Carolyn Bourdeaux

Carolyn, married with one son, and educated at Yale, Syracuse Universities, and USC,
has worked her entire career to develop solutions that improve people's lives. A George
State University professor of public management and policy and former state Senate
budget director, she wants to tackle education, economic development, security and
transportation, as well as the "most acute crisis in health care reform" in Washington
which her family is experiencing firsthand. An expert in tax policy, budgeting and
economic development, she founded the Center for State and Local Finance, a training
program for financial officers, and chaired the National Assoc. for Budgeting and
Financial Management.