Lindsay Koshgarian is the Program Director of the National Priorities Project (NPP). Her work on federal budget priorities highlights the militarization of the federal budget and the corresponding lack of investment in people and the planet. Her published reports include analyses of militarization in the federal budget, from the Pentagon and war, to militarization of U.S. borders, and the militarization of law enforcement. Her work has appeared in outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, MSNBC and others. Prior to her work with NPP, Lindsay was a researcher at the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute, where she conducted state and regional economic development studies. She got her start as an organizer for Planned Parenthood in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She holds a Master of Public Policy from UCLA and a BA in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania.