Catherine Hanson

At a glance

Catherine Hanson is identified in EPA’s leadership biography as C. Paige Hanson. Her financial-policy background includes EPA work, a private-sector CFO role and congressional budget and economic-policy staff positions.

Summary sources: [1]

Career and documented accomplishments

• The EPA biography describes earlier service as associate chief financial officer for policy and congressional work involving the Senate Budget and Joint Economic Committees. [1]
• Hanson earned an MBA at Virginia Tech and an undergraduate government-and-economics degree at Wofford College. [1]

Role and nomination context

• EPA describes this leadership portfolio as covering financial operations, budgets, performance planning and, after November 2025, administrative functions. [1]

Sources and review date

Career and role sources reviewed Oct 14, 2026. These sources may describe developments beyond the nomination snapshot; each nomination entry retains its recorded date and outcome.

1. C. Paige Hanson — EPA finance and administration biography

   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Reviewed Oct 14, 2026.