Blair Levin

Blair Levin currently serves as a non-resident, Senior Fellow of the Metropolitan Policy Project of the Brookings Institute. Prior to this role, Blair has a long and active history of both public and private service working with local, state and federal institutions as well as advising private companies.

From 2009-2010, Mr. Levin oversaw the development of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan.

Leading up to his work on the National Broadband Plan, Mr. Levin worked as an equity analyst at Legg Mason and Stifel Nicolaus. He co-authored, with Reed Hundt, of “The Politics of Abundance” (2012) and, with Denise Linn, of “The Next Generation Connectivity Handbook: a Guide for Community Leaders Seeking Affordable, Abundant Bandwidth” (2014) as well as numerous articles on telecommunications policy.

From 1993-1997 Levin served as Chief of Staff to FCC Chairman Reed Hundt. Previously, Mr. Levin had practiced law in North Carolina, where he represented new communications ventures, as well as local governments. He is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School.