David S. Mitchell
David S. Mitchell

Senior Fellow

Washington Center for Equitable Growth

David S. Mitchell is a senior fellow for tax and regulatory policy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. He previously served as Equitable Growth’s director of government and external relations. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, Mitchell was the associate director for policy and market solutions at the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program, where he led a growing team responsible for amplifying research and spurring action to address the short- and long-term financial challenges facing low- and moderate-income Americans, including income volatility, retirement insecurity, and consumer debt. He previously worked as a legislative aide to U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), handling healthcare and Social Security issues and working on the landmark health reform law that passed in 2010. He also has held positions with the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, the White House National Economic Council, the law firm Hogan Lovells, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Citizens for Tax Justice, and the National Association of Community Health Centers. Mitchell holds a B.A. in political science from Tufts University, an M.P.A. from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a Public Interest Law Scholar.

Authored By David S. Mitchell

post

Evidence from the 2020 election shows how to close the income voting divide

Inequality & Mobility
Equitable Recovery

The evidence behind Biden’s big plans for rebuilding infrastructure, reducing poverty, and combating inequality

Inequality & MobilityFamiliesTax & Macroeconomics
post

Equitable Growth network helps Biden-Harris administration implement evidence-backed economic policy

Inequality & MobilityFamilies
post

Executive action to-do list for achieving strong, stable, and broad-based U.S. economic growth

Inequality & Mobility
Coronavirus Recession

How to replace COVID relief deadlines with automatic ‘triggers’ that meet the needs of the U.S. economy

Tax & MacroeconomicsLabor
post

How combating voter suppression can help close the economic divides between Black and White Americans and spur U.S. economic growth

Inequality & Mobility

Value Added Blog

Read our Value Added Blog.

View Blog Posts

Grantees

Learn more about our grantees.

View our Grantees