The U.S. Senate confirmed Paige Hallen Hanson to serve as the EPA’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Hanson will be responsible for overseeing nearly $100 billion currently appropriated for EPA鈥檚 work, the development and management of EPA鈥檚 annual budget, the agency鈥檚 financial and resource management systems, and more than 300 employees.
鈥淧aige brings a wealth of expertise in complex budgets and over two decades of government and financial experience to EPA. She understands the importance of stewarding every cent of taxpayer money and is uniquely and highly qualified to serve as EPA鈥檚 Chief Financial Officer. I look forward to working with Paige in this new role to make EPA more transparent and efficient as we carry out our mission of protecting human health and the environment,鈥� said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.
鈥淚 am tremendously grateful for the opportunity to lead EPA鈥檚 financial operations,鈥� said EPA Chief Financial Officer Paige Hanson. 鈥淔rom budgeting to payments, performance measures to financial technology, the work of this talented team enables the critical mission EPA plays in protecting human health and the environment.鈥�
Prior to joining EPA, Hanson served as Senior Fellow at Tax Foundation and as a private sector CFO. She has extensive experience in financial operations and financial and economic public policy having served in the U.S. Senate on the Joint Economic Committee, Senate Budget Committee, and as finance policy staff for a Member of the Senate Appropriations and Finance Committees.听She also previously served as EPA鈥檚 Associate CFO for Policy during President Trump鈥檚 first term.