Shalanda Young

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Shalanda Young

| image = Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young, holds a press briefing at the White House on May 4, 2023 - P20230504CS-0313 (cropped).jpg

| office = 43rd Director of the Office of Management and Budget

| president = Joe Biden

| deputy = Nani A. Coloretti

| term_start = March 24, 2021

| term_end = January 20, 2025
Acting: March 24, 2021 – March 17, 2022

| predecessor = Russell Vought

| successor = Russell Vought

| office1 = Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget

| president1 = Joe Biden

| term_start1 = March 24, 2021

| term_end1 = March 17, 2022

| predecessor1 = Derek Kan

| successor1 = Nani A. Coloretti

| birth_name = Shalanda Delores Young

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|8|29}}

| birth_place = Zachary, Louisiana, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Democratic

| spouse =

| children = 1

| education = {{ubl |Loyola University New Orleans (BA) |Tulane University (MHA)}}

| caption = Young in 2023

}}

Shalanda Delores Young (born August 29, 1977) is an American political advisor who was the 43rd director of the Office of Management and Budget, previously serving in an acting capacity from March 24, 2021, through March 17, 2022 concurrently as deputy director. She previously worked for the United States House Committee on Appropriations as its staff director.{{Cite web | url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-117shrg44902/pdf/CHRG-117shrg44902.pdf | title=Nomination of ms. Shalanda D. Young, of Louisiana, to be Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget | access-date=2024-06-19 | website=www.govinfo.gov}}{{Cite news |last=Cochrane |first=Emily |date=2021-03-23 |title=Shalanda Young, Top House Aide, Is Confirmed as Biden's No. 2 Budget Official |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/23/us/politics/shalanda-young-omb-deputy-director.html |access-date=2022-09-26 |issn=0362-4331}}

Early life and education

Shalanda Delores Young was born in Zachary, Louisiana, and raised in Clinton, Louisiana.{{cite book |author=United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Budget |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-117shrg44902/pdf/CHRG-117shrg44902.pdf |title=Nomination of Ms. Shalanda D. Young, of Louisiana, to be deputy director, Office of Management and Budget : hearing before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, first session ; March 2, 2021 - hearing on the nomination of Ms. Shalanda D. Young, of Louisiana, to be deputy director, Office of Management and Budget ; March 10, 2021 - executive business meeting to consider the nomination of Ms. Shalanda D. Young, of Louisiana, to be deputy director, Office of Management and Budget |date=2021 |publisher=United States Government Publishing Office |series=United States.; Congress.; Senate.; S. hrg Series ; 117-24 |location=Washington, DC |page=32 |language=en-US |lccn=2020419759 |oclc=1260455245 |author-link=United States Senate Committee on the Budget}}{{Cite web|title=Confirmation Hearing for Office of Management and Budget Deputy Directors|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?509503-1/white-house-deputy-budget-director-nominee-deputy-management-director-nominee-testify-confirmation|access-date=2021-03-13|website=C-SPAN|language=en-us}} After graduating from Scotlandville Magnet High School, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Loyola University New Orleans and a Master of Health Administration from Tulane University.{{Cite web|title=Shalanda Delores Young - Biography from LegiStorm|url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/35902/Shalanda_Delores_Young.html|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=www.legistorm.com}}{{Cite web|title=Shalanda Young|url=https://www.cof.org/person/shalanda-young|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=Council on Foundations|date=October 2020 |language=en}}

Career

Young moved to Washington, D.C., around 2001, where she became a Presidential Management Fellow with the National Institutes of Health.{{Cite web|author=Kate Sullivan|title=Capitol Hill has picked Shalanda Young to lead OMB -- but Biden hasn't yet|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/05/politics/who-is-shalanda-young/index.html|access-date=2021-03-13|website=CNN|date=March 5, 2021 }}

