Independent Director, Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis
Member, Board of Directors, Rende Progress Capital Community Development Finance Institution
Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, The White House, 2011-2012
Presenter, Aspen Ideas Festival
Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Society) Distinguished Lecturer
Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Senior Scholar, Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Member, Advisory Board, Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Adjunct Research Professor, University of Michigan, Institute for Research on Innovation and Science
Chair and Member, EHA Representative, NASA Committee, American History Association
Chair, EHA Nevins Dissertation Prize Committee
Member, Rhonda Williams Prize Selection Committee, IAFFE
Member, Steering Committee, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
Member, Advisory Board, Smithsonian Institution, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
Board of Editors, Journal of Economic Literature
Editorial Board, Journal of Economic History
Referee: Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Economic History, Explorations in Economic History, Oxford Economic Papers, Feminist Economics, Review of Black Political Economy
Reviewer: MacArthur Foundation 100 & Change Competition, National Science Foundation (various programs and panels), Cambridge University Press, MIT Press, Addison-Wesley Publishing, Routledge Publishing
Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team, Economics, and International Trade; Team Leader, World Bank Agency Review, and Co-Team Leader, International Affairs, Treasury Department Agency Review
Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Roosevelt Institute, New York, NY
Co-Vice Chair, Board of Directors, University Musical Society, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Marshall, Gates Cambridge Trust, and Harry S. Truman Scholarship Regional and National Selection Panels
Spelman College Board of Trustees
Coach and Player, Five-on-Five Basketball Tournament winning team, James Madison College, Michigan State University (Spring 2010)