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12- Comparative Regional Analysis
Presentations
Speakers
Rosemary Marcuss
Deputy Director
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Rosemary Marcuss is the Deputy Director of the US Bureau of Economic Analysis and was the President of NABE in 2004-2005. She was a member of the Board of Directors of NABE from 2000 to 2003.
From 1983 to 1998, she was the Assistant Director for Tax Analysis, U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO), where she was responsible for Congressional tax receipts forecasts and tax policy analysis. She has also been: Senior Manager and Economist, Data Resources, Inc.; Assistant to the President, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees; junior staff member, Council of Economic Advisers; Director, National Tax Association; Member: District of Columbia Tax Revision Commission.
She has a Ph.D. University of Maryland, where she had a National Science Foundation Fellowship.
Robert A. “Bob” Marske
Bureau of the Census/Department of Commerce
Bob Marske is chief of the Census Bureau's Customer and Respondent Outreach program for economic statistics, where he uses his advocacy position to promote timely and accurate survey response through outreach and education. He works with industry associations, chambers of commerce, Federal agencies, and the Congress to promote awareness and use of economic data. Bob has a BA in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an MA in Economics from the George Washington University. Bob, his wife, and two sons live in Northern Virginia where they enjoy sports, camping, and travel.
James Diffley
Director, U.S. Regional Service
Global Insight
James Diffley is Group Managing Director of Global Insight’s U.S. Regional Services Group, with overall responsibility for U.S. Regional Services. Since 1998, he has supervised the quarterly economic forecast of the 50 states and over 300 metropolitan areas of the United States. He regularly makes presentations of these regional economic forecasts and analysis to clients, conferences, governmental bodies, and the press.
He is also responsible for numerous customized consulting projects. These have included long-term projections of cigarette consumption, tax revenue forecasts, and numerous local economic impact studies. Mr. Diffley joined WEFA, the predecessor of Global Insight, in 1997 after nine years with the New Jersey Department of Treasury. He did his Ph.D. training in economics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Mark D'Amato
Head of the Consulting Division
REMI
Dr. Mark D’Amato holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research and a B.A. in History from New York University. His experience in macroeconomic modeling began in graduate school, leading to his doctoral dissertation, an econometric model of corporate investment and borrowing. As an assistant Vice President at the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Dr. D’Amato supervised cost-benefit analyses of industrial development projects and real estate development projects, and developed a model of property value assessment that was used to evaluate the tax impact of high profile real estate development projects. His research has focused on macroeconomic modeling, econometrics, and the economic effects of public policy on the national and local levels. As Manager, Senior Economist, and current Head of the Consulting Division of REMI, Dr. D’Amato has supervised numerous projects, including studies of the economic impacts of power generation and energy distribution. He has worked closely with clients such as NRG Energy, the EPA, and the State of New Mexico on energy related issues.
