Lanhee J. Chen

Personal bio
Lanhee J. Chen is the David and Diane Steffy Fellow in American Public Policy Studies at the Hoover Institution; Director of Domestic Policy Studies and Lecturer in Public Policy; and an affiliated faculty member of the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) in the Freeman Spogli Institute. He has broad experience in government service, academia, American politics, and the private sector. Chen's current research focuses on campaigns and elections, health policy, economic policy, and California policy and politics. From 2014-2018, Chen was a presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed member of the Social Security Advisory Board, a bipartisan and independent panel that advises policymakers on the future of the program. Previously, he served as the policy director and chief policy adviser to Mitt Romney during his 2012 presidential campaign, and as a senior official at the US Department of Health and Human Services. He earned his PhD in political science, as well as a JD, AM in political science, and AB in government, all from Harvard University.

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