Alice Wheet is a Senior Policy Associate at ISLG focusing on budget and fiscal reform initiatives. She conducts research, provides analysis, develops policy recommendations, engages stakeholders, and aligns several complex workstreams towards achieving the goals of financial sustainability as set by local government partners. 

Prior to ISLG, she served 14 years in various public policy and public budgeting positions in state government, higher education, and non-profit sectors. Alice was assistant director for budget in the Colorado Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) under Governor Hickenlooper, where she managed the budget formulation process for the state’s executive agencies and oversaw the submission of a balanced budget to the legislature. She was a policy associate at the National Conference of State Legislatures, researching policy issues and working with state and tribal governments from around the country. Alice holds a B.A. in Sociology and a B.A. in Spanish from the University of South Carolina, and a Master of Public Policy and Master of Social Work from the University of Denver. She has also completed the Certified Public Manager program at the University of Colorado-Denver.