 Cummins is the Chairman of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee (TBAC), a government-appointed panel under The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).Cummins also serves as a trustee on the board of The Brookings Institution and director on the board of Peterson Institute for International Economics.Cummins earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University, where he was a John M. Olin Fellow.