David Weil is a professor at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University and in the academic year 2022–23 visiting senior fellow at the Ash Center for Democracy, Harvard Kennedy School. He also served as the dean of the Heller School from 2017 to 2022. Weil served as the administrator of the Wage and Hour Division of the US Department of Labor under President Barack Obama from 2014 to January 2017.

Weil is an internationally recognized expert in employment and labor market policy along with regulation, transparency policy, and the impacts of industry restructuring on wages, employment, and work outcomes. He has advised government agencies at the state and federal levels and international organizations on employment, labor, and workplace policies. He is the author of more than 130 articles and five books, including The Fissured Workplace: Why Work Became So Bad for So Many and What Can Be Done to Improve It (Harvard University Press, 2017). He has received many awards, including the Frances Perkins Intelligence and Courage Award. He received his BS in industrial and labor relations at Cornell University and master’s and PhD in public policy at Harvard University.