Victoria A. Budson is the founding executive director of the Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP) at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

[1] WAPPP closes gender gaps in economic opportunity, political participation, health and education by creating knowledge, training leaders and informing public policy and organizational practices.

[3] Budson graduated magna cum laude and with Departmental Honors from Wellesley College with a joint degree in Sociology and Women's Studies.

[5] For her work in closing gender gaps, Victoria was named one of CNN's "Ten Visionary Women" [6] and a member of Boston Magazine's "Power Class".

[8][9] The commission is an independent state agency created in 1998 to advance Massachusetts women to full equality in all areas of life and promote their rights and opportunities.