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Treasury Department spokesman John Rizzo said Sinclair was on a “temporary assignment” with the Treasury Department until May 2024 and would return to GW after her assignment ended.
An economics professor will temporarily leave GW to serve as Deputy Under Secretary in the Treasury Department.
Tara Sinclair, who has worked as a professor of economics and international affairs since August 2005, served as deputy assistant secretary for macroeconomics in the Bureau of Economic Policy earlier this month. Sinclair is not program to teach economics classes this academic year, according to the registrar’s office.
“I am grateful that Tara is joining the Treasury Department at this important time for our country. Her background and experience will contribute to the important work of continuing economic recovery,” said Ben Harris, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, in a press release.
Treasury Department spokesman John Rizzo said Sinclair was on a “temporary assignment” with the Treasury Department until May 2024 and would return to GW after her assignment ended.
“As Deputy Assistant Secretary for Macroeconomics, Dr. Sinclair’s primary duties and responsibilities to be performed while on assignment at the Treasury include active participation with the Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy in the formulation and execution of policy and general economic programs primarily related to national economic policy, manufacturing,” he said in an email. “Dr. Sinclair was asked to take the job because of her degrees and her area of specialization in macroeconomics.
Sinclair was not immediately available to comment on his nomination.
This article originally appeared in the October 13, 2022 issue of The Hatchet.
