Roger joined Mount Lucas in 1996. He has been involved in equity investing and leveraged acquisitions since 1981. A former partner at Kellner, DiLeo & Co., he also served in the Carter administration, worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Columbia University. He holds a B.A. from Amherst College and a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University. Roger is the author of The New Economy: What It Is, How It Happened, and Why It Is Likely to Last, which was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in June 2003. Roger currently serves as Chairman and managing partner for the firm.