Chairman and CEO
Sage Policy Group, Inc.
Baltimore, MD

Anirban Basu is the chairman & CEO of Sage Policy Group, an economic and policy consulting firm that he founded in 2004. Dr. Basu is one of the nation’s most recognizable economists, in part because of his consulting work on behalf of clients including state and local governments, prominent developers, bankers, brokerage houses, elected officials, energy suppliers, and law firms, among others. His lectures in economics are delivered to audiences across the U.S. and abroad.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan appointed Dr. Basu Chair of the Maryland Economic Development Commission in 2015, a position he served through 2021. He is also the chairman of the Baltimore County Economic Advisory Committee. He also serves the chief economist function for Associated Builders and Contractors, the Construction Finance Management Association, and Maryland Realtors, among others. He is on the boards of the University of Maryland School of Law, University of Maryland System Foundation, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the Lyric Opera House and the Archdiocese of Baltimore school system. In recent years, he has focused upon health economics, the economics of education, and economic development. He has lectured at Johns Hopkins University in micro-, macro-, urban, international economics, and global strategy and taught History of Economic Thought at Goucher College as their Distinguished Economist in Residence.