Alison Evans is with SBA’s Office of Investment and Innovation’s Ecosystem Development Division where she manages the Regional Innovation Cluster program. Alison was formerly a Presidential Management Fellow with the SBA and through her fellowship she worked in the Office of Investment and Innovation, Office of Women’s Business Ownership, and Office of Credit Risk Management. She also did a detail to the Department of Treasury’s Office of Recovery Programs where she worked with the Interagency Community Investment Committee.
Prior to joining public service, Alison worked with Lewis-Burke Associates LLC, a government relations and consulting firm focused on higher education and science policy. Alison has spent her career in policy and is focused on community and economic development to support communities and enable people to build generational wealth and a high quality of life.
Alison has a Masters in City and Regional Planning from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s of Science in Biochemistry from Arizona State University.