Anthony Carnevale currently serves as director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Between 1996 and 2006, Dr. Carnevale served as vice president for public leadership at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). While at ETS, he was appointed by President George Bush to serve on the White House Commission on Technology and Adult Education.

Before joining ETS, Dr. Carnevale was director of human resource and employment studies at the Committee for Economic Development (CED), the nation’s oldest business-sponsored policy research organization. While at CED, he was appointed by President Bill Clinton to chair the National Commission on Employment Policy (NCEP).

Dr. Carnevale founded and was president of the Institute for Workplace Learning (IWL) between 1983 and 1993. Prior to founding IWL, he also served as director of political and government affairs for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the largest union in the AFL-CIO. And before joining AFSCME, he was a senior staff member in both houses of the U.S. Congress. Dr. Carnevale was appointed as the majority staff director on the Public Financing Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operations, during consideration of the value-added tax proposals and revenue sharing.

Dr. Carnevale received his BA from Colby College, and his PhD in public finance economics from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.