Comptroller’s Economic Development and Analysis Profile: Ginger Lowry

Role: Manages Economic Development & Analysis Division team projects including the Budgeting / Purchasing Best Practice guides, Texas State Expenditures by County, “Major Cities in Review” and Community Reinvestment in Texas, and tracks Texas’ economic measures, tax burdens and tax rates, runs predictive economic models, analyzes labor market data and economic incentive programs.

Works with: Local governments, federal regulatory and state agencies and consults with financial services, community reinvestment, disaster recovery, housing, insurance, labor market and mortgage lending analysts, film/digital media and STEM education experts.

Qualifications: Holds a master’s degree from The University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs, a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from UT-Austin; has 20 years combined public and private sector experience as a business analyst and in economic and legislative analysis, revenue estimating, federal/state immigration reimbursement grant implementation and IT systems.

Quote: “I enjoy applying my critical thinking, predictive analytics, project management and writing skills on cross-agency and cross-division team projects.”

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Delane Caesar
Director of Data Services

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Publication #96-1260,
Winter 2012

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