Shalanda Young

Shalanda Young led the U.S. Office of Management and Budget from 2021-2025 after being confirmed twice by the United States Senate with bipartisan support. As a member of the President Joe Biden’s cabinet, she managed the federal government’s annual $7 trillion budget, covering expenditures ranging from Medicare to national security. 

Young worked to secure assistance for Ukraine, relief for communities impacted by natural disasters, and investments in childcare, education, and public health. Young was also a lead negotiator for the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 that averted a first-ever debt default and lifted the nation’s debt ceiling. She led the development of all four of President Biden’s budgets and presented them before Congress each year. She also oversaw the federal government’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, which is critical in the federal regulation-making process. In addition to the federal budget and regulatory agenda, Young oversaw the many management challenges facing the U.S. government.

Young worked for the House Appropriations Committee for nearly 15 years, rising to lead the committee as the staff director. The Appropriations Committee, one of the most powerful in Congress, is responsible for funding nearly every government agency and setting priorities across each of the programs funded through annual spending bills.

Young is currently a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at NYU Law, where she contributes her expertise on federal budgeting, economic policy, and governance. She also served as a Pritzker Fellow at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and as a Doris Duke Visiting Fellow at Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy.

Young earned a BA degree from Loyola University New Orleans and a master of health administration from Tulane University.