Joanna Biernacka-Lievestro

PROFILE

Joanna Biernacka-Lievestro, Ph.D., is a senior manager with Pew’s Fiscal 50 interactive platform. She tracks and explains demographic, economic, and fiscal trends to help policymakers address challenges to their states’ long-term fiscal health. She also leads updates for Fiscal 50 indicators, including population change, fiscal balance, and long-term liabilities. Biernacka-Lievestro previously contributed to Pew’s research on family financial security and mobility.

Before joining Pew, Biernacka-Lievestro conducted research focusing on Greater Washington’s regional economy at George Mason University’s Center for Regional Analysis. She also taught English as a second language at Columbia College.

Biernacka-Lievestro holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Tischner European University; a master’s in European integration from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland; and a doctorate in public policy from George Mason University.