Bradley D. Belt, former executive director of the PBGC, was named senior managing director of the Milken Institute, said Jennifer Manfre, associate director of communications.
Mr. Belt will lead a staff and help establish a Washington presence for the Santa Monica, Calif.-based economic think tank.
He will remain chairman of Palisades Capital Management, an alternative investment firm, she said.
Mr. Belt led the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. from 2004 through 2006.
