Most recently, he has developed the Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker, which provides a real-time look at how COVID-19 is affecting different cities and sectors of the economy. Friedman has worked as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the National Economic Council in the White House from 2013-2014. He holds a Ph.D. in economics, an AM in statistics, and a BA in economics, all from Harvard University. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Economics.