Nan Madden has been the Director of the Minnesota Budget Project since 1999. The Minnesota Budget Project is an initiative of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits that provides independent research, analysis, and advocacy on budget and tax issues, emphasizing their impact on low- and moderate-income persons and the organizations that serve them. Madden is an active voice for tax fairness, a balanced approach to Minnesota’s budget, and adequate funding of government programs, and the author of numerous publications on fiscal issues as well as economic self-sufficiency.

She serves on the Steering Committee of the Affirmative Options Coalition, a statewide coalition that promotes public policies that create opportunities for low-income Minnesotans to achieve economic security. Ms. Madden has an MA, International Studies, from the University of Denver and a BA from Macalester College in St. Paul.

Ms. Madden was named by the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal as one of its 2006 “Forty Under 40” honorees.