Rebecca Thiess

Rebecca Thiess leads research and policy analyses for The Pew Charitable Trusts on how federal policies affect states. In this position, she oversees and conducts original research and analysis on various aspects of the federal and state fiscal relationship.

Before joining Pew, Thiess worked primarily on federal budget and tax policy issues, including as a policy analyst at the Economic Policy Institute. She additionally worked on advocacy and coalition-building around consumer and housing issues at Americans for Financial Reform.

Thiess holds a bachelor’s degree from Occidental College in California, and a master’s degree in public policy from Duke University in North Carolina