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Nonresident Senior Fellow

John C. Austin

John C. Austin

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

John Austin directs the Great Lakes Economic Initiative, created to improve the economic vitality of the region. His expertise includes higher education and workforce policy.



Expertise

International and national economic policy, education, higher education and workforce policy, urban policy

Background

Current Positions
Vice President of the Michigan State Board of Education; Visiting Research Scientist, University of Michigan Institute on Labor, Employment and the Economy

Past Positions
Executive Director, New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan;
Policy Director, Michigan Lieutenant Governor's Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth;
Consultant, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation;President, Flint Roundtable;
Senior Policy Advisor, Public Policy Associates;
Director of Special Projects, Office of Business Development and International Trade Massachusetts Secretariat of Economic Affairs;
Special Assistant to the Governor, Office of the Governor of Massachusetts

Education

M.P.A., Harvard University, 1990;B.A., Swarthmore College, 1983


Contact Information

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