Amy Liu

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Co-Director and Senior Fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program
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Amy Liu is a senior fellow, and co-director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. She and Bruce Katz, the Institution’s Vice President, launched the program in 1996 to provide decision-makers with the latest trends analyses, policy ideas, and on-the-ground practices to help metropolitan areas, compete and prosper. Over the years, she has worked directly with neighborhood, city, suburban, and rural leaders within metropolitan areas; and government, business and civic leaders at the regional, state, and national level to address the most pressing challenges and opportunities facing our communities.
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Contact

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202.797.2491 — Terrance Woodbury

202.797.6139 — Metropolitan Policy Program

Resources

Expertise

  • Economic development

  • Exports and trade
  • Innovation
  • Metropolitan planning, growth and development
  • State/regional/local policies
  • Social equity
  • Post-disaster recovery
  • New Orleans and Gulf Coast development

Experience

Current Positions

  • Senior Fellow and Co-Director, Metropolitan Policy Program
  • Member, Advisory Board of Act for Alexandria
  • Member, Board of Trustees, Hopkins House

Past Positions

  • Deputy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution (2006-2011)
  • Deputy Director, Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, The Brookings Institution (1996-2005)
  • Visiting Scholar, University of California, Berkeley (2005-2009)
  • Special Assistant to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (1993-1996)
  • U.S. Senate Banking Committee, Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs (1993)

Education

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

Past Events

Brookings in the news

"Leaders must be very intentional in raising the skills and education levels of the fastest-growing portions of our population. Our global competitiveness, our innovative capacities, will hinge on our ability to arm Latinos, Asians and African Americans with the skills and tools they need to thrive in our economy."

Source: Nashville Business Journal

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