Ike Brannon
Director of Economic Policy & Congressional Relations
Ike Brannon is the Director of Economic Policy as well as the Director of Congressional Relations for the American Action Forum. Before joining The Forum he had been the chief economist for the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Prior to that he was Senior Policy Adviser and Chief Economist for the Republican Policy Committee, positions he also held in John McCain’s presidential campaign in 2008. Prior to the campaign he was Senior Adviser for Tax Policy at the U.S. Treasury, Principal Economic Adviser for Senator Orrin Hatch on the Senate Finance Committee, Chief Economist for the Joint Economic Committee, and a senior economist for the Office of Management and Budget. He has a Ph.D. in economics from Indiana University and a B.A. in math, Spanish, and economics from Augustana College.
