Stephen Klein Joins Public Assets’ Board

Montpelier – Stephen Klein, the long-time director at the Vermont Legislature’s Joint Fiscal Office, has joined the board of the Public Assets Institute.

A nonpartisan nonprofit in Montpelier, Public Assets is Vermont’s independent research organization on state budget, tax, and economic issues and the source for timely and in-depth state fiscal and policy analysis.

Klein joined the staff of the Vermont General Assembly in 1992 as a fiscal analyst and was appointed chief fiscal officer one year later. Under his leadership the nonpartisan office provided fiscal analysis, budget evaluation, performance oversight and fiscal policy support for the Committees on Appropriations, Finance, Ways & Means, and Transportation and for the legislature as a whole. Klein oversaw up to 14 full-time staff and many consultants, and served as chief for nearly three decades before retiring in 2021.

“Stephen’s experience is an asset to the board, to Public Assets, and to the people of Vermont,” said Board Chair Jared Duval. “We are thrilled to have his decades of expertise with state tax and budget on the board. I’m looking forward to seeing all the ways his contributions will enhance our work.”

Prior to joining the Vermont Legislature, Klein served as a director of the Massachusetts Senate Post Audit and Oversight Bureau, assistant director for the Endowment Fund of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies in Boston, and legislative director and legal counsel for a Massachusetts state senator.

Added Klein: “Public Assets is a strong organization making a valuable contribution to the wellbeing of Vermont and Vermonters. Its mission and commitment to research and analysis is essential as Vermont continues to face a changing economic and social environment. I am excited to dive in and start thinking creatively with the staff and board about Vermont and its future.”

Klein received his A.B. from the University of California, Berkeley, his M.A. in Urban Studies & Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law.

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More information about Public Assets Institute and reports based on its research and analysis are available on its website www.publicassets.org.