James Hearn

MEMBER SINCE: 2011

History of Employment

Position

Division

Organization

Start

End

Director for Federal Programs and Budget Process

U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget

2002

2012

Deputy Staff Director

U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget

2009

2010

Senior Analyst for Government Finance and Management

U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget

1995

2001

Principal Analyst

Congressional Budget Office

1987

1995

Associate Analyst

Congressional Budget Office

1984

1987

Graduate Student Instructor

Quantitative Methods

University of California, Berkeley

1983

1984

Research Assistant

Professor Aaron Wildavsky

University of California, Berkeley

1982

1984

Research Intern

Environmental Protection Agency

1983

Statistical Clerk Intern

Agricultural Cooperative Service

US Department of Agriculture

1979

1981

Budget Director

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board

2012

Primary Policy Areas

Agriculture, Banking/Financial Regulation, Budget and Finance, Commerce, Defense, Economy, Education, Energy, Environment/Natural Resources, Government Operations/Innovation, Health Care, Housing, Nonprofit/Philanthropy, Pensions, Small Business

Primary Sector of Expertise

Federal

Primary Functions

Budgeting and Finance

Academy Studies

The Governance Structure of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: An Independent Review