Jonathan Schwabish is a senior fellow in the Tax and Income Supports Division at the Urban Institute and the founder of the data visualization and presentation skills firm PolicyViz. His economic and public policy research focuses on retirement and nutrition policy, alongside his work as a world-renowned expert in data visualization and presentation design.

A leading voice in the data visualization field, Schwabish is an advocate for clarity and accessibility in research communication. He has written extensively on data visualization, covering technical aspects of creation, design best practices, and strategies for making research and data analysis more understandable and accessible to broad audiences.

Schwabish helps nonprofits, research institutions, and governments at all levels improve how they communicate data, analysis, and evidence to partners, constituents, and the public. He also teaches data visualization and presentation skills at Georgetown University and American University and through public workshops and private trainings.

Schwabish also hosts the popular PolicyViz Podcast, which focuses on data, open data, and data visualization. He is the author of four books on data communication: Better Presentations, which focuses on preparing, designing, and delivering data-rich presentations; Elevate the Debate, which helps readers develop a strategic communication plan across platforms and channels; Better Data Visualizations, which outlines essential strategies to create effective graphics; and Data Visualization in Excel, which helps readers create clearer, more effective charts using Excel.