OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Daniel Pae, R-Lawton, was unanimously elected vice chair of the Fiscal Affairs & Government Operations Committee for The Council of State Governments Southern Office (CSG South).

“As an alum of CSG South’s leadership development program, I appreciate the opportunity to share and learn best practices and policies from leaders across the region," Pae said. "Fiscal and government operations policies directly impact every aspect of state government, and I am honored to serve as the incoming vice chair and work with our chair, CSG South and the 15 Southern states."

The CSG South Fiscal Affairs & Government Operations Committee is comprised of state legislators and legislative staff from the 15 CSG South member states. The committee develops policies and programs on a wide array of fiscal issues impacting state budgets and finances, as well as governmental operations topics such as artificial intelligence and regulatory oversight.

As vice chair, Pae will assist in forming the committee’s policy focus and projects, including programming for the 79th Annual Southern Legislative Conference next July in Alabama.

Pae has served House District 62 since 2018, where he represents west Lawton. He is chair of the House Rural Development Committee and vice chair of the House Appropriations & Budget Subcommittee on General Government. In 2020, he served as co-vice chair of the House State and Federal Redistricting Committee following the decennial U.S. census.

Before being elected to the House, he worked in municipal government in Lawton. Pae graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2017 and holds a master’s degree in public administration, as well as undergraduate degrees in economics and political science.

A long-time appointee to CSG South's Fiscal Affairs & Government Operations Committee, Pae is a graduate of the Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills (CALS) Class of 2019. He also was a 2022 Henry Toll Fellow and received CSG's 20 Under 40 Leadership Award that same year. In 2019, he was awarded the Rising Star Award by the International Leadership Foundation (ILF) for his professional achievements and dedication to the improvement of the Asian Pacific American community.

CSG South is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, established in 1947, that exists to support members in all three branches of state government.