Biography
Ross's research at RFF has focused on regulatory reform, energy policy, and climate change. She brings to this work a background in government, industry, and public policy analysis.
Her government service includes appointments as senior economist of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget, deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, and special assistant to the President for economic policy. She worked for ten years in the international oil industry, including positions as vice-president of BP America and assistant director of BP Europe. Her earliest employment was in think tanks, as a thesis-writing fellow at the Brookings Institution and a senior research associate at the Urban Institute.
Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, Policy, Budget and Administration, 1977 - 1981.
Acting Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, Program Development and Budget, 1977.
Director, U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Policy Analysis, 1976 - 1977.
Senior Economist, U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget, 1976.
Assistant Director, U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Policy Analysis, 1974 - 1975.
Senior Research Associate, The Urban Institute, 1971 - 1974.
Visiting Fellow, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 1970 - 1971.
Economist, MATHEMATICA, Inc., 1967 - 1970.
Research Fellow, The Brookings Institution, 1966 - 1967.
Summer Intern, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1966.
Summer Intern, President's Council of Economic Advisers, 1965.
Journal Articles
An Experimental Study of the Negative Income Tax Heather L. Ross Child Welfare | December 1970
Books, Chapters, and Reports
Time of Transition: The Growth of Families Headed by Women
Heather L. Ross and Isabel V. Sawhill Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute | 1975 Link to publication
Testing Experimentation: Income Maintenance and Social Policy Heather L. Ross Social Experiments and Social Program Evaluation | James G. Abert, ed. | Cambridge, MA: Ballinger Publishing Company | 1974
Short Articles, Issue Briefs, and Other Publications
Getting Off Oil Heather L. Ross Resources | Winter 2007 (164)
