Tina Highfill's Biography

Tina Highfill, Senior Research Economist, US Bureau of Economic Analysis

Tina Highfill is a senior research economist at Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), part of the US Department of Commerce. Tina has been at BEA almost 20 years, where she leads research for high-profile and multifaceted economic analyses, including several that originated from the US Congress. Tina’s work at BEA includes the recently launched Space Economy Satellite Account, a collaborative effort to measure the relative importance of the space sector to the US economy. These new statistics give business leaders and policymakers a new tool to analyze the space economy and inform investment decisions.

Tina has authored numerous research articles in peer-reviewed publications and is recognized as a subject matter expert in economic measurement. Dr. Highfill has a bachelor’s from Virginia Tech, a master’s from The Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD from Virginia Commonwealth University.