Philip A. Hagen has been appointed director of the Fairfax County Department of Management and Budget (DMB). He succeeds Christina Jackson, who will continue as the county’s chief financial officer, to which she was appointed in 2021.
Hagen has served as the department’s deputy director since 2019. In that capacity his work was focused on the development, presentation and monitoring of the county’s operating budget. Hagen led the analysis of complex fiscal issues impacting multiple county agencies and collaborated on the review of county agency personnel requirements and the development of employee pay and benefit policies.
Additionally, Hagen was responsible for the daily operations of DMB, including the development of new systems and automation and improvement of various agency business processes, as well as maintaining the department’s budget and overseeing human resources activities.
From 2017 to 2019, as the agency’s budget services coordinator, Hagen coordinated the development of the county’s operating budget as well as the annual and quarterly budget processes. He also supervised the team responsible for maintenance of DMB’s systems; the data integrity process; budget schedules and resolutions; and compliance with legal requirements including advertising the budget and tax rate.
Hagen began his career with the Department of Management and Budget in 2010 as a budget analyst and previously worked in real estate appraisal including with the Fairfax County Department of Tax Administration.
DMB is responsible for coordination of the county's annual budget process, including the financial forecast; development of budget guidelines; review of agency requests; presentation of recommendations to the county executive; preparation of the Advertised Budget Plan; support of deliberations by the Board of Supervisors; and preparation of the Adopted Budget Plan, which exceeds $8 billion for all funds, including over $4 billion for General Fund Disbursements. The department has been recognized with the Government Finance Officers Association’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for 36 consecutive years.
Hagen has a bachelor’s in finance from the University of Florida and a master’s in public administration from George Mason University. His appointment was effective Nov. 19.
To learn more about the agency visit the DMB website.