James Aloisi
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Jim Aloisi | |
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Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation | |
In office 2009–2009 | |
Preceded by | Bernard Cohen |
Succeeded by | Jeff Mullan |
Personal details | |
Residence | Boston, Massachusetts |
Occupation | Author State cabinet secretary |
James Aloisi is a Boston-based writer, commentator and consultant with a specialty in transportation planning and policy, and law.
Aloisi is the founding partner of the Pemberton Square Group, a consulting firm providing clients with advice in areas such as real estate, transportation, and communications.[1] He served as Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation from 2008-09[2] and was member of the Board of the Massachusetts Port Authority and Massachusetts Turnpike Authority.[3] Aloisi is a former partner at Hill & Barlow and Goulston & Storrs.
Aloisi is a regular contributor to Massachusetts's Commonwealth Magazine, published by the Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth, "an independent think tank uniting non-partisan research, civic journalism and independent polling"[4] typically identified as MassINC. He is the author of three well-regarded books on significant political and social figures and moments in the history of Massachusetts and the United States of America.
Aloisi is also a member on the board of Boston-based transit policy advocacy group .[5]
Books[]
- The Big Dig (2004) was a brief history of Boston's Big Dig, the largest public works project in American history.[6]
- Magic in the Air: The Times & Life of Boston's Honey Fitz (2007) recounts the ascendancy of John Francis Fitzgerald, grandfather of John F Kennedy. Fitzgerald's political career played out during a critical crossroads in Boston politics.[7]
- The Vidal Lecture: Sex and Politics in Massachusetts and the Persecution of Chief Justice Robert Bonin (2011) documents the turbulence and discord that marked a struggle between reformers and the established political leadership, and a larger struggle between two generations of political leaders.[8]
- "Massport at 60" (2018) commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Massachusetts Port Authority and documents its history across local and state politics.[9]
References[]
- ^ http://www.pscgroup.org/who-we-are.html
- ^ http://www.masstaxpayers.org/in_the_news/transportation/20081220/aloisi_named_secretary_transportation
- ^ http://www.pscgroup.org/who-we-are.html
- ^ http://massinc.org/about-us/
- ^ http://transitmatters.org/about/us
- ^ Aloisi, James A.; Allison, Robert J. (2004). The Big Dig. ISBN 1889833827.
- ^ James a. Aloisi, Jr (March 2007). Magic in the Air: The Times and Life of Boston's Honey Fitz. ISBN 978-0978825904.
- ^ Aloisi, James A. (2012). The Vidal Lecture: Sex and Politics in Massachusetts and the Persecution of Chief Justice Robert Bonin. ISBN 978-0978825911.
- ^ https://commonwealthmagazine.org/uncategorized/independent-authority
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