AMBER WAllin

Executive Director

Amber Wallin (she/her) has spent over a decade in the non-profit policy sector doing and leading policy, research, legislative, campaigns, communications, and outreach work on tax and budget, economic justice, early childhood, health, and education policy issues. Amber came to the State Revenue Alliance from New Mexico Voices for Children, where she was the executive director and where she helped lead important coalition wins through tax justice reform, a campaign for constitutional guarantees for early childhood services, and a transformational court case to increase K-12 education funding in the state. Amber is a state and nationally recognized expert on issues related to family well-being and fiscal policy who has been quoted in the Washington Post, New York Times, Politico, Bloomberg, CNN, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, and numerous state outlets. She has served on multiple fiscal policy and child well-being advisory councils among policy networks and governmental bodies and regularly shares information and recommendations on how to build greater equity and opportunity for families and communities.

Amber’s Recent Writings and News Commentary

Amber Wallin’s bylines and expert commentary on national trends, as well as state tax policy and budget priorities, have appeared in national outlets and been widely syndicated. Selected pieces:

  • Millionaire (and Billionaire) Taxes Pick Up Steam

    Governing, May 28, 2026

  • Millionaire taxes gain steam as states face budget crunches

    Stateline, April 29, 2026

  • Governor should put New Mexico's tax interests first

    Santa Fe New Mexican, March 5, 2026

  • Universal Child Care: What can Seattle learn from New Mexico?

    Seattle Child, Feb 8, 2026

  • Opinion: Gov. Lamont needs to protect CT from Trump

    CT Insider, Nov 5, 2025

  • States Must Learn the Lessons of the Great Recession Before It’s Too Late

    Governing Magazine, Sept 30, 2025

  • So are millionaires really fleeing Mass.? A new report says they’re staying — and paying

    MassLive, Apr 28, 2025

  • In parts of the West, taxation is becoming more fair

    Las Vegas Sun, May 5, 2025 (widely syndicated)

  • Report: Washington state wealth tax would not cause 'mass exodus of millionaires'

    The Chronicle, April 30, 2025

  • With Congress Preparing a ‘Fiscal Tsunami,’ States Can Choose Differently

    OtherWords, Apr 15, 2025 (widely syndicated)

  • In 2025, States Will Flip the Script on Taxes to Make the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share

    Common Dreams, Jan 8, 2025 (widely syndicated)

  • State Tax Fairness Advocates to Push Back on Corporate Tax Cuts

    Bloomberg Tax, Dec 13, 2024

  • Vermont Becomes Latest State to Propose Wealth Taxes

    New York Times, Jan 24, 2024