Nathan GusdorfExecutive Director
Nathan Gusdorf is the Executive Director of the Fiscal Policy Institute. He is a tax attorney by training, and before joining FPI worked in the tax department of an international law firm in New York City. Prior to law school, he was a Visiting Scholar in Philosophy and Political Theory at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and a member of the Normative Orders Research Centre. Nathan received his J.D. from New York University School of Law and his B.A. in Philosophy, magna cum laude, from Dartmouth College.
Emily Eisner, Ph.D. Economist
Emily Eisner is an Economist at the Fiscal Policy Institute. Emily holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of California, Berkeley where she studied macroeconomics and public finance. Emily’s economic research lives at the intersection of macroeconomics and labor economics with an emphasis on measurement of macroeconomic indicators. She has studied the role of home care in macroeconomic modeling, as well as the long-term effects of technological change on twentieth century US labor markets. Before joining FPI, Emily worked for the North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Labor and Economic Analysis Division. Emily has also taught macroeconomics at Barnard College. Before getting her Ph.D., Emily worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on economic research related to financial regulation, supervision, and the implementation of monetary policy. Emily also holds a B.A. in Mathematics, summa cum laude, from Dartmouth College.
Michael KinnucanSenior Health Policy Advisor
Michael Kinnucan is the Senior Health Policy Advisor at the Fiscal Policy Institute. Michael has worked with labor unions and home care advocates across the country on Medicaid policy, long-term care, workforce and employer-sponsored insurance issues.
Prior to joining FPI, he worked in the labor movement at SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, a labor union representing 30,000 home care, nursing home and hospital workers; in that role he helped design a historic package of state regulations and legislation that dramatically increased accountability, transparency and staffing in Pennsylvania’s nursing home industry. Michael has a B.A. in History from the University of Chicago.
Andrew PerrySenior Policy Analyst
Andrew Perry is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Fiscal Policy Institute. Prior to joining FPI, he was a fiscal and economic policy researcher at FPWA, the Citizens Budget Commission, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation. His past areas of focus have included economic development, income maintenance, and energy policy.
Andrew holds a B.A. in International Relations from the State University of New York at Geneseo and a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of Public and International Affairs.