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David Newville
David Newville is the Policy Manager for the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI). He focuses on crafting and improving financial services policies for lower income, underbanked consumers. This work involves policy analysis, development, and policymaker education in specific areas such as financial services regulation, prepaid debit cards, small-dollar credit, and financial access barriers. It also includes collaboration and partnerships with government agencies, consumer groups, nonprofits, and the financial services industry.
Prior to joining to CFSI, Mr. Newville was a Policy Analyst for the Asset Building Program at the New America Foundation. There, he researched, analyzed, and wrote on savings and ownership policies that promote economic security and advancement for low- and moderate-income families. His work specifically focused on promoting savings and access to financial services at tax time, children’s savings accounts, and improving 529 college savings plans. Mr. Newville also worked with federal policymakers on these issues and published opinion pieces in national media outlets such as the Washington Post and CNN.com. Before that, he worked on early care and education policy for Illinois Action for Children and was a producer for WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio.
Mr. Newville holds a Master of Public Policy degree from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. While in graduate school, he researched savings policies for low-income families and advised a nonprofit in Detroit that provides free tax preparation to the poor. Mr. Newville also received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Grinnell College in Iowa.
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