The Legislature’s new session will be joined by a new Office of Management and Budget director.<\/p>\n
Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Monday named Neil Steininger director of OMB, which will be effective as of Tuesday, the first day of the Legislature’s session.<\/p>\n
Steininger is a lifelong Alaskan and has had multiple roles at the office responsible for prepare the annual capital and operating budgets over the past five years, according to the governor’s office. Those include serving as budget analyst, chief budget analyst, and as the Administrative Services Director for the Department of Education and Early Development.<\/p>\n
“Governor Dunleavy believes Mr. Steininger’s experience and reputation in finance and state government made him an excellent choice to run the Office of Management and Budget,” said Dunleavy spokesperson Jeff Turner in an email. “As a current OMB employee, he also has the institutional knowledge and relationships with its staff, administration officials and legislators to lead the department through the challenges of creating a sustainable and affordable state budget.”<\/p>\n
That experience is a contrast to Donna Arduin, who Dunleavy named OMB director in late 2018.<\/p>\n