Mark A. Calabria

Mark Anthony Calabria was the chief statistician of the United States. In that role he was in charge of the Statistical Policy Branch of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the U.S. government's Office of Management and Budget (OMB). He was appointed to this position in July, 2025, and left it in January, 2026.

Calabria had been the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) in 2019-2021. Previously, Calabria had been the chief economist for Vice President Mike Pence. President Biden removed him from the FHFA on June 23, 2021, following the Supreme Court decision in Collins v. Yellen.

Career On February 9, 2017, Calabria was selected by Vice President Mike Pence to serve as his chief economist.

Before that, Calabria was the director of Financial Regulation Studies at the Cato Institute; a member of the senior staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, where he handled issues related to housing, mortgage finance, economics, banking and insurance for Ranking Member Richard Shelby; a staffer on the Senate Banking Committee under Chairman Phil Gramm; and a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory Affairs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He also held a variety of positions at Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, the National Association of Home Builders, the National Association of Realtors and the U.S. Census Bureau's Center for Economic Studies.

Calabria is a frequent commentator in the media. He has appeared on C-SPAN's Book TV, CNBC's the Kudlow Report & Street Signs, Fox affiliate WTTG News, NBC affiliate WDSU News, and WOR's Steve Malzberg Show.

Calabria has been noted by the media for his pro-free market views.