James Aloisi

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Jim Aloisi
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James Aloisi in May 2018
Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation
In office
January 2009 –October 2009

James A. "Jim" Aloisi Jr. is a Boston-based writer, lawyer and consultant with a specialty in transportation planning and policy. Aloisi is secretary of Boston-based transit policy advocacy group TransitMatters and a lecturer at the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning. [2] [3]

Aloisi was an assistant Massachusetts attorney general from 1978 to 1983. [4] [5] He was chief of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue legal bureau from 1983 to 1987, then an assistant state transportation secretary from 1987 to 1989. [6] [7] [8] Aloisi was general counsel of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority from 1989 to 1996. [9] [10] He was a partner at Hill & Barlow from 1996 to 2002, then moved to Goulston & Storrs in January 2003 when the former firm dissolved. [11] He was on the Emerson College board from 2007 to 2009. [12]

Aloisi was appointed to the Massachusetts Port Authority board by governor Deval Patrick in February 2008. [13] He served as Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation under Patrick from January to October 2009. [14] [1] In 2014, Aloisi formed the consulting firm Pemberton Square Group with Peter Meade. [15] After Meade retired, Aloisi formed Trimount Consulting. [16]

Writing

Aloisi is the author of four books: [3]

Aloisi is a regular contributor to Commonwealth Magazine . [21] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Governor Patrick Appoints James Aloisi as Secretary of Transportation" (Press release). Office of the Governor. December 19, 2008.
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  3. 1 2 3 "Jim Aloisi | Lecturer of Transportation Policy and Planning". MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
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  5. ↑ "Those ⬤ — $ ? plates are fought in court". The Boston Globe. April 13, 1983. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
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  12. ↑ "Former Emerson trustee resigns from board to become Patrick's transportation secretary, chair of MBTA". The Berkeley Beacon. January 2009. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
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  14. ↑ Brown, Steve (September 11, 2009). "Mass. Transportation Secretary Aloisi Resigning". WBUR.
  15. ↑ Miller, Joshua (June 6, 2014). "Boutique advising firm forms". The Boston Globe. p. D4 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Rail Vision FMCB and MassDOT Board Meeting". Massachusetts Department of Transportation. October 15, 2018. p. 3.
  17. ↑ Aloisi, James A.; Allison, Robert J. (2004). The Big Dig. ISBN   1889833827.
  18. ↑ James A. Aloisi, Jr (March 2007). Magic in the Air: The Times and Life of Boston's Honey Fitz. ISBN   978-0978825904.
  19. ↑ Aloisi, James A. (2012). The Vidal Lecture: Sex and Politics in Massachusetts and the Persecution of Chief Justice Robert Bonin. ISBN   978-0978825911.
  20. ↑ Loth, Renée (April 10, 2018). "Book review: Massport at 60". CommonWealth Beacon.
  21. ↑ "James Aloisi". CommonWealth Beacon. Retrieved January 14, 2023.


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