Bruce J. Katz (born June 21, 1959) is an American lawyer, urban policy expert and author.

[1] He is currently the Director of the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University, having formerly served as the inaugural Centennial Scholar and Vice President at the Brookings Institution.

[3] Katz has been a visiting professor at the London School of Economics[4] and in 2006 won the 12th Annual Heinz Award for Public Policy.

[5] He was recognized for his work “re-imagining the function and value of cities and metropolitan areas and profoundly influencing their economic vitality, livability and sustainability”.

[9] Katz founded and previously served as director of the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, which aims to provide decision makers in the public, corporate, and civic sectors with policy ideas for improving the health and prosperity of cities and metropolitan areas.