Tony Iaccarino

Tony Iaccarino is the research and policy director for City Club. He works to promote citizen engagement and a deeper understanding of public affairs by managing the Club’s all-volunteer research and advocacy efforts.

Tony has a bachelors degree in history from U.C. Berkeley and a doctoral degree in history from U.C.L.A. Prior to joining the staff of City Club in 2007, he taught American history at Reed College and the Northwest Institute for Social Change and served as an instructor for an innovative “great books” course for low-income adults sponsored by the Oregon Council for the Humanities. The author of numerous essays and book reviews on American politics and social movements, Tony also chairs the editorial board of Sockeye Magazine, a nonpartisan regional public-affairs magazine.