Fatima Yousofi

Fatima Yousofi leads the state fiscal policy project’s work examining additional long-term liabilities to state and local governments budgets, including the accumulated deferred maintenance of public infrastructure. Her research also explores emerging financial risks to public pension funds and infrastructure from the enduring effects of climate change, and the potential costs of failing infrastructure.

Before joining Pew in 2016, she was a senior policy and compliance analyst for the Virginia Retirement System, where she helped develop, implement, and manage the state’s Line of Duty Death and Health Benefits Trust Fund.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s in public policy and public administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.