Bruce Katz

Bruce Katz is the Co-Founder and inaugural Director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab, and a former vice president at the Brookings Institution where he also served as the inaugural Centennial Scholar from January 2016 to March 2018. He is a member of the RSA City Growth Commission in the UK and a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. Katz's extensive career includes his role as chief of staff to U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros and staff director for the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs. He played a significant role in the Obama administration by co-leading the housing and urban transition team and serving as a senior advisor to Secretary Shaun Donovan during the first 100 days of the administration.

Katz regularly advises global, national, state, regional, and municipal leaders on public reforms and private innovations that enhance the well-being of metropolitan areas and their countries. His expertise is frequently sought in discussions on urban policy and governance, reflecting his deep commitment to transforming cities and metropolitan areas.

He is the co-author of "The New Localism: How Cities Can Thrive in the Age of Populism" and "The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy." Katz's contributions to urban policy and metropolitan governance have earned him the prestigious Heinz Award in Public Policy in 2006. He is a graduate of Brown University and Yale Law School, further underpinning his distinguished career in public policy and urban development.