In her prior role as Chief Program Officer at Prosperity Now (formerly CFED), Ida created the multi-institutional team responsible for leading the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Consumer Financial Well-Being Metrics Project, a foundational research project designed to inform a national definition and measurement framework for financial wellbeing. She also led the creation of Upside Down, a series of reports examining ways the U.S. income tax code generates disparate wealth building opportunities and contributes to growing levels of wealth inequality.
Ida has testified on numerous occasions before Congress and contributes regularly to news and commentary on economic policy and consumer finance topics in outlets including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Politico, and public radio’s Marketplace.
A resident of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley and an avid horseback rider, Ida is the first generation in her family to attend college. She pursued postgraduate studies in economic anthropology at the University of Melbourne, Australia; holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Maryland; and a Bachelor of Science degree in anthropology and economics from James Madison University.