Noah Berger
Executive Director
nberger@massbudget.org

Noah Berger is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MBPC), an independent research organization that provides timely, trusted and accessible analysis of how state tax, budget and economic policies effect low and moderate income people in Massachusetts.

Prior to joining the MBPC, Noah served as Counsel and Policy Director for the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Ways and Means from 1993 to 1996 and as Policy Director for Senate President Tom Birmingham from 1996 to 2002. He currently serves on the advisory board of the Economic Analysis and Research Network and the steering committee of the State Fiscal Analysis Initiative.

Noah writes and speaks on state tax, budget, and economic policies, and is frequently quoted in news stories on those topics. Recent papers he has co-authored include "MassHealth and State Fiscal Health: A New Look at the Effects of Medicaid Spending on State Finances" and "Public School Funding in Massachusetts: Putting Recent Reform Proposals in Context." His most recent op-ed, "New Directions in Closing the Income Gap" (Boston Globe, February 16, 2006) focused on income inequality and what should be done to reduce it.

Noah graduated from Harvard College and has a JD from Harvard Law School. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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