Diana Boesch is a Family Economic Security and Wellbeing Fellow at the New Practice Lab. Prior to New America, Boesch served in the Biden-Harris administration at the U.S. Department of Labor, most recently as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Initiatives. At the Labor Department, she managed the agency’s regulatory agenda and led policy development and implementation on labor issues, including artificial intelligence and care. She also served on detail with the White House Gender Policy Council in 2023, focusing on women’s economic security issues.
Before joining the federal government, Boesch worked as a policy analyst on the Women’s Initiative at the Center for American Progress, where she was an expert on paid leave, equal pay, and women’s employment. Boesch has a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs and a bachelor’s degree in politics from Whitman College. Boesch lives in Portland, Oregon, where she enjoys hiking and spending time with her family.