Laura L. Anglin

Laura L. Anglin is the seventh president of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (cIcu), an Albany, New York-based non-profit organization that represents the chief executives of New York's 100+ independent (private, not-for-profit) colleges and universities on issues of public policy. Most recently, she served as New York State's Budget Director under Governor David A. Paterson, after being appointed to that position in 2008 by Governor Eliot Spitzer. She also served as First Deputy Budget Director in 2007.

Ms. Anglin's career in public service spans more than 20 years, and includes leadership roles in fiscal management, public policy, economic analysis, and public administration. During her career, she has played a central policy-making role in a broad range of policy areas, including education, higher education, transportation, taxation, the environment, public protection and more.

As Budget Director, Ms. Anglin advised the Governor on all public policy matters affecting the State's finances. She was responsible for developing the State's fiscal policy, managing the State's financial plan, producing the Governor's Executive Budget proposal for all State agencies and programs, and negotiating an Enacted Budget with the New York State Legislature. She also supervised all economic and revenue forecasting, fiscal planning, and capital financing, and managed the State's $54 billion debt portfolio.

Previously, Ms. Anglin served as Deputy Comptroller for the State of New York, where she managed the operations of the second largest public pension system in the United States, and administered $6 billion in benefits annually for more than 1 million current and former public employees.
Prior to serving as Deputy Comptroller, Ms. Anglin spent several years at the New York State Assembly, starting as a fiscal analyst and reaching the position of Budget Director and First Deputy Fiscal Director for the Assembly Ways and Means Committee under Speaker Sheldon Silver.

During her career, Ms. Anglin also served as an economist with the Department of Environmental Conservation and an econometrician with the Department of Taxation and Finance.

Ms. Anglin currently serves on the Advisory Board for the City of New York’s Independent Budget Office and as the Vice President of the board of directors for the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. She has also served on the following boards and commissions including the Commission on Metropolitan Transportation Authority Financing, the Local Government Assistance Corporation (Vice Chair), the Public Authorities Control Board (Chair), and the Committee on Open Government.

Ms. Anglin received her undergraduate and master's degrees in economics from the State University of New York at Albany.