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Policy Analyst and Social Media Director

Biography

Ben Ritz is a Policy Analyst and the Social Media Director for The Concord Coalition, a nationwide, non-partisan organization dedicated to fiscal responsibility and reform. Ben is responsible for the development and execution of Concord’s social media strategy, as well as conducting research and analysis of federal budget policy issues.

Before joining Concord in 2012, Ben was a Peter G. Peterson fiscal intern at the Economic Policy Institute. Prior to that, he worked in the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Defense Programs and for the ranking member of the House Budget Committee, Congressman Chris Van Hollen.

Ben is currently pursuing his Master’s of Public Policy Analysis at American University.