James Aloisi

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Jim Aloisi
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Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation
In office
2009–2009
Preceded byBernard Cohen
Succeeded byJeff Mullan
Personal details
ResidenceBoston, Massachusetts
OccupationAuthor
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 TransitMatters.[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

  1. ^ http://www.pscgroup.org/who-we-are.html
  2. ^ "Aloisi named secretary of transportation | Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation". www.masstaxpayers.org. Archived from the original on 2017-02-16.
  3. ^ http://www.pscgroup.org/who-we-are.html
  4. ^ "About Us". Massinc.
  5. ^ "People-Old".
  6. ^ Aloisi, James A.; Allison, Robert J. (2004). The Big Dig. ISBN 1889833827.
  7. ^ James a. Aloisi, Jr (March 2007). Magic in the Air: The Times and Life of Boston's Honey Fitz. ISBN 978-0978825904.
  8. ^ Aloisi, James A. (2012). The Vidal Lecture: Sex and Politics in Massachusetts and the Persecution of Chief Justice Robert Bonin. ISBN 978-0978825911.
  9. ^ "Book review: Massport at 60". 10 April 2018.


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