Amy Liu is a presidential advisor and senior fellow at The Brookings Institution. In her current role, she advises executive leadership and oversees multi-program initiatives that bring together the institution’s leading expertise and collaborative approaches to key domestic and international challenges. Most recently, Liu served as interim president of Brookings.

Liu has nearly three decades of experience as a scholar and executive committed to improving public policies and governance at the local, national, and global levels. As interim president for 18 months, Liu led the institution’s strategic assessment and adaptation to a changing landscape and helped it remain strong for its next chapter. Prior to July 2022, Liu served as vice president and director of Brookings Metro and the Adeline M. and Alfred I. Johnson Chair in Urban and Metropolitan Policy. Liu co-founded Brookings Metro in 1996 and built what is today a leading resource for leaders across government, business, and civil society interested in promoting prosperous, just, and resilient communities. The program has built a track record of impact by marrying trusted analyses, civic engagements, and national policy expertise.

Liu is a national expert on cities and metropolitan areas and the interplay of national, state, and local policies in expanding economic opportunities in places. She has published in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Bloomberg News, and has been cited in The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, and other national and local media platforms. Liu also served several stints in the federal government. This included time as a special advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and as staff in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Senate Banking Committee’s subcommittee on housing and urban affairs.

EDUCATION:

• BS in Social Policy, Northwestern University

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