Chris Hughes

In addition to his work at the Economic Security Project, Chris is a Senior Advisor at the Roosevelt Institute, a progressive think tank working to reimagine the rules of the economy. He has led the Economic Security Project’s work to rewrite federal and state tax codes to create a monthly tax credit for Americans most in need, a policy which would create a guaranteed income for working people in the United States. In 2018, he published his first book, Fair Shot: Rethinking Inequality and How We Earn.

Before he began his work on economic issues, Hughes co-founded Facebook as a student at Harvard and later led Barack Obama’s digital organizing campaign for President. He was the owner and publisher of The New Republic magazine from 2012 to 2016 and a trustee of the Knight Foundation from 2011 to 2018. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and graduated from Harvard magna cum laude with a degree in History and Literature.