Elaine Buckberg | Former Chief Economist, General Motors & Senior Fellow, the Salata Institute for Climate & Sustainability
Harvard University

Elaine Buckberg is a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, former Chief Economist of General Motors, and a former senior U.S. Treasury official. She has served as an advisor to top leadership across government, corporate, and finance, using economics to inform real-world decisions and improve outcomes. At Salata, Elaine leads research and stakeholder engagement to drive better public EV charging outcomes. She also covers industrial policy, supply chains, and geoeconomics and teaches an undergraduate seminar on EVs.