Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Dr. Micah Weinberg is a nonresident scholar at Carnegie California. He is a recognized national expert on policies that contribute to thriving cities and communities, from democracy and public engagement to economic development to climate-friendly infrastructure to healthcare. He is also a seasoned nonprofit executive who provides coaching to emerging leaders in this sector and is CEO of Healthy Systems Project, a firm that provides research and strategic guidance to a range of corporate, public, and non-profit clients.
Most recently he was CEO of California Forward, quintupling its staff and revenue while having a tremendous impact on public policy in this state. This includes central roles in the creation of the $600 million California Jobs First program, a new international model for equitable economic development, the $500 million California Dream for All program, focusing on expanding homeownership, as well as multi-billion-dollar investments in broadband access and wildfire mitigation. Employing and supporting former LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at the behest of the Newsom administration, he was also instrumental in the passage of generationally significant reforms to speed the construction of green infrastructure.
Previously, he was the president of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, where he became a global expert on the development of innovation economies. His work there and at California Forward also focused on the economic connections between the inner Bay Area and the broader Northern California megaregion. He had a significant impact on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act at the state level during his time as a senior fellow in the health policy program at the New America think tank.
He has been published in outlets that range from the New York Times and Policy Studies Journal and has appeared on Fox News and NPR. He is a sought-after analyst, speaker, and source on a broad range of economic and policy issues affecting the Bay Area and California. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated with honors from Princeton with a degree in politics. He lives in Oakland, California.