Chad P. Bown

{{Short description|American economist}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Chief Economist, United States Department of State

| president = Joe Biden

| term_start = January 29, 2024

| education = Bucknell University (BA)
University of Wisconsin, Madison (PhD)

| term_end = January 17, 2025

| image = Chad P Bown State.png

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

}}

Chad P. Bown is an American economist. He served as chief economist at the U.S. Department of State in the Biden administration from January 2024 to January 2025.{{Cite web |title=Chad P. Bown |url=https://www.state.gov/biographies/chad-p-bown/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=United States Department of State |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Announcing the Secretary of State’s New Chief Economist |url=https://www.state.gov/announcing-the-secretary-of-states-new-chief-economist/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=United States Department of State |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Chad Bown: Revisiting the China-US ‘Phase One’ Trade Deal |url=https://thediplomat.com/2022/01/chad-bown-revisiting-the-china-us-phase-one-trade-deal/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US}}