Ed Harrington

Ed has been an adviser and consultant to Funding the Next Generation, the Children’s Funding Project’s California organization, since 2014 when it was founded. Funding the Next Generation supports local coalitions in California in creating ballot measures to expand funding for services to children and youth. Ed has analyzed local budgets, researched potential funding streams, trained dozens of groups in understanding public finance, spoken at conferences, and provided policy advice on fiscal policy. He has shared his public finance expertise with youth, policy advocates, organizers, children’s services providers and elected officials, responding to the specific needs of each.

From 1991 to 2008, Ed was the Controller for the City and County of San Francisco managing the city’s budget, payroll, accounting and auditing programs. Ed was general manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission until his retirement in September 2012.

Ed Harrington is active in many non-profit organizations.  Ed is a member of the board of SPUR, a good government think tank in the San Francisco Bay Area.  He is the treasurer of WEDO, an international feminist group elevating women’s voices in climate discussions.  He is a consultant on sustainable water and wastewater finance issues for the WaterNow Alliance.  Ed served for seven years as treasurer of Greenpeace International. He has also served as a commissioner on both the San Francisco Port Commission and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.