Capital Solutions for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Allison Brooks
Allison Brooks is Chief of Staff at the national nonprofit organization Reconnecting America (RA) where she helps guide the strategic direction of the organization, overseeing RA’s initiatives, research and policy activities, technical assistance efforts and partnerships. Prior to joining RA, Allison served for over six years as a Program Officer for the Livable Communities Program at the East Bay Community Foundation where she spearheaded a number of innovative transit-oriented and community development initiatives in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was one of the founders of a collaboration of non-profits and community foundations – called the Great Communities Collaborative - geared towards influencing regional planning and investment in transit-oriented development across the 9-county Bay Area. Allison holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego and a Masters in Sustainable International Development from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. Of her many international pursuits, Allison served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana, West Africa, completed a year- long fellowship on a kibbutz in Israel where she focused on organic dryland agriculture, and was a member of the tennis team at the University of Nairobi, Kenya.
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