CHIPS and the Modern American Industrial Strategy

The CHIPS Act is crucial to the Biden administration’s strategy for addressing the global semiconductor shortage and strengthening American manufacturing of computer chips. Join us for a presentation and discussion about this key economic policy with Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji, Acting Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council.

About the Speaker:

Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji is the Acting Deputy Director of the White House National Economic Council (NEC).

He has served as the Chief Economist of the Department of Commerce since April 2021. In this role, Chatterji has been the principal economic adviser to the Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and responsible for developing policy related to U.S. competitiveness, labor markets, supply chains, innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth.

Chatterji previously worked in the Obama Administration, serving as a senior economist at the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers and as a visiting Associate Professor at Harvard Business School.

Chatterji is currently on leave from his position as the Mark Burgess & Lisa Benson-Burgess Distinguished Professor of Business and Public Policy at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Chatterji also has served as a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and worked as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs.

He received his Ph.D. from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley and his B.A. in Economics from Cornell University.