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  • Diane Swonk Named Grant Thornton Chief Economist - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Diane Swonk Named Grant Thornton Chief Economist

    Diane Swonk, founder of private consulting firm DS Economics, has joined Grant Thornton as chief economist and she will be based in the professional services company’s Chicago headquarters. Grant Thornton said Monday Swonk will aim to grow client services through her economic forecasting skills and previous experience as an adviser to central banks, policy makers and multinational organizations. […] More

  • Executive Profile: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of American Action Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of American Action Forum

    Douglas Holtz-Eakin is the president of the American Action Forum, a Washington-based nonprofit organization that works on policy research and a “sister” organization to the American Action Network. He also served as commissioner of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission from 2009 to 2011, director of the Congressional Budget Office from 2003 to 2005 and chief economist of the […] More

  • Industry Profile: Kim Burke, Jones Lang LaSalle Public Institutions Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Industry Profile: Kim Burke, Jones Lang LaSalle Public Institutions Managing Director

    Kim Burke serves as the managing director of the public institutions group of Jones Lang LaSalle, where she handles privatization programs, federal financial management and federal real estate and strategic planning functions. Burke also works on initiatives related to program performance measurement, federal legislation, regulatory assistance and Office of Management and Budget scoring and accounting. A […] More