Margaret Polski is a political economist with over fifteen years experience leading start-up, turn-a-round, and transformation initiatives in government, business, and civic sectors. Her research interests include security, growth, regulation, and the science of human behavior. She is affiliated as a researcher at George Mason University in the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study and the Mercatus Center.
Dr. Polski is a senior advisor to security and defense teams in the consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. She has previously served as a senior advisor in the Africa Bureau of the U.S. Agency for International Development; a management consultant with the Diel Group and A.T. Kearney; and held executive positions with AMERICORD, Inc., Check Technology Corporation, Santa Cruz Imports, and BMC Industries. She has a Ph.D. from Indiana University, an M.P.A. from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a B.E.S. from the University of Minnesota.
Summary of Experience
- Strategic analysis and planning including mission integration and executive leadership
- Assessments and problem solving to improve enterprise performance
- Program, project, and process management
- Start-up, venture, transaction, and alliance management
- Due diligence and post-acquisition assimilation
- Complex negotiations and dispute resolution
- Economic development
- Research, writing, teaching, and speaking for diverse audiences
Email: mpolski@gmu.edu
NEWS BOX
- Wired For Survival FT Press
- Improving the Accuracy of U.S. Government Debt Estimates Mercatus Working Paper
- U.S. Government Debt and DeficitsMercatus Working Paper
- Systemic Risk and the U.S. Financial System Mercatus On Policy Series
- Bank Risk Management Mercatus On Policy Series
