Matthew Klapper is a nonresident fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, where he is exploring municipal government best practices in a wide range of policy areas, and researching and implementing regional economic growth strategies. | View Full Bio
Experience
Current Positions
Chief Policy Advisor and Mayor's Office Fellow, Office of Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory A. Booker
Firefighter/EMT, City of Summit, New Jersey Fire Department
Past Positions
- Policy Advisor, Office of Mayor Cory A. Booker, City of Newark, New Jersey
Special Assistant for Government Operations, Newark in Transition
Education
- J.D., Yale Law School, 2011
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2005