Alan Berube is Senior Vice President at the Policy & Innovation Center, where he provides program and operational leadership, and engages critical stakeholders in the Policy & Innovation Center’s work in San Diego and beyond.

Alan is an experienced executive leader in public policy research and nationally recognized expert on cities and metropolitan areas. From 2001 to 2024, Alan worked at Brookings Metro, a division of the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution focused on the well-being of cities and regions. He served as the division’s interim vice president and director, and before that as its deputy director. Alan has authored hundreds of Brookings publications on metropolitan economic and demographic trends, federal policies affecting families and communities, and the role of cities in the global economy. He has also led projects in partnership with local leaders in regions including Detroit, Indianapolis, Louisville, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Orlando, and Seattle, among others. Berube is co-author of the book Confronting Suburban Poverty in America (Brookings Press, 2013).

Prior to joining Brookings in 2001, Berube was a policy advisor in the Office of Community Development Policy at the U.S. Treasury Department, and a researcher at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. He holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Georgetown Public Policy Institute, and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Stanford University. In 2004, Berube served as an Atlantic Fellow in Public Policy at the UK Treasury, focusing on mixed-income housing policy. He and his family live in Washington, D.C.