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Alicia Munnell to step down as director of Center of Research at Boston College

By Muskan Arora

Alicia H. Munnell will step down from her position as the founding director of the Center for Retirement Research (CRR) at Boston College on December 31, after over two decades of leadership.

Munnell will continue at CRR as a senior advisor.

Andrew Eschtruth will fill Munnell’s shoes as he has been promoted from deputy director to the next CRR director.

The new director will be supported by senior researchers including Jean-Pierre Aubry, Anqi Chen, Laura Quinby and Gall Wettstein who have been with the system for over a decade.


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“Alicia Munnell is a distinguished economist whose scholarship has had a profound and lasting impact on strengthening the U.S. retirement system and household financial security throughout her career in government service and during her past quarter century here at Boston College,” said David Quigley, provost and dean of faculties, in the press release.

Munnell says that the CRR’s senior research team will also assume more responsibilities in shaping the center’s research program, expanding development activities, and mentoring junior researchers.

Prior to joining Boston College, Munnell served as a member of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers and 

assistant Secretary for Economic Policy of the U.S. Treasury Department. 

Before that, she worked as senior vice president and director of research for over 20 years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. 

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