Robert F. Duvall
President & Chief Executive Officer
National Council on Economic Education
Dr. Robert Fenton Duvall came to the National Council on Economic Education
(NCEE), headquartered in New York City, as President and Chief Executive
Officer in the spring of 1995. Prior to joining the NCEE, he was President
of Pacific University in Oregon.
The NCEE is the nation’s premier proponent of economic and financial
literacy, and works as an independent, non-profit and non-partisan organization
through a unique nationwide network of affiliated state Councils and university-based
Centers focused on teacher training and curriculum development. Through
the NCEE, Duvall leads the effort to improve the effective teaching of
basic and applied principles of economics and personal financial decision-making
skills in the nation’s schools, K-12, and also internationally,
with the goal of preparing every young person for a successful life in
the “real” world.
Under Duvall’s direction and leadership, the NCEE has developed
an award-winning new “Focus” publications series; created
innovative initiatives to extend reach and deepen impact via the Internet;
written and published Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics;
and convened and conducted the first-ever National Summits on Economic
and Financial Literacy, working with the Federal Reserve and other partners
and associations, in 2002 and in 2005.
Revenues for NCEE’s pace-setting programs in economic and financial
literacy under Duvall's direction have increased 300% from $4 million
in 1995 to over $12 million in 2005.
Duvall has become a national, and international, spokesman for the cause
of improving economic and financial education, making it a core component
of the pre-college curriculum. He has addressed numerous conferences of
education and business leaders, testified for Senate and House Committees,
and been interviewed on ABC, CNBC, CBS Market Watch, National Public Television
and Radio, and numerous talk shows on both television and radio.
Duvall serves on the Boards of the NCEE, The Tiffany Consort, the Board
of Advisors of Camilli Economics, and the Financial Literacy Commission
of the National Association of State Boards of Education.
During his twelve-year tenure as President of Pacific University, enrollment
was increased by 50 percent, the endowment was increased four-fold, and
five new buildings were constructed for core academic programs.
Duvall has his M.A. and Ph.D. from The Claremont Graduate University,
and has published and lectured nationally on issues in education. He has
served on the faculty and administration of Pitzer College, Claremont,
California; Rollins College, Florida; and the University of Pennsylvania;
and was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University, England,
in 1992.
He is also a proud father, frustrated tennis player, passionate opera
fan, and published poet.
