Michael Rubinger

Michael Rubinger has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) since 1999.  Prior to joining LISC, he was the  Executive Vice President of the Pew Charitable Trusts, one of the largest private foundations in the country.  Mr. Rubinger has more than thirty years experience in the housing and economic development fields.  He worked for the City of New York as Assistant Commissioner of Employment and Training and was also responsible for planning and implementing various housing and employment-related national demonstration projects for the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a non-profit policy research corporation.  Earlier in his career, he helped to administer the Ford Foundation’s community and economic development initiatives.  Mr. Rubinger is a graduate of Brown University and the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts.