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</div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Experience</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Brookings Institution</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senior Fellow and Policy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Brookings Institution</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2005 – Present (11 years)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Brookings Institution</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Senior Policy Analyst, Metropolitan Policy Program</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Brookings Institution</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2002 – 2005 (3 years)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Arizona State University</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Senior Policy Analyst, Morrison Institute for Public Policy</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Arizona State University</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2000 – 2002 (2 years)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Publications</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Entrepreneurs Take On Manufacturing</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Harvard Business Review</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">February 2016</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In recent years an explosion of digital tools and services has taken place in the manufacturing realm, drawing in computer-assisted design and 3D printing equipment to open-source operating systems, the cloud, and the Internet of Things (IoT).</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authors:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Muro</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">'Hacker' Ethos Comes to the Factory Floor</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">San Francisco Chronicle</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">February 2016</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Increasingly powerful visualization and simulation software is enabling even small-scale manufacturers to ease and speed product design, whether of a car or a wearable fitness device. Computer-assisted design, 3-D printing and other rapid prototyping tools have shortened the time from virtual to real for thousands of products. And for that matter, automation and robotics are altering the production process even as the cloud permits the cheap delivery of applications over the Internet along with the creation of smarter, connected products.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authors:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Muro</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">America's Advanced Industries: What they are, Where they are, and why they Matter</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Brookings Institution</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">February 2015</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authors:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Muro, Jonathan Rothwell, Siddharth Kulkarni, Scott Andes, Kenan</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Establish a Cut-to-Invest Commission</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>The Hill</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">November 2012</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authors:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Muro, Paul Weinstein</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Is Washington Ready for a Carbon Tax?</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">National Journal</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">November 2012</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authors:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Muro</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Case for a Federal Housecleaning</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Politico</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">November 2012</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authors:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Muro</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Remaking Federalism |</b> Renewing the Economy: Resetting Federal Policy to Recharge the Economy, Stabilize the Budget, and Unleash State and Metropolitan Innovation</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Brookings Institution</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">November 2012</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">With the 2012 election completed, Washington faces a daunting overhang of substantial economic, fiscal, and governance problems. Steps toward reform will have to be taken. A housecleaning of major proportions must commence even amid the politics of gridlock and deficits and at a moment of deep pessimism about federal problem-solving on all fronts.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authors:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Muro, Bruce Katz</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Cut to Invest: Institute a Modest Carbon Tax to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Finance Clean Energy Technology Development, Cut Taxes and Reduce the Deficit</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Brookings Institution</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">November 2012</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>The nation should institute a modest carbon tax in order to help clean up the economy and stabilize the nation’s finances.</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authors:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Muro, Jonathan Rothwell</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Do We Need Subsidies for Solar and Wind Power?</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The Wall Street Journal</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">October 2012</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authors:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Muro</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">State Clean Energy Finance Banks: New Investment Facilities for Clean Energy Deployment</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Brookings Institution</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">September 2012</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Propelled by private entrepreneurship, technology gains, and public support, clean energy and energy efficiency solutions began to proliferate in recent years. However, federal policy gridlock and state budget challenges are now jeopardizing the availability of government finance, exacerbating the serious finance challenges that impede the large-scale deployment of low-carbon energy solutions.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authors:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Muro, Ken Berlin, Reed Hundt, Devashree Saha</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Sizing the Clean Economy: A National and Regional Green Jobs Assessment</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Brookings Institution</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">July 2012</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The “green” or “clean” or low-carbon economy—defined as the sector of the economy that produces goods and services with an environmental benefit—remains at once a compelling aspiration and an enigma.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authors:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Muro, Jonathan Rothwell, Devashree Saha</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Beyond Boom and Bust: Putting Clean Tech On a Path To Subsidy Independence</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Breakthrough Institute, Brookings Institution, World Resources Institute</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">April 2012</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authors:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Mark Muro, Jesse Jenkins, Ted Nordhaus, Michael Shellenberger, Letha Tawney, Alex Trembath</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Leveraging State Clean Energy Funds for Economic Development</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Brookings Institution, Rockefeller Foundation</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">January 2012</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">State clean energy funds (CEFs) have emerged as effective tools that states can use to accelerate the development of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. These clean energy funds, which exist in over 20 states, generate about $500 million per year in dedicated support from utility surcharges and other sources, making them significant public investors in thousands of clean energy projects.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authors:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Muro, Lewis Milford, Jessica Morey, Devashree Saha, Mark Sinclair</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Strengthening Clean Energy Competitiveness</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Breakthrough Institute, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, and Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">June 2010</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In response to numerous reports documenting a sharp decline in U.S. clean energy competitiveness, experts at three leading U.S. think tanks published this policy report calling on Congress to strengthen U.S. innovation and competitiveness policies in this key industry through the reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act. </font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Authors:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Mark Muro, Jesse Jenkins, Devon Swezey, Darrene Hackler, Rob Atkinson</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Education</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Harvard University</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Harvard University</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Bachelor of Arts (BA), English and American Literature</font></div><div>
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