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Lightcast Top Economists
Lightcast Top Economists
• Leads team of economists & data scientists supporting the company’s public policy
research
• Frequent presenter to major organizations & academic institutions, including
UNESCO, CEDEFOP, OECD, World Bank, IADB, European Commision, ILO, & IZA
• Work featured in global media outlets including The Australian Financial Review, The
Daily Telegraph, The Economist, France 24, The Financial Times, The Guardian, The
Globe & Mail, The New York Times, & The Wall Street Journal
Ron Hetrick
Senior Economist
• Nationally recognized speaker on labor market economics & principal author of the
groundbreaking report: The Demographic Drought
• Has advised Federal Reserve chairs, US Congress, & Council of Economic Advisors
• Former economist at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
• Advises numerous Fortune 500 companies concerning workforce strategies
Rucha Vankudre
Senior Economist
Duncan Brown
Vice President of Global Innovation
• Author & speaker on the impact of emerging trends & technologies on the workforce
• Globally recognized cybersecurity talent market expert, & leader of CyberSeek.org in
partnership with CompTIA & the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education
• Advisor to Fortune 500 companies & multiple White House administrations
• Cited in national media including The Wall Street Journal, The New ork Times,
& The Washington Post
Layla O’Kane
Senior Economist
Elizabeth Crofoot
Senior Economist
• Author & speaker on business responses to labor shortages & solutions for increasing
women’s labor force participation
• Former senior economist at The Conference Board & former supervisory economist at
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Departments of Education, Labor, & Commerce on the state of the US labor market
• Guest economist on Yahoo! Finance, the TD Ameritrade Network, & NPR’s Marketplace
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