Susan Tanaka

Susan Tanaka is the director of citizen education and engagement at the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. Previously, she was the associate director for communications and a senior analyst in the Budget Analysis Division of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Other government work included the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, as a budget analyst and as a special assistant to the Assistant Director of Administration and Legislation, working on agency-wide personnel and administrative issues. She has also been vice president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, directing its analytic work on issues related to the federal budget, including Social Security, health care programs, tax issues, and budget process and scorekeeping. She has an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management and an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University.