Justin Benavidez will succeed Seth Meyer, who is retiring from the role.
Jonathan Williams will also lead the agency’s Office of Economics and Analytics
Princeton colleague Wolfgang Pesendorfer called her ‘a brilliant scholar, a charismatic teacher and a devoted adviser.’
White joins the SEC from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, where he was acting chief economist.
Nima Haghpanah, Minjae Kim and Jamie Tucker-Foltz have joined the university.
The economist moves from the University of Houston, where she held a professorship, and will lead the Georgia Policy Labs.
The economist currently oversees the organization’s western hemisphere department.
Those receiving the accolade this year include Gabriel Zucman, David Atkin and Sandra Black.
She took up a professorship at Johannes Kepler University Linz on Oct. 1.
They received the award for their work on how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.