Diana Furchtgott-Roth
![Furchtgott-Roth in May 2019](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Diana_Furchtgott-Roth_official_photo.jpg)
Prior to joining the Trump Administration, Furchtgott-Roth served as a senior fellow and director of Economics21 at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. She was nominated by President Donald Trump to become Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Research and Technology. On January 3, 2021, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. Furchtgott-Roth was previously the chief economist of the United States Department of Labor, chief of staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, deputy executive director of the United States Domestic Policy Council, and junior staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisers.
A former columnist for ''MarketWatch'' and ''Tax Notes'', she has authored seven books. Provided by Wikipedia
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