Chief Economist for the National Federation of Independent Business since 1971, Dunkelberg is a nationally known authority on small business, entrepreneurship, consumer behavior and consumer credit and government policy. He was reported by the New York Times to be one of four final candidates for vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in 1981, served as an adviser to the secretary of Commerce, and was appointed to the Consumer Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve System in 1989 for a two-year term. He is a past president and a fellow of the National Association of Business Economists [NABE]. He was appointed to the Census Advisory Committee representing the American Economic Association in 1992 and again in 1995, serving as chair, and served on the board of the National Bureau of Economic Research from 1996 to 1999. He is an elected member of the Conference of Business Economists and the National Business Economic Issues Council.
Dunkelberg received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. He serves on the boards of NCO Group, ADVANTA Corp. (1989-2001), Active-e Solutions, Penn Tackle Mfg., Made4me.com (founder), the Global Interdependence Center (Chair), the Credit Research Center (Georgetown University), the Commonwealth Foundation, the International Visitors Council, The Ben Franklin Innovation Investment Advisory Committee, the Laboratory for Student Success, and the Pennsylvania Council on Economic Education.
Dunkelberg has served as a regional judge for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year program for 10 years and as a member of the board of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
