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C. Eugene Steuerle
Institute Fellow and Richard B. Fisher Chair
Income and Benefits Policy Center
Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population
Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
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  • I love working on public finance issues and seeing their endless application to so many budget, tax, spending, and charitable issues that go well beyond what can be found in any textbook. I am drawn to Urban because in my view, it leads the nation in so many areas of research—combining its talents for evaluating a broad spectrum of public policy issues, gathering and using related data from a range of sources, and integrating research across disparate program areas—and all the while maintaining a truly nonpartisan approach to analysis, a deep culture of respect for each member of the organization, and a strong commitment to serve the public through its work.

    Eugene Steuerle is an Institute fellow and the Richard B. Fisher chair at the Urban Institute. Among past positions, he was deputy assistant secretary of the US Department of the Treasury for Tax Analysis (1987–89), president of the National Tax Association (2001–02), codirector of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, chair of the 1999 technical panel advising Social Security on its methods and assumptions, and chair of the 2015–16 National Academy of Sciences Committee on Advancing the Power of Economic Evidence to Inform Investments in Children, Youth, and Families. Between 1984 and 1986, he was the economic coordinator and original organizer of the Treasury’s tax reform effort.

    Steuerle is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of 18 books, including Dead Men Ruling, Nonprofits and Government (3rd edition), Contemporary US Tax Policy (2nd edition), and Advancing the Power of Economic Evidence to Inform Investments in Children, Youth, and Families.

    He is a founder and chair emeritus of ACT for Alexandria, a community foundation, and is or has been an elected, appointed, advisory panel, or board member for the Congressional Budget Office, Comptroller General of the United States, the Joint Committee on Taxation, Venture Philanthropy Partners, and the National Center on Philanthropy and the Law (chair).

    Steuerle received the first Bruce Davie–Albert Davis Public Service Award from the National Tax Association in 2005, distinguished or outstanding alumnus awards from the University of Dayton and St. Xavier High School, and the TIAA-CREF Paul Samuelson award for his book Dead Men Ruling.

    Research Areas
    Economic mobility and inequality
    Health and health care
    Wealth and financial well-being
    Nonprofits and philanthropy
    Taxes and budgets
    Children and youth
    Tags
    Inequality and mobility
    Kids in context
    Retirement policy
    Tax policy and charities
    Children's budget


    Outside Affiliations
    ACT for Alexandria
    Chair Emeritus
    GAO
    Comptroller General's Advisory Board
    National Academy of Social Insurance
    Elected member
    Center for Collaborative Democracy
    Advisory Board
    Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
    Board of Directors
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