Robert Greenstein

Robert Greenstein is the founder and president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a policy institute that focuses on federal and state fiscal policy and on programs and policies to reduce poverty and improve conditions for people with limited means.

Previously, Greenstein was administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at the US Department of Agriculture, where he directed the agency that operates the food stamp, school lunch, and other nutrition programs. He also was a member of the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform in 1994 and a 1996 MacArthur Fellow.