Executive Director, Center for Economic Research and Forecasting, California Lutheran University
Fienup is the chief of the economic forecasting and research center, commonly called CERF, at Cal Lutheran. He is also associate professor of economics in the university’s Master of Quantitative Economics program. Fienup, a Ph.D., is an applied economist who specializes in econometrics, economic policy analysis, and environmental markets. For forecast accuracy, CERF received 2019, 2020, and 2021 Crystal Ball awards for the Zillow (formerly Case-Shiller) Home Price Expectations Survey. Fienup, his wife and their two teenage sons are accomplished rock climbers. Fienup worked as a professional guide for more than a decade and founded his own climbing school, Earthworks, in 2000.