For 14 years, Young worked as a staffer for the United States House Committee on Appropriations.{{Cite web|last=Ferris|first=Sarah|title=House Democrats tap new aide for 'toughest job in Congress'|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/shalanda-young-congress-profile-235576|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=POLITICO|date=March 2017 |language=en}}{{Cite web|date=January 15, 2021|title=DeLauro Statement on Biden Nomination of Shalanda Young as OMB Deputy Director|url=https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/delauro-statement-on-biden-nomination-of-shalanda-young-as-omb-deputy-director|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=House Committee on Appropriations|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Zilbermints|first=Regina|date=2021-02-25|title=Black Caucus members lobby Biden to tap Shalanda Young for OMB head|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/540492-black-caucus-members-lobby-biden-to-tap-shalanda-young-at-omb|access-date=2021-03-13|website=The Hill|language=en}} In February 2017, she was named staff director of the committee, a position in which she served until her nomination for deputy director of OMB in 2021.{{Cite web|title=Biden taps top House Appropriations aide for budget office slot|url=https://www.rollcall.com/2021/01/15/biden-taps-top-house-appropriations-aide-for-budget-office-slot/|access-date=January 15, 2021|website=Roll Call|date=January 15, 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Emma|first=Caitlin|title=Biden nominates top House Appropriations aide for OMB deputy director|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/15/biden-nominee-omb-deputy-director-459632|access-date=February 23, 2021|website=POLITICO|date=January 15, 2021 |language=en}} As staff director on the committee, Young was involved with creating proposals related to the 2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown and the federal government response to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news|last=Siegel|first=Rachel|title=After Neera Tanden withdrawal, lawmakers say Shalanda Young's experience as a House negotiator would serve her well as budget director|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 6, 2021|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/06/shalanda-young-omb-biden-tanden/|access-date=2021-03-13|issn=0190-8286}}

= Office of Management and Budget =

File:P20220328CF-0083 (52065246700).jpg in the State Dining Room of the White House on March 28, 2022]]

During a hearing concerning her nomination for deputy director of the OMB, she received some praise from Republican members of the Senate Budget Committee, including Lindsey Graham, who said "Everybody who deals with you on our side has nothing but good things to say."{{Cite web|date=2021-03-03|title=House Democratic Leaders, Congressional Black Caucus Back Shalanda Young as OMB Director|url=https://beatty.house.gov/media-center/news-articles/house-democratic-leaders-congressional-black-caucus-back-shalanda-young|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Congresswoman Joyce Beatty|language=en|archive-date=January 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104110352/https://beatty.house.gov/media-center/news-articles/house-democratic-leaders-congressional-black-caucus-back-shalanda-young|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|last=Cochrane|first=Emily|date=2021-03-03|title=Top House Democrats recommend Shalanda Young to lead the budget office after Tanden's nomination failed.|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/03/us/top-house-democrats-recommend-shalanda-young-to-lead-the-budget-office-after-tandens-nomination-failed.html|access-date=2021-03-13|issn=0362-4331}} The approval of her nomination as deputy director by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee was less bipartisan, with a vote along party lines to advance it, with GOP Senators voicing concerns over her support of removing the Hyde amendment from the federal budget.{{Cite web|last=Homan|first=Timothy R.|date=2021-03-10|title=Senate panels advance Shalanda Young nomination for deputy OMB director|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/budget/542511-senate-panel-advances-shalanda-young-as-deputy-omb-director|access-date=2021-03-13|website=The Hill|language=en}}

As she was confirmed as deputy director of the OMB, she then became the acting director until she was officially confirmed.{{Cite web|last=Zilbermints|first=Regina|date=2021-03-04|title=White House says Shalanda Young could serve as acting OMB director|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/541685-white-house-says-shalanda-young-could-serve-as-acting-omb-director|access-date=2021-03-13|website=The Hill|language=en}}

As the nomination of Neera Tanden for OMB director faced opposition, Democrats in the Congressional Black Caucus began to consider Young for the position of OMB director, should Tanden's nomination fail.{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Marty |title=CBC would back Young for OMB if Tanden falls |url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/540053-cbc-would-back-young-for-omb-if-tanden-falls |website=The Hill |access-date=February 24, 2021 |date=February 23, 2021}} After Tanden's nomination for OMB director was withdrawn, the CBC and New Democrat Coalition later endorsed Young outright.{{Cite web|last=Byrnes|first=Jesse|date=2021-03-03|title=CBC 'unequivocally' endorses Shalanda Young for White House budget chief|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/541470-cbc-unequivocally-endorses-shalanda-young-for-white-house-budget-chief|access-date=2021-03-13|website=The Hill|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Conradis|first=Brandon|date=2021-03-09|title=White House chief of staff: Young a 'very serious candidate' for OMB director|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/542435-white-house-chief-of-staff-young-a-very-serious-candidate-for-omb|access-date=2021-03-13|website=The Hill|language=en}} House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Majority Whip Jim Clyburn released a joint statement concerning Young, saying:

