Jean Toal Eisen

Jean Toal Eisen comes to AURA after serving on the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Appropriations since 2010, most recently in the position of Staff Director/Clerk of the Commerce Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee under the leadership of Senator Jeanne Shaheen and previously under Senator Barbara Mikulski. She was responsible for the oversight of annual appropriations for the Departments of Justice and Commerce, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and National Space Council, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Toal Eisen received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and Philosophy from Yale University.