Board & Staff

Managing Director, Pew Economic Policy Group

John E. Morton is managing director of the Pew Economic Policy Group at The Pew Charitable Trusts. The Economic Policy Group houses the Economic Mobility Project, an initiative seeking to broaden the current national debate on income inequality to include a more substantive focus on economic mobility and opportunity. The department also focuses on fiscal and budget policy and on highlighting the full extent of government’s engagement in the market economy.

Prior to joining Pew, Mr. Morton served as director of National Security Policy for the John Kerry presidential campaign where he coordinated the development of campaign policy toward Afghanistan, Russia and the former Soviet states, Africa, and on issues relating to democracy, human rights and economic development. Previously, Mr. Morton was investment officer with Global Environment Fund, where he oversaw global investments in sustainable forestry and the natural gas sector and developed a clean energy practice. Mr. Morton also worked as a strategy consultant with Mercer Management Consulting. He began his professional career at the World Bank, where he managed investments in the former Soviet Union.

Mr. Morton has appeared on CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News and National Public Radio and has been interviewed by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The Economist, among countless other media outlets. Mr. Morton received an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. He graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. in Russian History and Literature. He is fluent in Russian and French.

Mr. Morton serves on the board of directors and executive committee of the National Security Network, and on the board of directors of the Clean Energy Network. He is a fellow of the Aspen Institute’s Catto environmental leaders program and the U.S.–Japan Leadership Program.