Eugene Steuerle is an Institute fellow and the Richard B. Fischer chair at the Urban Institute. He served as deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury for Tax Analysis, president of the National Tax Association, codirector of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, and chair of the 1999 Technical Panel advising Social Security on its methods and assumptions. Steuerle is a cofounder of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and Urban’s Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy. He is the author, coauthor or coeditor of 16 books.