Ellen Zentner is chief economic strategist and global head of Thematic and Macro Investing for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, and a member of the Firm’s Global Investment Committee. Prior to her current role, Ellen spent nine years as chief US economist for Morgan Stanley & Co., where she and her team received the Lawrence R. Klein Award for the most accurate economic forecasts spanning 2014 to 2020.

Ellen serves on the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee—where she advises the Treasury Department on the economy and technical debt management issues. In 2023-2024 Zentner was president of the National Association for Business Economics and is a former member of the Economic Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Chicago. Ms. Zentner is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a trustee of the Graduate Center Foundation of the City University of New York.

In 2025, Ellen was named to Barron’s list of the 100 most influential women in US finance. She holds a BBA and an MBA in economics from the University of Colorado Denver.