United States

David P. Richardson is Managing Director and Head of Research at the TIAA Institute. Prior to joining the Institute, he was serving as Senior Economist for Public Finance at the White House Council of Economic Advisers and held the New York Life Chair in Risk Management and Insurance at Georgia State University. Previously, he worked as a Financial Economist in the Office of Tax Policy at the U.S. Treasury and was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Davidson College. Richardson earned his Ph.D. from Boston College and B.B.A. from the University of Georgia.

Richardson’s research interests focus on how dimensions of public pensions, employer retirement benefit plans, and behavioral biases impact household financial security. He is an Employee Benefit Research Institute trustee, and a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance, the Pension Research Council Advisory Board, the Research Council of the International Centre for Pension Management, the American Economic Association, the American Risk and Insurance Association, and the National Tax Association.