Aaron “Ronnie” Chatterji is an assistant professor at Duke University and a Fellow at the Center for American Progress. Chatterji received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. His research and policy work focus on entrepreneurship and small business policy, innovation policy, and corporate governance and accountability. He has testified as an expert witness at the House Committee on Small Business and the U.S. Department of State. He has advised national, state, and local campaigns on economic policy and was a surrogate for the Obama campaign in 2008. He also led South Asians for Obama in North Carolina during the 2008 election. Chatterji graduated from Cornell University and previously worked at Goldman Sachs & Company and for Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY).