Dr Alison Black

Dr. Alison Premo Black is senior vice president and chief economist with ARTBA. She oversees the association's Transportation Investment Advocacy Center and the Research and Education Division.

Dr. Black manages ARTBA's economics staff and is responsible for over 100 studies examining national and state transportation funding and investment patterns, including the association's landmark economic profile of the transportation construction industry, state bridge condition profiles, federal-aid highway dashboard, and annual modal forecast.

She has been interviewed numerous times as an industry expert for national and local print, television and radio, including the NBC TODAY show, the Washington Post, NPR, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, The Economist and industry publications.

Dr. Black completed her PhD in Economics at The George Washington University and holds an MA in International Economics and Latin American Studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Dr. Black graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University with majors in International Relations, Latin American Studies and Spanish. She is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Golden Key Honors Societies, and a recipient of the Syracuse Remembrance Scholarship.

A native of the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Dr. Black resides in Washington, DC with her husband and four children.