Elizabeth Pancotti
Managing Director of Policy and Advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative
Washington, DC
Experience
- Director of Special Initiatives at the Roosevelt Institute
- Labor Policy Director of the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Senior Budget Analyst on the Senate Budget Committee
- Policy Director at Employ America
Expertise
- U.S. economic policy
- Federal budget and fiscal policy
- Tax and revenue policy
- Trade and tariffs
- Labor
Education
- American University, BS, Economics
Recent Coverage
JANUARY 20, 2024
NewsNation: Corporate Profits Count for Half of U.S. Inflation: Report
“It’s one thing for corporations to pass reasonable increased costs to consumers. It’s another for them to line their coffers by exploiting Americans who are just trying to get by,” said Liz Pancotti, strategic advisor for Groundwork and a co-author of the report. “It’s time to rein in corporate price gouging – or families will continue to pay the price.”
JANUARY 19, 2024
The Guardian: Half of recent U.S. inflation due to high corporate profits, report finds
“Costs have come down substantially, and while corporations were quick to pass on their increased costs to consumers, they are surprisingly less quick to pass on their savings to consumers,” Liz Pancotti, a Groundwork strategic adviser and paper co-author, said.
MARCH 9, 2021
Bloomberg What’d You Miss?: U.S. Stimulus Will Target Aid Where it is Needed: Liz Pancotti
JANUARY 19, 2021
Bloomberg What’d You Miss?: Watch Spending Now, Biden Framework is a Good Way to Grow: Liz Pancotti
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About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Pancotti recently joined Groundwork Collaborative as the Managing Director of Policy and Advocacy at Groundwork Collaborative. She was previously the Director of Special Initiatives at the Roosevelt Institute, where she led the think tank’s work on tax policy. Prior to Roosevelt, she was an advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), serving as the Labor Policy Director of the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and as a senior budget analyst on the Senate Budget Committee. During her time in the Senate, she led efforts to compel Howard Shultz to testify about union-busting at Starbucks and secure paid sick leave for rail workers and played a key role in industrial policy investments passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
Before the Senate, she was the policy director at Employ America, where she focused on unemployment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Guardian. Liz holds a BS in economics from American University. Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, she now lives in Washington, DC.
