U.S. PIRG Education Fund Staff

Mike Russo is  U.S. PIRG Education Fund's Federal Program Director. From 2010-2012 he served as the Policy Analyst for U.S. PIRG Education Fund on issues including public health and health care. He served as a leading expert on health care issues during the California health care debate in 2007-2008 and the federal health care reform debate in 2009-2010. He has authored and co-authored numerous reports on health care policy, including The Three Trillion Dollar Question, which evaluated the potential cost-saving benefits of reform, and Delivering on the Promise, a guide to state-level implementation of 2010’s health care reform law. His particular areas of expertise include insurance reform and policies to lower costs and improve care.

Previously, Mr. Russo worked with other public interest organizations on human rights and First Amendment issues. He graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 2002 and from Columbia Law School in 2007.