Melissa Marlin Email and Phone Number

- Oversees special projects for the Secretary of Finance; represents the department as the Secretary’s designee on various boards, councils, and committees. - Reviews and analyzes legislation to determine fiscal and organizational impact.- Oversees constituent relations referred by the Governor's Office, legislators, other agencies and the public; ensures that constituent contacts are handled quickly and responsively.- Supports the Department’s mission to promote Delaware's fiscal health fairly and efficiently by forecasting, generating, collecting and accounting for funds that are essential for state government services.

- Responsible for the research, analysis and development of complex economic, legislative and fiscal policy issues, focusing on tax policy and revenue forecasting.- Prepares and presents economic and revenue forecasts and analyses to the Delaware Economic Forecasting Advisory Council for use in determining the state’s current and projected financial picture; and independently provides advanced levels of research and analysis to the Director, Secretary of Finance, and others on tax policy and related issues.- Conducts special projects on behalf of the Department, and will liaise with the State’s fiscal leadership and financial officials of other states and private-sector entities to keep abreast of economic conditions which may significantly affect the state’s financial position.

Senior Fiscal and Policy Analyst | July 2017 - Present - Work on issues of statewide consequence that transcend agency assignments - Conduct special studies/analysis involving multiple agencies or inter-agency program issues - Lead and coordinate work of lower level analysts on special projects - Current agency assignments: statewide salary policy; Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control; Department of Agriculture; Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families - Past agency assignments: Office of Management and Budget; Department of Human Resources; Department of Labor; Department of Education; higher education institutionsFiscal and Policy Analyst | December 2016 - June 2017 - Provide in-depth review, analysis and recommendations of critical and complex budget requests - Develop, review and analyze preliminary budget policies and procedures and train agency management and fiscal officers in their interpretation and implementation - Provide special research and analysis on items of interest to the Budget Director and officials within the executive and legislative branchesAssociate Fiscal and Policy Analyst | November 2015 - November 2016 - Analyze, recommend and monitor fiscal activities with regard to revenue and expenditures, program initiatives, performance and trends within assigned agencies - Review and analyze preliminary budget data in preparation of budget targets and assist agencies in their interpretation and implementation of budget guidelines and policies - Review and analyze legislation to determine fiscal and organizational impact - Review and analyze requests for federal funds prior to being submitted to the Clearinghouse Committee