Experience
- Deputy Assistant to President Biden and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council
- Special Assistant to President Biden for Economic Policy at the National Economic Council
- Law Clerk to Judge Merrick Garland, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
- Special Assistant to President Obama and Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Chief of Staff
- Advisor, Office of Management and Budget
Expertise
- U.S. economic policy
- Macroeconomic policy
- Federal budget and fiscal policy
- Tax and revenue policy
- Housing policy
Education
- Yale Law School, JD
- Yale College, BA, Economics and Political Science
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About Daniel
Daniel Hornung is currently a senior fellow at MIT and a non-resident fellow at the Urban Institute.
Previously, he served nearly a decade in economic policy roles at the White House during the Obama and Biden Administrations, including most recently as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council. In that role, he oversaw the National Economic Council’s work on housing policy, tax and fiscal policy, and macroeconomic analysis, including leading policy development within the NEC for the American Rescue Plan, Inflation Reduction Act, Fiscal Responsibility Act, and Housing Supply Action Plan.
Hornung previously served as a law clerk to Judge Merrick Garland on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, and worked during the Obama Administration in the Office of the Chief of Staff and the Office of Management and Budget.
A native of Chicago, Hornung holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and B.A. in economics and political science from Yale College. He lives in Washington with his wife Susannah and son Walter.
