Chloe East, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado, Denver. She is also a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor. In Spring 2022, Dr. East founded the Equitable Policy Research Lab. She currently serves as the Associate Chair for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the CU Denver Economics Department. Dr. East also founded and chairs the EDI committee in the Economics Department. She co-leads the Research Working Group within the Children Thrive Action Network, and she is the Chair of the Women in Economics Community for APPAM.