Valerie Wilson (she/her)
Director, Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy
Economic Policy Institute
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Valerie Wilson (she/her)
Director, Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy
Economic Policy Institute
Valerie Rawlston Wilson is a labor economist and Director of the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE), a nationally recognized source for expert reports and policy analyses on the economic condition of America’s people of color. Prior to joining EPI, Wilson served as Vice President of Research at the National Urban League Washington Bureau in Washington, D.C. She is the Immediate Past President of the National Economic Association. She has written extensively on issues impacting racial economic inequality in the United States. Her expertise has made her a highly sought-after speaker and consultant nationally and internationally, and she has appeared in major print, television, and radio media.