Ellen M. Pint is a senior economist at RAND with over 30 years of experience in defense and homeland security economics issues. Her recent work includes comparing the costs and benefits of frangible ammunition for the Department of Homeland Security; analyzing facility maintenance and investment strategies and processes for the Space Force, the Department of the Air Force and the Army Reserve; and examining energy security risks at Army installations. Pint has also conducted research on Army reserve component training and personnel readiness, recruiting and retention; industrial base and infrastructure issues, fee setting for the Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, logistics budgeting and financial management policies, and outsourcing and privatization of support functions. Pint received a Ph.D. in Business (Economic Analysis and Policy) from Stanford University in 1989.

Education

Ph.D. in economic analysis and policy, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Selected Work

  • Warren, Drake, Rebecca Tisherman, Alvin Moon, Biayna Teni Darabidian, Jack Kappelman, John Marder, Ellen M. Pint, and Nicolas M. Robles, Comparing Training Ammunition Options for Firing Ranges: Life-Cycle Costs, Market Trends, and Purchasing Strategies, RAND Corporation (RR-A3020-2), 2025
  • Resnick, Adam C., Joie D. Acosta, Chelsea Kolb, Lawrese Brown, David Gill, Ellen M. Pint, Candice Miller, Rahim Ali, Devin Tierney, Alicia Revitsky Locker, Keenan D. Yoho, Jeremy M. Eckhause, and Tom Lagerman, Rebuilding Infrastructure in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Exploring Options to Accelerate the Recovery Supply Chain and Sustain Economic Gains, RAND Corporation (RR-A3081-1), 2025
  • Pint, Ellen M., Anu Narayanan, Luke Muggy, Jonah Kushner, Beth E. Lachman, and Sophia Charan, How Do Alternative Strategies for Army Installation Unaccompanied Housing Compare?RAND Corporation (RR-A2161-1), 2024
  • Wilson, Bradley, Ellen M. Pint, Elizabeth Hastings Roer, Emily Higgs, Fabian Villalobos, Mark Stalczynski, Jonathan L. Brosmer, Annie Brothers, and Elliott Grant, Characterizing the Uncrewed Systems Industrial Base, RAND Corporation (RR-A1474-1), 2023
  • Bond, Craig A., Ellen M. Pint, Stephan B. Seabrook, and Christina Panis, Soldier Preferences and Retention Effects of Changes in Army Reserve Training Requirements: An Exploration of Revealed and Stated Behavior, RAND Corporation (RR-A750-1), 2021
  • Vasseur, Michael, Ellen M. Pint, Laura H. Baldwin, Maria McCollester, Max Steiner, Liam Regan, and Liam McLane, Independent Evaluation of the Transportation Working Capital Fund: Assessment and Recommendations to Improve Effectiveness and Efficiency, RAND Corporation (RR-A886-1), 2021
  • Vasseur, Michael, Ellen M. Pint, Laura H. Baldwin, Max Steiner, Liam Regan, and Liam McLane, Implementing Variable Cost Pricing in the Transportation Working Capital Fund, RAND Corporation (RR-A886-2), 2021
  • Pint, Ellen M., Beth E. Lachman, Katherine Anania, and Connor P. Jackson, Improving the Allocation and Execution of Army Facility Sustainment Funding, RAND Corporation (RR-3240-A), 2020

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