Previously, Calder was executive director and staff director at the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), where she led the committee’s research and congressional hearing efforts under Chairman and Ranking Member Mike Lee (UT).
Prior to those roles, Calder was deputy director and senior policy advisor at JEC, a policy analyst at Cato Institute, and a graduate fellow in welfare studies at The Heritage Foundation.
Calder has published articles in the Wall Street Journal, CNN.com, National Review Online, Governing, and Real Clear Health. She has been featured in radio and television programming and policy briefings on Capitol Hill.
Calder holds a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelor of Science in urban planning from University of Utah, where she graduated summa cum laude.