As longtime Members of the Appropriations Committee, we take great pride in recommending Shalanda Young as Director of the Office of Management and Budget. ... Her leadership at the OMB would be historic and would send a strong message that this Administration is eager to work in close coordination with Members of Congress to craft budgets that meet the challenges of our time and can secure broad, bipartisan support.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-03|title=Pelosi, Hoyer, Clyburn Joint Statement on the Next Director of the Office of Management and Budget|url=https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/3321|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Speaker Nancy Pelosi|language=en|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308223629/https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/3321|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|last=Segers|first=Grace|title=Top Democratic House leaders recommend Shalanda Young for OMB director|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shalanda-young-omb-director/|access-date=2021-03-13|website=CBS News|date=2021-03-03|language=en-US}}

Young also received an endorsement for OMB director from Rosa DeLauro, who is the chairwoman of the House Committee on Appropriations.{{Cite web|last=Homan|first=Timothy R.|date=2021-03-03|title=House Democratic leaders back Shalanda Young for OMB after Tanden withdrawal|url=https://thehill.com/policy/finance/budget/541408-house-democratic-leaders-back-shalanda-young-for-omb-after-tanden|access-date=2021-03-13|website=The Hill|language=en}} Young received support from various Senate Republicans other than Lindsey Graham, including Senate Appropriations Committee ranking member Richard Shelby from Alabama.{{cite web|last1=Zeleny|first1=Jeff|last2=LeBlanc|first2=Paul|date=February 22, 2021|title=Shalanda Young emerging as a top contender to lead OMB with Neera Tanden's nomination on the rocks|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/22/politics/shalanda-young-omb-neera-tanden/index.html|access-date=February 23, 2021|website=CNN}}{{Cite web|last=Nilsen|first=Ella|date=2021-03-02|title=Neera Tanden is Biden's first Cabinet-level nominee to withdraw|url=https://www.vox.com/2021/3/2/22310271/neera-tanden-biden-omb-withdraws|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Vox|language=en}}

Young was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 63–37 to be OMB deputy, on March 23, 2021.{{cite web | url= https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/23/politics/shalanda-young-confirmation-vote-senate/index.html | title= Senate confirms Shalanda Young to be OMB deputy, as fight emerges over who should lead it | publisher= CNN|first=Alex|last=Rogers | date= March 23, 2021 | accessdate = March 23, 2021}}

On November 24, Biden announced he would nominate Young as OMB director, after eight months serving as acting director.{{cite news |title=White House to nominate new budget director months after Congress rejected Biden's initial pick |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/11/23/white-house-shalanda-young/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2021-11-23}} The Senate confirmed Young in a 61–36 vote on March 15, 2022.{{Cite web |title=Congressional Record Senate Articles |url=https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2022/03/15/senate-section/article/S1171-1 |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=www.congress.gov}}

Young, along with Steve Ricchetti and Louisa Terrell, was tapped to lead the Democratic side in negotiations over the 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis. Representative Garret Graves, a key Kevin McCarthy ally and point person on debt and budget issues, was tapped to lead the Republican side.{{cite news |title=Debt limit progress as Biden, McCarthy name top negotiators to avert national default |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-mccarthy-debt-limit-default-ce36241e652f7eb022009152001c254e |newspaper=Associated Press |date=2023-05-16}} With a reputation for being known and trusted by members of both parties, Young's input was described as "indispensable" in reaching a proposed agreement.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/30/shalanda-young-debt-limit-talks/|title=Shalanda Young emerges as quietly essential figure in debt deal|last=Pager|first=Tyler|date=May 30, 2023|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=31 May 2023}}