Colt Meraw is the senior director of finance and business analytics at the Urban Institute. He leads the finance team, manages the organization’s budget and finances, oversees business intelligence and advanced analytics, directs the management of financial systems, administers the Institute’s endowments, and participates on multiple committees.

Meraw is a certified nonprofit accounting professional. He graduated with a dual BS in finance and economics and in accounting and information system operations management from the George Mason University School of Management.