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Co-Director and Senior Fellow

Amy Liu

Amy Liu

Co-Director and Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program

Amy Liu is a senior fellow, co-director and co-founder of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. The program provides decision-makers with fresh trends analyses, policy ideas, and on-the-ground practices to help metropolitan areas, including their component cities, suburbs, and rural areas, compete and prosper.

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Expertise

Federal and state economic policies, regional economic development strategies, export strategies, governance reforms, urban reinvestment, social equity, post-disaster recovery, Gulf Coast redevelopment

Background

Current Positions
Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley; Panel Advisor to the National Governors Associations' State Development and Housing Policy Initiative

Past Positions
Co-Founder and Deputy Director, Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, Brookings; Special Assistant to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1993-1996); U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs; U.S. Senate Banking; Metropolitan Planning Council in Chicago

Education

B.S. in Social Policy, Northwestern University, 1993

“... Are we going to grow [an economy] that will create jobs and opportunity for the long haul? How are we going to compete globally and innovate at home, while making sure our workers are employed? New governors must lay out an affirmative vision of the post-recession economy that will create a framework for how to prioritize limited dollars and determine what cuts to make.”


Research and Commentary


Save to My PortfolioThe New Orleans IndexAugust 29, 2011The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
Save to My PortfolioDelivering the Next Economy: The States Step UpNovember 2010Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioWeb Chat: Policy Outcomes of the State ElectionsNovember 10, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioGreater New Orleans at Five: A Case Study of Regional ResilienceAugust 26, 2010Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery
Save to My PortfolioNew Orleans Five Years After: A Transformation UnfoldingAugust 11, 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioMeet Mitch Landrieu, the New Mayor of New OrleansFebruary 2010Brookings Up Front Blog
Save to My PortfolioThe State of New Orleans: An Update 2009August 27, 2009The New York Times
Save to My PortfolioImplementing ARRA: Innovations in Design in Metro AmericaJuly 23, 2009The Brookings Institution
Save to My PortfolioFEMA’s Gulf Coast Rebuilding Efforts: The Path ForwardMarch 03, 2009House Committee on Homeland Security
Save to My PortfolioThe New Orleans Index, January 2009January 2009The Brookings Institution and the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
Save to My PortfolioPresident Obama's Agenda for CitiesJanuary 22, 2009Kojo Nnamdi Show
Save to My PortfolioWho Decides which Infrastructure Projects To Do?December 18, 2008 St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Save to My PortfolioThe State of New Orleans: An UpdateAugust 30, 2008The New York Times
Save to My PortfolioPennsylvania Economic Revival Lies in its Metro AssetsApril 14, 2008The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Contact Information

aliu@brookings.edu

202.797.6105
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