The Senate voted on Saturday 50-45 to confirm Paige Hallen Hanson as the next U.S. Environmental Protection Agency new chief financial officer. In her role, Hanson will manage EPA’s almost $100 billion allocation and its financial and resource management systems, the agency said in a Monday press release.
Commenting on her appointment, Hanson said she was grateful to lead the EPA’s financial operations.
“From 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,” she remarked.
Who Is Paige Hallen Hanson?
Before her confirmation, Hanson was EPA’s senior adviser to the administrator. Under the agency, she also served as the associate CFO for policy for two years and a senior adviser to the administrator for financial management. She was also a senior fellow at the Tax Foundation. Prior to that, she served as a CFO at the Common Sense Society. In 2017, she joined the Social Security Administration. As part of Organization for International Investment, which is now known as the Global Business Alliance, she was the director of government affairs. Hanson additionally served Congress for six years under the joint economic committee and the budget committee, and worked for Senators Dan Coats and Jeff Sessions.
She obtained an undergraduate degree in government and economics from Wofford College and has an MBA from Virginia Tech.
EPA’s Lee Zeldin Shares Thoughts
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin welcomed the appointment of Hanson.
“Paige 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’s Chief Financial Officer,” Zeldin said.
“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,” she added.
