Isabel Van Devanter Sawhill is a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, where she formerly held the position of vice president and director of Economic Studies, among other duties.

She has authored or co-authored many books, including Generation Unbound: Drifting Into Sex and Parenthood Without Marriage, and Creating an Opportunity Society with Ron Haskins.

She served as an Associate Director in the Office of Management and Budget during the first term of the Clinton Administration.

She is a senior editor of The Future of Children, a joint effort with Princeton University.

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