Sara Rosomoff

About

Sara currently serves as Advisor/Chief of Staff to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Affairs at the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) in Washington, D.C. She oversees EDA’s regional programs which invest in regional economic development and economic recovery after major natural disasters across the country. Previously, she served as a Senior Program Analyst in the Office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Commerce where she oversaw large-dollar supplemental programs at EDA and NOAA. Her other experiences include the Presidential Management Fellowship in the U.S. Department of Treasury and management consulting with Deloitte and Booz Allen Hamilton. She received her Bachelors in Economics and Political Science and Masters in Economics from Miami University.

She lives in D.C. with her cat, Nona, and husband, Eashwar, and enjoys baking, running, and reading.

Reflection

I came to Miami wanting to be a lawyer and I left Miami wanting to be an economist. In my current career, I like to think I do a little of both. Having one foot in the political science department and one foot in the economics department was a unique experience that 1) taught me how to think like an economist and 2) how to apply economics to public policy. I've always been fascinated by how economic systems and governments work and more importantly, how we make them work better.

Diving into my first economics class with Professor (then Chair) George Davis on economic growth was eye-opening, fascinating, and set me on the path to eventually participating in Miami's 3+1 program for Economics my senior year. It helped me realize that we can explain not only how our world has grown, but why. For several years, I thought I wanted to study this and eventually went on to write my thesis with Dean Melissa Thomasson (then Chair) on Medicare and Medicaid policy. But I've come to realize that I'm more of a doer than a researcher--I leave the research to my husband, Eashwar Nagaraj, who I met in the 3+1 program and is well on his way to becoming a professor. These days, I implement policies and programs that support economic development and growth, but without the foundation I created at Miami, I would not be doing this critical work (and suffice to say, wouldn't have met my loving husband either!).