Janelle Jones

THE ECONOMY

Janelle Jones is the former Managing Director for Policy and Research at Groundwork Collaborative. As part of the executive leadership team, she helped launch and build Groundwork, an economic policy nonprofit that works to advance economic visions that deliver meaningful opportunity and prosperity for all.

Before joining Groundwork in 2018, Janelle was an economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute working on a variety of labor market topics within EPI’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy.  Her most recent role was as the Chief Economist for the US Department of Labor, Janelle provided members of the Biden-Harris Administration with expert advice and counsel regarding the economic impacts related to the Department’s work protecting and supporting America’s workers, retirees and their families.