Doug Criscitello

Doug Criscitello is the executive director of the Center for USA Lending. He brings extensive experience in the budgeting, design, operation, and oversight of federal credit programs.

Previously, he served as a program integrity fellow at Arnold Ventures, a philanthropic organization, where he led research on U.S. credit agencies and programs to identify and advance solutions that promote the effective and accountable use of taxpayer dollars. Before that, Doug was the founding executive director of the Golub Center for Finance and Policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he led research and educational initiatives to strengthen financial decision-making in the public sector.
Doug’s 17 years in government include senior roles at two of the largest lending agencies—the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Small Business Administration. He spent the first decade of his career focused on budgeting for federal loan programs at the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office. In the private sector, Doug worked with JPMorgan Securities and Grant Thornton to help government agencies access capital markets and modern tools of finance to achieve policy goals.
A frequent contributor to Forbes.com, he writes on issues at the intersection of finance and public policy. His recent longer-form publications include a retrospective on the 1974 Budget Act and an analysis of the U.S. government’s expanding role as a lender.
He is a fellow at the National Academy of Public Administration and an advisor to government executives at the Partnership for Public Service. Doug earned both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Rochester.