Christopher Lilienthal

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Communications Director Pa. Budget and Policy Center
Email: 
lilienthal@pennbpc.org
Phone: 
717-255-7156

Christopher Lilienthal has been the PBPC Communications Director since 2008. He holds a BA from La Salle University in Philadelphia. Before joining PBPC, Chris spent eight years working as a journalist, covering state policy issues and politics for Capitolwire.com and reporting on state courts and the legal profession for the Philadelphia-based Pennsylvania Law Weekly and Legal Intelligencer.  Chris also served a year in the Jesuit Volunteer Program after college and worked in the nonprofit sector in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At PBPC, Chris works with senior staff to craft PBPC’s communications strategy. He plays a vital role in all PBPC communications activities — serving as a liaison to the state press, helping staff prepare for TV, radio and print interviews, managing the PBPC web site, and writing and editing educational materials and policy analyses.