Ellen Montz is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation with expertise in U.S. health care policy, with a specific research focus on health insurance coverage and market regulation. She is currently a PhD candidate in health policy, with a concentration in economics, at Harvard University.

Ellen previously worked on health care and tax policy related to health insurance coverage in the private market and Medicaid for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Senate Finance Committee, and most recently the White House Domestic Policy Council. She holds a master’s in public affairs from the LBJ School at the University of Texas and a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology and political science from Rice University.